Claire graduated in Psychology and Management Studies from Cambridge University in 2007. She spent six months managing the development of mypeoplebiz.com, a start-up combining social networking with recruitment, before joining the global strategy consultancy Booz & Co. After working on a number of projects in the UK and Germany, she took a 10-month leave of absence to work full time for London Music Masters from June 2009 - March 2010. Claire remains involved with the charity as a Special Advisor.

Music has always been a huge part of Claire’s life. During her time at Cambridge she held a music scholarship at New Hall College, a choral scholarship with the Fitzwilliam College Chapel Choir and led the flute section in the University orchestras (CUMS I and CUMS II) under Stephen Cleobury and Peter Stark. She has toured extensively in Europe and the US and has sung with the award winning choir Chantage, with whom she has recorded an album, assisted in choral workshops with Eric Whitacre and participated in a number of performances and recordings for the BBC.

Blog posts by Claire:
Must we suppress our instinctive reactions to music? LMM discusses Alex Ross' recent lecture on 21st Century concert etiquette...