Celebration of Music - Talent Search

      Claire is a 13 year old 8th grader and a straight A student at a middle school in Connecticut. She is on track to receive the National Presidential Award for Excellence upon graduation. Claire started out her journey as a visual artist and has shown a talent for the arts since she was 3 years old. She has won numerous art contests and her artwork has been featured on billboards, calendars and museums across the state. When she was 10 years old Claire began showing an interest in music and it was soon discovered she had an amazing ear. Claire takes voice and piano lessons as well as playing drums and mallet percussion in her middle school band. She’s been accepted into prestigious Western Region Middle School Choir for the past 3 years in a row. In 2016 Claire was cast as one of the 12 little girls in KOTA’s off-Broadway production of Madeline’s Christmas. She performed on 42nd St. at the Lion Theatre in NYC during the holiday season. In 2017 she was cast in her second off-broadway production in Annie Warbucks and had the privilege of performing at the Signature Center in NYC. Claire has made the final rounds of an international singing competition and performed the national anthem with her hometown singing group at Mets Citifield. She also had the honor of performing in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with Camp Broadway, as a military kid this past fall. Claire is a huge animal lover and became a vegetarian at 11 years old. She is incredibly thankful for her supportive family and for the many amazing opportunities she has been given. She believes that with hard work and determination no goal is out of reach.