Claire Alsop

Instrument: Piano and Organ

Claire Alsop is a Bristol-based pianist and organist. After beginning her musical studies in Durham, she came to Bristol to study music at the university, and was also organ scholar at Bristol Cathedral. On graduating, Claire was appointed organist of Cheltenham Ladies College, and accompanist to the Cheltenham Bach Choir.  She gained the FRCO diploma in 2006, winning the Turpin prize.  
 
Claire is the Organist at St Mary Redcliffe Church, and as a freelance musician enjoys a range of music-making including teaching, accompanying and solo work. She has broadcast live on both Radio 3 and BBC1, as well as musical theatre work and ABRSM examining. Recent performance venues include several cathedrals in northern Spain, the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London’s West End and Bath Abbey. Claire is involved in a wide range of music education activities in Bristol and beyond, and loves having the opportunity to work with children at the beginning of their own musical journeys; recent projects have involved creating musical resources for a city-wide primary curriculum and arranging music for Bristol primary orchestra days of 250 children. She creates much of the music for Bristol Beacon’s massed singing events, and during the Covid lockdown period, Claire streamed a daily live recital via the internet, which received over 20,000 views.