Remember the gripping TV Series ‘Vikings’ - that garnered millions of dedicated fans around the world?

 Accomplished soprano Dr. Sharon Lyons, now based in Kerry, famously sang the haunting ‘Sacrifice’ in Season 1, Episode 8, a blend of improvised Celtic and Latin sounds. Sharon appeared live in the traditional pilgrimage to the temple in Uppsala scene. MVG (Mad Viking Games) has just signed a contract with Sharon to be part of the main music theme!

MVG is a blockchain gaming company founded in 2021 and based on the nine realms of Norse mythology founded in 2021. The project leaders are a group of Danish crypto enthusiasts and gamers.       
 
Sharon, a classically trained soprano with a master’s degree in Early Music and Chant, and PhD from the Irish World Academy, University of Limerick, is also setting up a new exciting adult choir ‘Kerry Concert Choir’. The first 10-week term commences on Monday February 7, from 7pm – 9pm, at Killarney Racecourse, Ross Road. And no previous experience is necessary. 
 
Sharon’s professional engagements include, soloist in Handel's Messiah, Fauré’s Requiem and Bach’s St John’s Passion most notably in St Mary's Pro Cathedral, Dublin. Previously she set up Pro Nuova, a contemporary liturgical music group. 

She has received many scholarships and awards over the years including a Fulbright Scholarship to study music in the US, which led to performing at a UN conference. Performances also include appearances at the NCH, on national television, on many RTÉ religious affairs programmes, singing for Pope Francis, for State events such as the annual 1916 Remembrance Service and funeral of former President Patrick Hillery.
Sharon is gifted with an impressive range of repertoire spanning from medieval chant to the modern day. 
 
For more information about Kerry Concert Choir please email kerryconcertchoir@gmail.com, call or text 087 6077344.