Clare Shore

Clare Shore (born 1954) is an American composer, music educator mezzo-soprano, and conductor. She continued her studies in composition with Charles Eakin and Cecil Effinger, and voice with Louis Cunningham, graduating with a Master of Music degree in 1977 from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She studied with David Diamond, Vincent Persichetti, Roger Sessions, and later with Gunther Schuller and was the second woman to earn a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in composition from the Juilliard School in 1984. She was awarded a prestigious fellowship to MacDowell, and was in residence there in 1985. In addition to her work as a composer, Shore has taught music at The Juilliard School, Fordham University, Manhattan School of Music, the University of Virginia, George Mason University and Palm Beach Atlantic University. Her compositions have been performed internationally. She resides in West Palm Beach, Florida. Honors and awards *Irving Berlin Fellowship in Memory of Jerome Kern *Alexandre Gretchaninov Memorial Award *Grant to Young Composers 1983 *ASCAP Standard Awards since 1982 *Composers Assistance Grants from the American Music Center *MacDowell Colony Fellowship *Atlantic Cent