Singing the praises of unsung heroes

It sounds like a contradiction in terms, but a woman whose whole life is song has just received an Unsung Hero Award.

Sonya Keogh, the creator of singing festivals, summer camps and workshops for children at home and all over the world, received the award for her unique Summer Sing and Sign Festival which brought deaf and hearing children together in a choral celebration in her native Cork earlier this year.

Opera singer Sonya, creative director of the ArtLifeCulture initiative, worked with the Cork Deaf Association to bring 200 children together in song in a venture she is determined will become an annual event in the city.