- Audra Claire -
Violinist & Violist
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Audra Claire, a native of Charleston, South Carolina, began doing public violin performances at age 5. She attended the Aspen Music Festival and School for eight years where she performed on multiple occasions for the Young Artist Concert Series. Audra Claire studied concurrently with Paul Kantor of Rice University for eight years and Amos Laurence, the former assistant concertmaster of the Charleston Symphony, for eleven years.
Over the years, she has soloed with symphonies around the state; including the Civic Metropolitan Orchestra, the Southcoast Symphony, the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, and the Hilton Head Symphony. She was also the co-concertmaster of the Youth Orchestra of the Lowcountry. In 2008 she won the Charleston Symphony Orchestra League Concerto Competition. That same year she also soloed with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra for the opening of the Spoleto Festival International. Additionally, she has been a soloist for multiple concerts with the College of Charleston Concert Series, the Drayton Hall Plantation Candlelight Concert Series, the Friday Night with the Classics Series, the Emily Remington Concert Series, the Millennium Music Spotlight Concert Series, the Hilton Head Symphony Musicale, the Charleston First Night Concert Series and other independent concerts throughout the state. Audra Claire was a featured performer for Celtic Sounds at the Logos Theater in Greenville three years in a row. She also played with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra during their 2016 and 2018 holiday seasons, as well as playing with Michael Buble for concerts during his 2021 and 2022 tours! Additionally, Audra Claire has played with the Charleston Gospel Choir, and for other events such as TedX Charleston. She enjoys performing both as a solo artist and as a collaborative performer for concerts, weddings, and special events. |
0:00 - Czardas - Monti
1:40 - Ashokan Farewell - Ungar
3:14 - Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis Prelsey
4:36 - The Butterfly - Fiddle Tune
5:48 - Meditation from Thaïs
7:06 - Perfect - Ed Sheeran
1:40 - Ashokan Farewell - Ungar
3:14 - Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis Prelsey
4:36 - The Butterfly - Fiddle Tune
5:48 - Meditation from Thaïs
7:06 - Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Audra Claire's Sample Song List
Note: This is not a comprehensive list. Many selections available upon request.
Contact us to customize music for your special event!
BROADWAY & FILM
All I Ask of You - Phantom of the Opera
As Time Goes By - Casablanca
Bewitched - Pal Joey
Can You Feel the Love Tonight? - The Lion King
Candle on the Water - Pete’s Dragon
Love Story Theme - Love Story
Moon River - Breakfast at Tiffany’s
My Funny Valentine - Babes in Arms
Some Enchanted Evening - South Pacific
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - The Wizard of OZ
Tale As Old As Time - Beauty and the Beast
Till There was You- The Music Man
You’ll Never Walk Alone- Carousel
CLASSICAL
Air from (Water Music) - Handel
Air on the G String - Bach
Arioso - J.S. Bach
Canon in D - Pachelbel
Clair de Lune (Abridged) - Debussy
Hornpipe (from Water Music) - Handel
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - Bach
Largo - Handel
Meditation from Thais – Massenet
Ode to Joy – Beethoven
Rondeau – Mouret
Spring, from the Four Seasons – Vivaldi
The Swan - Camille Saint-Saens
Trumpet Tune – Purcell
Trumpet Voluntary – Clarke
Wedding March (Traditional “Here Comes the Bride”) - Wagner
Wedding March (Traditional Bridal Recessional) – Mendelssohn
COUNTRY
Amazed - Lonestar
Bless the Broken Road - Rascal Flatts
Could I Have This Dance - Anne Murray
Forever and Ever, Amen - Randy Travis
From the Ground Up - Dan + Shay
The Keeper of the Stars - Tracy Byrd
Valentine - Martina McBride
When You Say Nothing at All - Alison Krauss
JAZZ
All of Me - Dean Martin
At Last - Etta James
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
Call Me Irresponsible - Frank Sinatra
Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra
Fly me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
Heart and Soul - Hoagy Carmichael
I’ll Be Seeing You - Billie Holiday
I’ve Got My Love to Keep me Warm - Tony Bennett
I’ve Got You Under my Skin - Frank Sinatra
La Vie en Rose - Louis Armstrong
More - Frank Sinatra
That’s Amore - Dean Martin
The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra
Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
OLDIES
Always - Irving Berlin
All My Loving - The Beatles
Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli
Close to You - The Carpenters
Dream a Little Dream of Me - The Mamas and the Papas
Dream Lover - Bobby Darin
Let Me Call You Sweetheart - Bing Crosby
Let’s Fall in Love - Harold Arlen
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
POPULAR
All of Me - John Legend
Ashokan Farewell – Ungar
As Long As You Love Me - The Backstreet Boys
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Best Day of My Life - American Authors
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Come Away with Me - Norah Jones
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
How Long Will I Love You - Ellie Goulding
In My Life – The Beatles
I’ll Be - Edwin McCain
Marry Me - Train
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Something – The Beatles
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
R&B / SOUL
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye
Endless Love - Lionel Richie
For Once in my Life - Stevie Wonder
How Sweet it is to be Loved by You - Marvin Gaye
I Swear - All For One
I’ll Be There - The Jackson 5
My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) - Natalie Cole
SACRED
Amazing Grace
Ave Maria - Charles Gounod
Ave Maria - Schubert
Be Thou My Vision
I Will Be Here - Steven Curtis Chapman
Panis Angelicus (O Lord Most Holy) - Cesar Franck
Take My Life and Let It Be
*Many Traditional Hymn Options Available by Request