Katie Noonan 1338627 222269585 2008-06-28T12:44:13Z Cydebot 1215485 Robot - Moving category Irish Australians to Australians of Irish descent per [[WP:CFD|CFD]] at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 June 20]]. <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people. Non-free and "fair use" images, e.g. promo photos, CD/DVD covers, posters, screen captures, etc., will be deleted - see [[WP:NONFREE]] --> {{Infobox Musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> |Name = Katie Noonan |Img = Replace this image female.svg |Img_capt = |Img_size = 150 |Background = solo_singer |Birth_name = Katie Anne Noonan |Born = {{birth date and age|1977|5|2}} |Died = |Origin = [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] |Instrument = Vocals, keyboards |Genre = [[Alternative rock|Alternative]], [[jazz]], [[opera]] |Occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]] |Years_active = 1996–present |Label = [[Festival Mushroom Records]] |Associated_acts = ''[[george (band)|george]]'', Elixir |URL = }} '''Katie Noonan''' (Katie Anne Noonan<ref name="APRA">Australasian Performing Right Association: http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworksresult.stm</ref> born [[May 2]], [[1977]]) is an [[Australia]]n [[singer-songwriter]]. She sings in ''[[George (band)|george]]'' and Elixir, and also sings duets with her mother, Maggie Noonan. ==Musical career and personal life== Katie Noonan grew up with a strong background in classical music with her mother Maggie Noonan being a well-known opera singer. She studied opera and jazz at the [[Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University|Queensland Conservatorium]]. Katie founded the band ''george'' with her brother Tyrone, with whom she shares lead vocals, in 1996 to enter a university music competition. After a series of successful independently released EPs, they signed to Festival Mushroom Records, and released the debut album Polyserena in 2002, which entered the ARIA charts at #1. ''george'' won the Best New Artist ARIA award in 2003, performing Breathe In Now at the ceremony. She founded the jazz trio Elixir in 1997, who released their debut self titled album in 1998. Katie released an album with her mother Maggie Noonan - a collection of jazz & operatic duets. [[Paul Grabowsky]] & Katie Noonan teamed up for the jazz cycle ''Before Time Could Change Us'', words by [[Dorothy Porter]]. Katie is married to Isaac Hurren, her longtime partner and collaborator in Elixir. They have two young sons, Dexter Reed and Jonah Atticus Roc. Katie has recently released a solo album - ''Skin'' which was recorded at Sydney's [[Linear Recording]] in 2006. Produced by Andrew Klippel, ''Skin'' was released on {{Date|2007-08-11}}, and debuted at #6 on the ARIA top 50 album charts and #1 on the Australian ARIA Top 20 Album chart. The debut single ''Time To Begin'' debuted at #30 on the ARIA Top 50. On {{Date|2008-02-22}} she was a support act for [[Cyndi Lauper]] at [[Kings Park, Western Australia|King's Park]] Botanic Gardens, [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], and was invited on stage by Cyndi to sing along to [[Girls Just Wanna Have Fun]]. In April 2008, the song "Logic" ''(Remix)'' became available to Australian radio stations. ==Discography== ===george=== *''[[Self-titled/Homebrew|george]]'' (1998) *''[[You Can Take What's Mine EP]]'' (1999) *''[[Bastard Son/Holiday EP]]'' (2000) *''[[Polyserena]]'' (2002) - #'''1''' Australia (2 x platinum) *''[[Unity (George album)|Unity]]'' (2004) - #5 Australia ===Elixir=== *''Elixir'' (2003) *''Live at the Cornish Arms'' (2005) ===Katie & Maggie Noonan=== *''Two of a Kind'' (2004) ===Paul Grabowsky & Katie Noonan=== *''Before Time Could Change Us'' (2005) ===Solo=== *''[[Skin (Katie Noonan album)|Skin]]'' (2007) - #6 Australia ==See also== *''[[George (band)|george]]'' ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.george.net.au/ ''george''] *[http://www.sweetelixir.net/ Elixir] *[http://www.myspace.com/katienoonan Official MySpace] *[http://www.katienoonan.com/ Official Website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Noonan, Katie}} [[Category:1977 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Australian female singers]] [[Category:Australian opera singers]] [[Category:Australian rock musicians]] [[Category:Australians of Irish descent]]