ABOUT

Clare began learning violin when she was three years old, with Vivienne Price (founder of the National Children’s Orchestra), studying at Junior Guildhall and later with Bill Leary at the University of York (where she read Music) and with John Crawford at Trinity College of Music.

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Having performed with several orchestras including London Mozart Players and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and many chamber music groups, Clare has spent much of her professional life in the West End, playing in musicals such as Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and Motown as well as Girl From The North Country, Les Mis, Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Book of Mormon and The Prince of Egypt. Clare loves nothing more than a new challenge and has enjoyed learning a range of instruments for theatre roles, including guitar, jouhikko, mandolin, lute and keyboards. Clare has undertaken pop sessions for numerous artists, played with The Heritage Orchestra in their original Ibiza Classics arena tour and several tours of Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds. She has performed at many of the biggest music venues, theatres and festivals in the UK including The Royal Albert Hall, O2 Arena London, Wembley Stadium, Manchester Arena, Birmingham's Symphony Hall, Royal Opera House, The National Theatre, Shakespeare's Globe, Ronnie Scott's and Glastonbury and Latitude Festivals. In 2019 Clare joined Gryphon - the British prog band that was first formed in the 1970s, with which she plays violin, keyboards and sings.

 

Clare has recently been building her studio experience as assistant engineer at Morden Shoals Studio and is excited about the prospect of developing this side of her musical life.  She composes music for Gryphon, for TV and film as well as to use in her education work. 

 

Clare enjoys playing football and creating extravagant food in her spare time.