Claire Galloway
Soprano
About
The
Artist
Scottish-American soprano Claire Galloway’s theatricality covers the gamut of “palpable pain” and “splendid, funny moments” (B.I.T.R.). This season she is a featured artist with Baltimore Musicales, Emmanuel Episcopal's Tuesdays at Six, and Wilmington Concert Opera. She will record a debut album featuring the art songs of composer Erik Franklin, including the premier of a song cycle featuring women of Norse mythology, Mothers of Ragnarok.
A Fellow from 2022 - 2024 at the Nordic Song Festival in Trollhättan, Sweden, 2022 Brown Loranger Fellow at Songfest, and 2021 Fellow at the Ravinia Steans Music Institute, as well as a winner of the NYC SongSlam, Ms. Galloway is known for her innovative recital programing with a special interest in French and Nordic repertoire as well as commissioning new works for voice and chamber ensemble. Her Grieg & Nordic Fairytales virtual recital was be presented by Wilmington Concert Opera in January 2024.
In recent seasons she has been featured by Market Square Concert Series, Baltimore Musicales, Bach in Baltimore, Andersen's Nightingale, and Mid-Atlantic Symphony. Having performed with Opera Henriette, Lidal North in Oslo, Saltworks Opera, Baltimore Concert Opera, Savannah Opera, Bel Cantanti Opera, and Stillpointe Theatre, she has presented operatic roles by Mozart, Poulenc, Massenet, Purcell, and Bernstein, as well as premiered roles in works by Arnold Saltzman, Steven Crino, Jonathan Dove, and Frances Pollock. She is currently based in Baltimore, Maryland USA where she is a professor of diction and repertoire courses at the Peabody Conservatory. For the 2023 - 2025 years she will be Artist in Residence in Music at Bard College teaching voice and coaching the opera workshop production.
Monday, August 4th
3:30 pm
August 2nd - 13th
Faculty, Charm City Opera Retreat: Conquering French & German Diction
Ms. Galloway joins the newly launched Charm City Opera Retreat to lead a virtual workshop on French & German Diction on Monday August 4th at 3:30 pm ET.
She will also coach in-person participants in Baltimore on their French and German repertoire.
Charm City Opera Retreat was born out out a need for local and affordable professional development opportunities for early career classical singers.
This two-week intensive will provide participants the opportunity to polish their audition package, receive in-depth coaching on their aria selections, and build a peer & mentorship network. With a variety of topics and holistic approaches, our faculty is dedicated to nurturing your authentic artistry as you prepare to launch your career.
Saturday, August 23rd
6:00 pm
The Ivy Summer Concert Series: Childhood Stories and Lullabies - A Family Event!
Part of our Summer Concert Series, The Ivy hosts soprano Claire Galloway and pianist John Henderson for an outdoor concert for all ages featuring musical storytelling and lullabies! Enjoy this end-of-summer outdoor event, perfect for school-aged children (and adults!) who are readjusting their bedtime routines for the new school year. A perfect way to introduce your children to classical music and the power of storytelling!
Bring a packed picnic dinner for your family to enjoy in the gardens before or after the event. Childrens' books around themes of music and bedtime will be on display. The concert begins at 6pm on the back patio!
Tickets are free - RSVP at the link provided!
Ivy Bookshop
5928 Falls Road Baltimore, MD 21209
Friday, September 19th
7:00 pm
Sunday, September 21st
3:00 pm
Wilmington Concert Opera: Giulietta in Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Ms. Galloway joins Wilmington Concert Opera's production of Offenbach's masterwork "The Tales of Hoffmann" as Giulietta, the courtesan who treasures diamonds above love.
Les contes d’Hoffmann is a tour of Paris through the literary works of E. T. A. Hoffmann and the sparkling music of Offenbach. WCO's first opera in French, it is a story of fantasy, intrigue, and delightful musical moments that will leave you humming.
Sunday’s matinee performance features themed craft activities at 2:00 PM for one and all, followed by a sensory friendly performance at 3:00 PM, with snacks, fidgets, and break space provided for all ages.
No tickets required - donations warmly welcomed.
Presbyterian Church of the Covenant,
503 Duncan Road, Wilmington, DE
Saturday, June 7th at
7 pm
Music at Southfield Season Opener
Ms. Galloway joins pianist Manon Hutton-DeWys to open the Music at Southfield Summer season.
The Bard alumnae will perform Alban Berg's Sieben Frühe Lieder, a Nordic set including works by Sibelius, Nystrœm, and de Frumerie, and Francis Poulenc's Métamorphoses.
The Southfield Church
234 Norfolk Road, Southfield, MA
Tuesday, May 6th at
6 pm
Tuesdays at Six: Nordic Concert
Ms. Galloway joins baritone Colin Levin and pianist John Henderson to perform works by Sibelius, Jorunn Viðar, Gösta Nystrœm, Ture Rangström, Edvard Grieg, and Gunnar de Frumerie as part of Emmanuel Episcopal Church's Tuesdays at Six concert series.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
811 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD
Friday, February 7th at 7:30 pm
SongSlam NYC - Virtual Winner
Ms. Galloway joins John Henderson to premiere the first movement "Mothers of Earth & Sky" from Erik Franklin's cycle based around women of Norse mythology, Mothers of Ragnarok. This performance won the virtual competition.
SongSlam is a competition with a virtual and live component that promotes contemporary art song - specifically providing opportunities to premiere new works!
National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY
Sunday, January 26th at 3:00 pm ET
Baltimore Musicales Force of Destiny: The Life & Music of Rosa Ponselle
Ms. Galloway joins Baltimore Musicales for a celebration of Rosa Ponselle's life and music, singing selections from La Bohème, Carmen, La Traviata, Les Contes d'Hoffmann, and one of her favorite Neapolitan songs "'A Vucchella."
Free and open to the public, tickets not required.
Our Lady of Angels Chapel
711 Maiden Choice LaneCatonsville, MD
Sunday, January 12th at 5:30 pm ET
Nordic Song House Concert
Ms. Galloway & John Henderson perform works by Edvard Grieg, Gunnar de Frumerie, Ture Rangström, Hugo Alfvén, and Gösta Nystrœm in a warm, intimate house concert.
Hosted by Paul Cassedy - Dinner included
$25 per ticket
Greenspring Avenue, Baltimore, MD
Sunday, October 27th at 3:30 pm ET
Baltimore Musicales Around the World in Sacred Song
Ms. Galloway joins Baltimore Musicales for a celebration of sacred song from all cultures.
Tickets: $35 with discounts for Students & Seniors
Inter-Faith Chapel
3680 South Leisure World Boulevard, Silver Spring, MD
Sunday, September 29th at 6:00 pm ET
Songs of Earth & Sky House Concert
Ms. Galloway performs works by Erik Franklin with pianist Hui-Chuan Chen building up to a recording project with Oktaven in November 2025.
Hosted by Paul Cassedy - Dinner included
$25 per ticket
Greenspring Avenue, Baltimore, MD
Saturday, August 10th at 7:30 pm
Nordic Song Festival Jubileumskonsert
Ms. Galloway celebrates the Nordic Song Festival's 10th anniversary in their celebration concert. She will perform works centered around the ocean, rivers, and other bodies of water by Gunnar de Frumerie, Edvard Grieg, Ture Rangström, and Gösta Nystrœm.
Konsthallen, Trollhättan, Sweden
Yoga for Singers
This approximately 60 minute flow will help strengthen and lengthen your singer support system, connect and ground to your body, and also cleanse and invigorate your throat (Vishuddha), heart (Anahata), and solar plexus (Manipura) chakras.
Helpful props for this sequence: yoga blocks, Coregeous Ball/exercise ball, a stable & sturdy chair, yoga blanket, strap, perhaps a counter top or wall for balance assistance
$25 to purchase the Yoga for Singers video class
Stay tuned for a live Yoga for Singers series in Baltimore, MD & more
Reviews
The Talbot Spy
Steve Parks
“O Holy Night,” just about brought the full house at the Avalon down...
Galloway brought both reverence and inspiration to the lyrics and their echoes in what believers and non-believers alike have heard and recited most of their lives.
Through all three verses, she calibrated her soaring lyric soprano voice to enable a thrilling culmination.
Holiday Joy, Mid-Atlantic Symphony, Avalon Theater, Easton, MD, 2023
Baltimore Independent Theatre Review
Dinah, played by Claire Galloway Weber, is also an outstanding songbird soprano who holds her own against Tomaszewski. Her pain is palpable, and her courage to try and find help seems a thin veiled reflection on deflection. She has her own splendid funny moment performing 'Island Magic,' while flouncing between a disgusted movie patron and a back up dancer for the Polynesian Dance Troupe.
Trouble in Tahiti, Stillpointe Theatre, Baltimore, MD
Theatre Bloom
Mike Zellhofer
Galloway Weber's clear, dulcet voice draws you into her struggle between having the perfect looking suburban home and what appears to be an alluring marriage, and the desire for a relationship with the man she loves. She conveys this perfectly in her scene with her psychiatrist and as she recounts her viewing of the South Sea romance Trouble in Tahiti.
Trouble in Tahiti, Stillpointe Theatre, Baltimore, MD
Sommersang, Carl Nielsen Vänersborg Theater Vänersborg, Sweden
The Force of Destiny Baltimore Musicales with curation by Claire Galloway & The Arthur Friedheim Library George Peabody Library, Baltimore
Ariettes souvenues set with Javier Arrebola Ravinia, IL
Performing with Saffron Chung New York, NY
Lidal North Oslo, Norway
Saltworks Opera with tenor Matthew Greenblatt Cape Charles, VA
