A truly versatile performer, Clare once played the Runcible Spoon in pantomime and sang the soprano solo in Handel's "Messiah" on the same day. Her life and career have inspired a play for the London stage, a television documentary, plus numerous other broadcasts and articles in the national press. Clare's many achievements as a performer, writer and educator have earned her a number of awards, the runner's up place in the Woman of the Year Frink Award and the nickname of "The User Friendly Soprano". As a soloist, she has featured regularly in opera, theatre and oratorio; on TV and radio, and has given numerous song recitals and cabaret performances both home and abroad. Clare has recorded three successful CD's and has sung her own comic songs in settings as diverse as Winchester Cathedral and on Radio Four's Pick Of The Week. Gaining in reputation as a playwright, Clare's plays and musicals have been staged regularly in theatres, arts festivals, museums and community venues.
Personal highlights include: a successful, all Gershin, debut C.D. and an ITV documentary on her life and work; solo concerts in the Purcell Room, St. John's Smith Square and the Pavillon in Hanover; devising and performing a year long series of concerts at the V and A; playing the female leading roles in two of her favourite operas: Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas" with Cyclops Productions and "Peter Grimes" with the Royal Opera House's outreach department; becoming the first visually impaired singer to be engaged by the latter, to perform and to lead opera workshops in schools and at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Theatre; ; appearing regularly for nearly twenty five years on Radio Kent's Pat Marsh Show; studying for two decades with renowned baritone Brian Rayner Cook and forming The User Friendly Theatre Company with Anne Graydon- Clare's multi-talented sister. As an avid cricket lover, Clare is particularly proud of having been invited to sing one of her own comic songs, live on Test Match Special
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