Georgie - Musical Director
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Georgina Locke
Georgina studied Music at the University of Birmingham, specialising in performance as an oboist. She works across the North West as a music tutor, conductor, arranger, and musical director in various schools, community groups and choirs. She currently conducts the Tattenhall Singers and the Fireflies Ladies Choir, and has conducted several other choirs including the Great Sutton Male Voice Choir, and the Manchester Schools Choir for the opening ceremony of the Sainsbury’s Schools Games at the Phones4U Arena. Georgina is the Musical Director of, and sings with, close-harmony trio ‘The Harmonettes’, who have toured nationally with their plays ‘The Harmonettes Go Into Orbit’ and ‘Dorothy’s War’. |
Other theatre work includes MD of Cheshire East Youth Theatre’s showcase at The Lowry, and their production of ‘Coram Boy’ at Crewe Lyceum Theatre, and leading the children’s choir in Theatre in the Quarter’s ‘Forgotten Fortress’.
Georgina has led the Fireflies since their first rehearsal as ‘Ellesmere Port Ladies Choir’ in 2009. She is very proud of how much they have achieved since then, and continues to challenge and inspire the choir.
Georgina has led the Fireflies since their first rehearsal as ‘Ellesmere Port Ladies Choir’ in 2009. She is very proud of how much they have achieved since then, and continues to challenge and inspire the choir.
Chiara - Assistant MD
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Chiara Lisowski
Chiara was appointed as Assistant Musical Director to the Fireflies in September 2014. During this time, she has supported the choir with sectional rehearsals to learn and improve upon harmonies, introduced new singing exercises, and has also stepped up to the conducting platform for several concerts - both solo and in conjunction with Georgie. |
Music was an early interest for Chiara, learning the violin from the age of 5 and singing in a choir as soon as she was at school. She went on to study BA Music with Italian studies at the University of Birmingham, majoring in Singing.
Since university, Chiara has performed in a variety of community plays and musicals with Chester-based Theatre in the Quarter, and led a small choir at her place of work in 2016. She is committed to furthering her musical education and has taken two Sing for Pleasure Conducting courses to develop her conducting skills, and is also learning the piano. She loves singing and is very grateful for the opportunity to work with the Fireflies, who are in turn very grateful to have Chiara!
Since university, Chiara has performed in a variety of community plays and musicals with Chester-based Theatre in the Quarter, and led a small choir at her place of work in 2016. She is committed to furthering her musical education and has taken two Sing for Pleasure Conducting courses to develop her conducting skills, and is also learning the piano. She loves singing and is very grateful for the opportunity to work with the Fireflies, who are in turn very grateful to have Chiara!