Hidden Gems Rediscovered 14 September 2024
Claire Taylor
Claire Taylor was born in Manchester and came to Scotland to study music at the University of Edinburgh in 1995. She graduated with honours in 1999, having studied voice with Eric von Ibler and violin with Peter Markham.
Claire’s day job is in Health and Social Care, manging teams to support adults with autism and learning disabilities. Outside work, Claire has a very active musical life.Claire is an accomplished soprano, having performed a diverse range of roles, from Iris in Handel’s Semele to Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls, and most recently Judy Bernley in Kelso Opera’s production of 9 to 5 The Musical. Claire has performed as a soloist in Waverley Consort’s performances of Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Mass in B minor, Bach’s St Matthew Passion, Brahms’ A German Requiem; St Andrew’s Camerata’s performance of Fauré’s Requiem during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Martin Palmeri’s Misatango with The Abbey Consort – a Scottish premier we believe; the Melrose Music Festival’s Carmina Burana; and regularly at Holy Trinity Church Melrose. She was the soloist for Schubert’s Mass in G and Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Berwick Arts Choir and in September she sang again in the Melrose Music Festival with The Melrose Vocal Ensemble. Claire sang Mozart’s Parto, parto, ma tu, ben mio back in March with Borders Chamber Orchestra, and is delighted to have been asked back to sing more Mozart tonight.
Future engagements include St Cecilia Mass with the Abbey Consort in November and December, and The Eildon Singers Christmas concert in December.
