Teaching and Outreach

Claire is an experienced and creative music leader in a variety of settings. Since 2019 Claire has worked with Live Music Now on a number of projects and residencies in care homes and schools for children with additional needs. She is a regular contributor to Opera Prelude’s outreach programmes and enjoys curating programmes which are accessible and engaging to different audiences.

As a voice instructor, Claire holds a Distinction in the LRAM, the vocal pedagogy certificate from the Royal Academy of Music, an MA from the Royal Academy of Music and a First Class Honours degree in Music and French from Durham University. She has taught across the UK, France and Switzerland, for organisations including Brent Music Service, Blackheath Conservatoire and Summer Camps at Institut Le Rosey. She regularly prepares students for exams, Oxbridge choral scholarship auditions, competitions and performances. She enjoys helping students grow in confidence, improve technique and explore a variety of repertoire and does so with a supportive and tailored approach.

Quotes from students

“Claire’s teaching has completely changed the way I sing. Her enthusiastic and fresh approach to singing completely opened me up and my singing has taken leaps and bounds with her help. I am now a choral scholar at St.John’s College, Oxford and her help to prepare for the audition process was indispensable.”

“Claire has taught our children piano for many years now. Her positive and encouraging approach has meant they have stuck at it through secondary school while many of their peers have given up. Claire’s calm and approachable exterior, hides a very well organised, professional musician. We have been particularly impressed with how seamlessly she has adapted to the technological requirements of online teaching, including getting our daughter through her first online exam during the lockdown”