Whole Heart Claire Bryant

• Andrea Casarrubios (b. 1988):
• 1 Casarrubios: SEVEN, Pt. 1 05:27
• 2 Casarrubios: SEVEN, Pt. 2 04:49
• Adam Schoenberg (b. 1980):
• 3 Schoenberg: Ayudame 06:05
• Jessica Meyer (b. 1974):
• 4 Meyer: Delta Sunrise 03:35
• Caroline Shaw (b. 1982):
• 5 Shaw: Limestone & Felt 05:55
• Reena Esmail (b. 1983):
• 6 Esmail: Varsha 04:14
• Tanner Porter:
• 7 Porter: And Even These Small Wonders 03:10
• 8 Porter: Duo for violin and cello: I. Meandering 02:31
• 9 Porter: Duo for violin and cello: II. Dirge 04:57
• 10 Porter: Duo for violin and cello: III. Presto 02:56
• Total Runtime 43:39

Info for Whole Heart

"Whole Heart" is the debut album from cellist Claire Bryant featuring seven bold works for solo cello and string duo written by a luminary slate of diverse living composers: Caroline Shaw, Jessie Montgomery, Andrea Casarrubios, Adam Schoenberg, Jessica Meyer, Reena Esmail, and Tanner Porter. These works reflect love and the human experience. Whole Heart is a reminder of the collective challenges we face and the resilience and strength that live inside each of us.

Claire Bryant is a cellist, teacher and activist, whose passion and commitment shine brightly through all her work. A sought-after and distinctive performer, Claire has collaborated with such artists as Emanuel Ax, Sir Simon Rattle and Dawn Upshaw, and worked closely with luminary composers from Meredith Monk to Steve Reich to Herbie Hancock. Over the past 25 years, she has enjoyed a prominent solo career, appearing with major orchestras around the world. Claire is a co-founder of Decoda, Carnegie Hall’s Affiliate Ensemble, and performs with her University of South Carolina colleagues in the Congaree Trio.

Claire Bryant, cello

Claire Bryant
is a cellist, teacher and activist, whose passion and commitment shine brightly through all of her work.

A sought-after and distinctive performer, Claire has collaborated with such master artists as Emanuel Ax, Sir Simon Rattle and Dawn Upshaw, and worked closely with luminary composers from Meredith Monk to Steve Reich to Herbie Hancock. Over the past 25 years, she has enjoyed a prominent solo career, appearing with major orchestras around the world including the Spartanburg Symphony Orchestra, Finland’s Kuopio Symphony Orchestra and The National Symphony of Honduras.

Claire is a co-founder of Decoda, Carnegie Hall’s Affiliate Ensemble, and director of its initiative Music for Transformation, a criminal justice program which brings collaborative songwriting workshops to incarcerated communities. In this capacity, she was invited twice to share Decoda’s work with the Obama administration in the White House.

In 2019, Claire returned to her native South Carolina to join the University of South Carolina School of Music’s faculty, where she enjoys a robust studio of talented young cellists. She is the coordinator of Bridging Our Distances, the community engagement arm of the School of Music, and is the director of The Collective, a graduate ensemble dedicated to creative and innovative community performances and programming.

Claire attended the University of South Carolina, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and The Juilliard School, where her primary teachers were Robert Jesselson, Joel Krosnick, and Bonnie Hampton.

This album contains no booklet.