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A fascination with the baroque traverso drew Clare to the Netherlands in 2000 to pursue her studies at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague under the tutelage of Wilbert Hazelzet.  Having already received a BA (hons) in modern flute studies and an MA in baroque flute from the Birmingham Conservatoire, UK, Clare's intended 12 month stay in the Netherlands transpired into another six years of overwhelming indulgencies in early music study, culminating in further Bachelor and Master degrees in early music and historical performance practice. During this time, her interest in performance on historical flutes broadened significantly to encompass both the Renaissance flute and keyed instruments of the Classical period.  Clare enjoyed the position of principal flautist of the Classical instrument National Jeugd Orkest, The Netherlands (2005) and was semi-finalist in the National Flute Association Baroque Flute Artist Competition (2007), New Mexico. Awarded a distinction at Masters level for her achievements in Renaissance consort work, this remains an area of particular emphasis for Clare who has worked with Renaissance ensembles The Attaignant Consort, Vox Luminus and The Hemony Ensemble. In 2006 she formed the flute consort Catch As Catch Can with colleagues from the Hague to explore the rich and diverse repertoire of this period. The ensemble performs widely across Europe. They have enjoyed recent engagements at Cambridge Early Music, St John's College, Cambridge, The Reincken Early Music Festival, Deventer and the church of S. Antonio dei Portoguesi, Rome. Following in the footsteps of centuries-old flautists, Clare too performs on a freelance basis with varous period-instrument orchestras including Concerto d’Amsterdam, The Hanover Band, Northern Consort, Suffolk Baroque and Trio da Fusignano. During  2008-2009 Clare was teaching assistant to Professor Cliff Eisen at King’s College London and editorial assistant to Eighteenth Century Music.  Clare currently combines performance with research into the development of flute playing styles in 18th Century England. Clare has given workshops in historical performance techniques both in The Netherlands and in the UK and is guest tutor at Oxford Baroque Week.