Director

CLARE CADDICK BMUS (HONS)

FLEXIBAND, EMERALD CHORUS, EMERALD CHAMBER CHOIR, OSIRIS ENSEMBLE and THEORY CLASS

 

Clare trained at the Royal Academy of Music and Goldsmith’s College, University of London.

 

She began working in the theatre in the London’s West End as a music copyist for shows such as Some Like it Hot, Ziegfeld, Oliver and Martin Guerre . She also worked on films such as Remains of the Day and Howard’s End .

 

As chorus master of Surrey Opera, she trained the chorus for Sweeney Todd, Orpheus in the Underworld, La Traviata, La Bohéme, Tosca and Carmen.

 

Clare was Music Director of Wimbledon Light Opera Society 2002 - 2005 and conducted Guys and Dolls, As Time Goes By, The Mikado , Sweet Charity, Iolanthe and Sweeney Todd . With Mayhem Productions, Clare conducted Oliver! At the Epsom Playhouse.

 

As a flautist, Clare has performed with many orchestras and bands and has toured Europe with various opera companies and orchestras. She has achieved much success as a flute teacher.

 

Clare is the director of the Emerald Music School in Purley and has conducted the award-winning choirs at many venues including the Royal Festival Hall and Cardiff’s Millenium Centre.

 

With the Osiris Ensemble, a youth choir based in Carshalton, Clare has conducted many orchestral and choral concerts.

Clare is Head of Music at Laleham Lea School in Purley.