Claire's writing career began at age 17, when they were named a National Gold Award Winner in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for science-fiction. Claire went on to pursue a dual degree in English at the University of Michigan along with their Vocal Music degree, where they completed a self-structured concentration in creative writing. In recent years, Claire has increasingly focused their output on poetry and libretto writing. They currently have a chapbook in development and are working on librettos for three different dramatic works. 

 

In the last three years, Claire has developed a fruitful artistic relationship with composer Jasmine Thomasian, who has set several of their texts. So far, the pair has written four complete works: two art songs, an experimental sound-theatre piece, and a one-act comedic Halloween opera, which was co-composed between Claire and Jasmine. The pair have two more in development (an opera and a song cycle). Their opera in development was a finalist for the 2021 MassOpera New Opera Workshop; their short opera, Requiem For Five, was premiered by Chicago Opera On Tap in October, 2021; and the pair's comic art song, "In the Green Room," was featured in Chicago's SongSlam, hosted by Jake Heggie.

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At the top right is "Electric," and at the bottom right is "In the Green Room," both art songs by Jasmine Thomasian, written on original poems by Claire.