Claire Hodge is a private voice teacher with over thirty years experience as soloist, teacher, conductor, clinician, and vocal coach.

A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Claire enjoyed performing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops Orchestra under renowned conductors.  While in Orlando, performing opportunities have included Civic Theater of Central FL, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, numerous vocal ensembles including Belle Voci (founder & director), Seraphim (director), Orlando 13 (founding member), Short–N–Sassy & Just 4 Fun (founding member) and Orlando Camerata Chorus for whom she conducted the farewell concert.

In addition to a thriving studio, for the past 10 years, Claire has worked closely with Janice Stieber Rous as a certified practitioner in Body Dialogue.  Janice developed this effective work using the principles of Alexander Technique and the breathing coordination of Carl Stough.  Claire is successful in bringing a new level of body awareness and breathing coordination to help individuals gain more confidence, beauty, control, resonance, power and freedom to unleash your authentic voice.  She is currently teaching private voice lessons in Southwest Orlando as well as College Park, FL.

Claire’s most recent endeavor is the Artistic Director for VoxO, the vocal arm of the Orlando Contemporary Chamber Orchestra (OCCO). Debuting on June 5th, 2021, VoxO premiered a jazzy work for vocal ensemble and solo cello celebrating the opening concert of OCCO’s 2021 season. The group performs a wide-ranging repertoire both a capella and in collaboration with solo instrumentalists and OCCO. Versatility and musical diversity are central to the performance ex-pression of VoxO.

In addition to serving as Artistic Director for the Lutheran Cantata Choir for three seasons, Claire was Director the Orlando Deanery Girls Choir for sixteen years, and worked closely with Canon Benjamin Lane (1957-2019) and the Boychoir at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Orlando. The choirs have performed extensively throughout Florida and have toured Canada, Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic and the United States together, under her direction since 1999. The choirs sang at the White House, at the request of President Obama and his family, during the 2011 Christmas season and traveled to England in August and September of 2012 for two one-week choir residencies in St. Paul's Cathedral, London and Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Claire's final tour with the choirs was a New York City Tour in June 2014 with multiple performances including Carnegie Hall under the direction of Grant Gershon of the LA Master Chorale, Saint Thomas Fifth Avenue and St. Paul's Chapel near the 9/11 Memorial. In conjunction with her work with the choir, Claire has served as voice teacher and vocal coach for summer courses with the Royal School of Church Music in America in New York City, Boston, North Carolina and Alabama.

Growing out of her work with the Deanery Choirs, Claire has served as guest conductor and clinician for numerous Florida Schools and musical entities including Seminole County "Guys Day of Singing", Seminole County Elementary Honor Choir, Orange County Elementary Honor Choir, and workshop clinician for Orange County Choral Directors,  Winter Park High School Music Department and Dr. Phillips High School Choral Department, All Saints Episcopal Church, Winter Park choristers program, St. Andrew Music Conservatory Summer Music Intensive and the Choristers Guild of Central Florida Choral Festival.

While a staff member of the former Orlando Opera Company as Box Office Manager and later in Business Development, she performed supporting roles in numerous operas and served as the liaison for “Orlando Opera in Residence” at several local high schools for opera education and outreach.  She also served as the voice teacher for Youth Programs with the Opera and provided training for the Children’s Chorus for Orlando Opera productions.