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Clara Passmore

Collaborative Pianist

Clara Passmore is a collaborative pianist in the Piedmont Triad area of NC. She is a recent graduate of the Collaborative Piano program at UNCSA, where she studied under Dr. Allison Gagnon and received a Master of Music and a Professional Artist Certificate. Clara received her B.M. in Piano Performance at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA., studying with Dr. Taeseong Kim and coached by Dr. Tad Hardin. During her time at Liberty, she grew in her knowledge of the piano world and chose the path of the collaborative pianist. She began working as a freelance pianist for singers and instrumentalists at Liberty following graduation.

Clara’s first major collaborative performance was in spring of 2019 at Liberty’s Chamber Music Showcase performing works for flute, oboe and piano by Malcom Arnold. Clara attended Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in the summer of 2022 where she performed the Debussy Piano Trio. June of 2023, Clara attended the Collaborative Piano Institute at LSU, where she performed the first movement of Beethoven’s third Cello Sonata and Gounod’s Que fais-tu blanche, tourterelle?. Other performances include playing the celeste in the Nutcracker Ballet, playing piano in Sensemayá and Stravinsky’s 1945 Firebird suite for Ballet and Orchestra with the UNCSA Symphony Orchestra. She performed Dr. Miracle with UNCSA’s Undergraduate Opera Scenes. This past summer, Clara attended Opera Lucca where she performed in the opera scenes and composer’s concert, performing Mozart, Gluck and Puccini. Clara’s favorite type of collaboration is playing for operas and musicals.

Clara currently teaches piano at Upbeat Music Company and is a member of ArtistCorps at UNCSA. She loves to share her passion for music with her students, and with the community in Winston-Salem. In her spare time, Clara enjoys playing jazz gospel hymns and Disney music, and spending time with her husband James and dog Coal.