Claire Ward

Having such knowledge and support around will be really valuable to building a sustainable and varied career.

Recent highlights include making her solo debuts at Queen Elizabeth Hall with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conducted by John Wilson, and at Cadogan Hall in Bach’s B Minor Mass with Thames Philharmonic Choir, as well as touring with the Monteverdi Choir and John Eliot Gardiner as an apprentice. Shortly after graduating from the Royal Academy of Music in 2019, Claire joined the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme, performing Bach Cantatas conducted by Philippe Herreweghe, and covered the role of Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro at The Grange Festival. In the 2021 and 2022 seasons Claire performed at Opera Holland Park in the chorus and as Frantik in the Cunning Little Vixen. Claire made her Oxford Lieder debut in 2019, returning to the festival in 2021. She is a regular performer with Live Music now, working in a variety of settings such as care homes and schools.