Claire Bresnahan

Violin

Clare Bresnahan is a violinist, educator, and nonprofit administrator in the Pacific Northwest. She has extensive experience performing with orchestras and chamber music ensembles across the country, and now focuses on projects that address historical inequities in the classical music industry and feature women and BIPOC composers. She is also a recording artist for movie, television, and video game soundtracks and has performed with artists such as The Who, Weird Al, and Andrea Bocelli. Clare grew up in the Methow Valley and began studying violin with Chelan local Kerry Travers. She went on to complete a Bachelor of Music at Central Washington University, spend a year in London studying intensively with violinist David Takeno, and earn a Master of Music from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Outside of performing, Clare enjoys teaching private students, has a parallel career in nonprofit management and serves on the board for Seattle Arts and Culture for Anti-Racism.

When not working she values time spent connecting with new people and dear friends, learning new things ranging from the particulars of beer styles to the science of wildfires, and loves to backpack, sail, and garden.