New York native Claire Raphaelson has made a home for herself in Boston as an active recitalist and soloist with wide-ranging musical pursuits. Praised for her "stylistically nuanced performances," and "charming sense of chutzpah,"( Boston Musical Intelligencer) Claire collaborates frequently with lutenist Matthew Wright and keyboardist Matthew Hall, and appears with numerous local ensembles such as Musical Offering, Exsultemus, Seven Times Salt, Harvard Early Music Society, Helios Early Opera, and others. Recent performances include the title role in the fringe opera Bacchus et Erigone by Mondonville at Boston Early Music Festival and many innovative lute song programs. She has participated in masterclasses given by Ellen Hargis, Stephen Stubbs, William Christie, and Emmanuel Music, has trained at the International Baroque Institute at Longy and at the Vancouver Early Music Baroque Vocal Programme. Claire received her MM in Historical Performance from Longy School of Music and her BM in Vocal Performance from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. She is on the substitute roster of Boston Baroque, a section leader at Parish of the Good Shepherd, and is a student of Pamela Dellal.