Claire Holdich

Claire graduated from the University of Hull with a first class degree in Music in 2004, and was also awarded the Departmental Prize for outstanding musical achievement. Claire regularly performs as a soloist and with a number of groups, including the Eclectic Orchestra who headlined UK Pride in 2017. She also hosts livestream request shows where viewers can enjoying hearing, and learning about, a wide selection of music including special bespoke arrangements of tracks which Claire records and produces herself, as well as completely original tracks too. Claire enjoys exploring contemporary flute techniques and repertoire and has attended classes and workshops with leading flautists in this field including Ian Clarke, Wissam Boustany and Jessica Quiñones. As a soloist, she enjoys introducing audiences to flute sounds which they may not have thought possible, including the ability to mix vocals and percussive sounds with traditional playing. Claire teaches singing, flute and music theory at Wyke Sixth Form College, Hull, and for the Yorkshire Young Musicians project which offers advanced training for talented musicians across the Yorkshire and Humber region. She is proud to have gained distinction levels in Associated Board examinations with singing pupils at every grade, and has former pupils who have since gone on to perform in the West End and to further study at, amongst others, the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, Tech Music School London, and Cambridge University with a choral scholarship. Claire is also a theory examiner for Trinity College, London and, until June of 2018, was accompanist and assistant director for the Village Voices choir based in Skirlaugh. Claire is a full member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians.