מקהלת לי-רון

The Li-Ron Choir, was established in 1980 as the choir of Gordon School in Herzliya by Ronit Shapira, but since 1989 has been managed by an independent organization, and currently is the representative choir of Herzliya.

There are three ensembles in the choir:
- a Children choir which contains children on the ages of 6-11;
- a Youth choir of older singers on the ages of 12-18;
- a Vocal ensemble.

Since 1991 the choir had participated in several international competitions:
U.K, Hungary, Israel, Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain and China.

Li-Ron Choir appears on some CD recordings:
“Schindler’s List"; “Smoke and Ashes” (“siniza I fumo”); “Prayer for Peace”; “Berale come out!”; three CDs of the choir (1996,2002,2006);. “From the lowest place"; "The little prince"; "So as in the Sanctuary".

The repertoire of the choir includes classical music, folk songs and Jewish and Israeli music. Israeli composers such as Sara Shoham, Andre Hajdu, Menachem Wiesenberg, Ovadia Tuvia, Moshe Rasiuk, Mary Even-or and Moshe Zorman, have written special choral works for the choir.

Ronit Shapira, the conductor and musical director of the choir, is a graduate of the Levinsky College of Music Teachers who completed her studies in conducting at the Rubin Academy of Music, Tel Aviv University. Serves as lecturer of Methods and Choir Conducting at the Music College of the Lewinsky Seminar. In 1998 Ronit was awarded the “Excellent Conductor” Prize at the International Choir Conducting Competition in Italy.

The choir's site: http://www.li-ron.com