Claire Thaler is a violinist currently based in Boston, Massachusetts. She has participated in music festivals such as Tanglewood Music Center, Yellow Barn Young Artist Program, Castleman Quartet Program, Madeline Island Chamber Music, Bowdoin International Music Festival, and LyricaFest. As well, she has performed in master classes for Ayano Ninomiya, Laurie Smukler, Almita and Roland Vamos, and the Carpe Diem String Quartet.
Claire was a member of the New York String Orchestra Seminar in winter of 2019, performing in two sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall. She was a winner of the 2020 Blair School of Music Concerto Competition and received 1st prize in the 2017 Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra Competition. Claire is a recent alumnus of the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University where she studied with Dr. Carolyn Huebl and graduated Magna Cum Laude.
Claire is currently pursuing her M.M at New England Conservatory under the direction of Professor Ayano Ninomiya.