Claire read music at Royal Holloway University of London, graduating in 1998 with BMus Hons. Whilst there she studied Harp under Charlotte Seale, Professor of Harp at the Guildhall School of Music. She continued her studies and achieved her ABRSM Diploma in Harp Performance.
Now based in Bristol, Claire is in demand and plays regularly for weddings, business and private events throughout the South-West. She also teaches the harp privately and at Badminton Girls' School in Bristol.
She is the recommended harpist at Lucknam Park, Babington House, Bristol Marriott Royal, Berkeley Castle, Leigh Court, St Audries Park, The Grange and The Park, Wick.
Celebrity weddings Claire has played for include:
Mike Catt (England Rugby), Lucy Benjamin (EastEnders), Angela Griffin (Waterloo Road & Coronation Street), Pearl Lowe & Danny Goffey (Supergrass)
And companies including:
Bank of Ireland, Bristol International Airport, Cadillac, Corus, Credit Suisse, Ernst & Young, IBM, Lloyds TSB, and Wooden Spoon

Classical

Bach Prelude No. 1
Sarabande
(From Violin Partita No. 1)
Andante
(From Violin Sonata No. 2)
Air on the G String

Balfe I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls

Beethoven Fur Elise

Chertok Beige Nocturne
Ten Past Two

Clarke Chaconne

Debussy Clair de Lune

Delibes Flower Duet from ‘Lakme’

Dowland Lachrimae Antiquae Pavan

Dussek Sonatina No. 2

Glinka Nocturne

Grandjany Gavotte

Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Hornpipe’ from the ‘Water Music’

Hasselmans Reverie
Rouet

Mendelssohn Wedding March

Offenbach Barcarolle

Pachelbel Canon in D

Parry Sonata No. 1

Puccini O Mio Babbino Caro

Purcell Trumpet Voluntary

Renié Angelus
Au Bord du Ruisseau

Salzedo Bolero
Rumba
Siciliana

Satie Gymnopedie No. 1

J. Strauss Blue Danube Waltz

Tournier Prelude No. 3


Vivaldi Spring
Winter

Wagner Bridal Chorus from ‘Lohengrin’


Pop, Films and Musicals

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes (Cinderella)
Anne’s Theme (Anne of Green Gables)
A Whole New World (Aladdin)
Balcony Scene (Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’)
Beauty and the Beast
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Lion King)
Cavatina – Theme music from ‘The Deer Hunter’
Evenstar (Lord of the Rings)
Feed the Birds (Mary Poppins)
‘My Heart Will Go On’ Theme from ‘Titanic’
Once Upon A Dream (Sleeping Beauty)
On My Own (Les Misérables)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
The Wind Beneath My Wings
Married Life - Theme from Disney-Pixar’s ‘Up’
When You Wish Upon A Star (Pinocchio)
Where is Love (Oliver)
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Gershwin
- Embraceable You
- Summertime
Lloyd Webber
- All I Ask of You
- Love Changes Everything
- Memory
- The Music of the Night
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Pie Jesu
- Think of Me


Rodgers and Hammerstein
- Edelweiss
-The Sound of Music
- You’ll Never Walk Alone
- West Side Story
- One Hand One Heart
- Somewhere

Bryan Adams
- Everything I Do…
- Heaven
Aerosmith
- I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing
Charles Aznavour
- She
Beatles
- Here, There and Everywhere
- Let It Be
- Yesterday
Andrea Bocelli
- Time to Say Goodbye
Carpenters
- We’ve Only Just Begun
Lana Del Rey
- Video Games
Des’ree
- I’m Kissing You
Bob Dylan/Adele
- Make You Feel My Love
Enya
- Lothlórien
- Watermark
Dolly Parton/Whitney Houston
- I Will Always Love You
Erroll Garner
- Misty
Bart Howard
- Fly Me to the Moon
Elton John
- Your Song
Ronan Keating
- When You Say Nothing At All
Jerome Kern
- The Way You Look Tonight
John Legend
- All of Me
Henry Mancini
- Moon River
Bruno Mars
- Just the Way You Are
Owl City
- Fireflies
Christina Perri
- A Thousand Years
Lionel Richie
- Endless Love
Ed Sheeran
- Thinking Out Loud
Snow Patrol
- Chasing Cars
Stephen Sondheim
- Send in the Clowns
Sting
- Fields of Gold
Barbra Streisand
- Evergreen
Shania Twain
- From This Moment On
Frankie Valli
- Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You
Westlife
- Flying Without Wings
Westlife/Josh Groban
- You Raise Me Up
Pharrell Williams
- Happy
Robbie Williams
- Angels

Folk

All Through the Night
Ar Lan y Mor
The Ash Grove
Brian Boru’s March
Cader Idris
The Cockle-Gatherer
Danny Boy
Eriskay Love-Lilt
Greensleeves
Leaving Stoer
Lisa Lan
Llydaw
Mairi’s Wedding
Merch Megan
Myfanwy
My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose
Over the Sea to Skye
Scarborough Fair
Sosban Fach
Water is Wide
Y Ferch o Blwy’ Penderyn

Price Waterhouse Coopers,
IBM, Bank of Ireland,
Cadillac, Lloyds TSB,
Credit Suisse,
Provident,
Wansbroughs,
Hydro International,
Knight Frank,
Malone Associates,
Taylors Estate Agents,
Winterthur,
Bristol Nuffield,
Bristol Airport,
Wooden Spoon,
Ultimate Finance Group,
Stryker UK,
Horley Consultant Engineers,
Motive Action,
Junior Surveyors Organisation,
Secure Systems and Technologies,
Circle Bath,
Western Power,
Ken Biggs Contractors,
Ernst and Young,
Halcrow,
Motability,
Saffery Champness