Li-Ron Choir

Li-Ron Choir was established in 1980 at the Gordon School in Herzliya by Ronit Shapira.^[1] The choir represents Herzliya both locally and abroad.^[2] The choir is composed of three groups: children between the ages of 6 and 11, teenagers from 12 to 18 and a vocal ensemble.^[3]

Participation in the choir has several goals: developing listening skills, honing the ability to process musical content and promoting tolerance and empathy.^[4]

Many Israeli composers, among them Sara Shoham, Andre Hajdu, Menachem Wiesenberg, Ovadia Tuvia, Moshe Rasiuk, Mary Even-or and Moshe Zorman, have written special choral works for the choir. Li-Ron performed the Yiddish song Oyf 'n Pripetshok for the sound track of Schindler's List.^[5]

Since 1991 the choir had participated in several international competitions:

• 1991 - Wales, England – gold medal
• 1995 - Budapest, Hungary – gold medal, 1st prize
• 1996 - Netanya, Israel – gold medal, 1st prize
• 1997 - Giessen, Germany – gold medal
• 1998 - Salsemaggiore, Italy – gold medal, 1st prize
• 2000 - Grado, Italy – two gold medals
• 2002 - Tolosa, Spain – 1st prize
• 2003 - Wales, England - third prize in vocal groups competition
• 2004 - Bremen, Germany ("Choir Olympics") - two gold medals
• 2006 - Xiamen, China ("Choir Olympics") – gold medal and a 1st prize
• 2008 - Graz, Austria ("Choir Olympics") – gold medal and the "World Champions" title^[6]
• 2009 - Bratislava, Slovakia – three gold medals ^[7]
• 2011 - Wernigerode, Germany - three gold medals ^[8]

• Schindler's List - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994) ^[9][10]
• A Prayer for Peace - In Memory of Yitzhak Rabin (1996)
• The Choir’s Repertoire (1996)
• Smoke and Ashes (1998)
• Berale Come Out (2000)
• The Choir’s Repertoire (2002)
• The Little Prince (2003)
• Memorial Concert Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Holocaust of Hungarian Jewry (2005)
• Wind & Sand (2006)
• 2010 (2011)
• Children's Songs (2012)

• Music of Israel