works / bio
Orchestral:
Blue Lab, 2017, for orchestra
Dream big for tomorrow..., 2020, for orchestra and improvising vocalist
Chamber:
Elasticity, 2020, for string quartet (recording coming soon)
Walls and Windows, 2020, for folk ensemble
Shoot and Leaf and Breath and Feet, 2020, for jazz piano-vocal duo and spoken word
this was a dance, 2019, for piano and percussion
Block, 2017, for piano trio
Charleston, 2019, for piano solo
pieces of string quartet, 2016, for string quartet
Electroacoustic collaborations:
Forever Interrupted, 2018, for Oliver Coates
What will the future be? 2020, with producer David Coyle and members of the Morley community
A Christmas Carol, 2020, with producer David Coyle and Sherman Theatre
Vocal:
Strange and Wild / Remote and Unfamiliar, 2018, for choir, trumpet and folk ensemble
Angels We Have Heard on High, 2017, for choir
Opra sebon 2020, opera scenes
Claire Victoria Roberts: Biography
Described as ‘one of Wales's leading composers’ by Wales Arts Review, Claire Victoria Roberts's music has been performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Psappha Ensemble, cellist Oliver Coates, Opra Cymru, Uproar Ensemble trumpeter Simon Desbruslais, Camden Symphony Orchestra and harpist Anne Denholm.
Claire is the Winner of a Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize 2019-2020, as well as 2017 winner of the Mathias Composition prize, and 2019 winner of a Francis Chagrin award.
Outside of the concert hall, Claire's music revolves around collaborative processes and curation, working with jazz and folk improvisers, spoken word, dance, music facilitation, and visuals. Her RPS commission involved making her Wigmore Hall debut with a jazz song cycle written for voice and piano.
