Our conductor
After gaining degrees in Music and English Literature at Melbourne University, Australian pianist Clare Clements came to the UK to study Accompaniment and Chamber Music at The Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. On completion of her Master's degree, she joined the staff of the College, firstly as an accompanist and then, in 1997, as a Lecturer in the School of Keyboard Studies.
Clare's varied performing career has included accompanying singers and instrumentalists in recitals and broadcasts throughout Australia, the UK and Ireland, and playing orchestral keyboard with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. She has a keen interest in contemporary music and, with her group VAMOS!, has given world premieres at the Huddersfield and Ryedale Festivals and at the Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague.
Since moving to London in 2000, Clare has continued to enjoy a busy freelance career as an accompanist and chamber musician. In addition, she is a Lecturer in the Music Department at Morley College, teaches piano and theory privately, and runs music and singing workshops in London and the Shetland Islands. Clare made her conducting debut in March 2005 with Mendelssohn's 'Elijah' and has conducted Verdi's 'Requiem,' Mozart's 'Coronation Mass' and Haydn's 'Creation'.
Clare is a Music examiner for Trinity Gulidhall
February 2008