Claire Fitch

Claire Fitch started to play the cello at 14, then studied at Birmingham Conservatoire and the Royal Academy of Music. The Ambiencellist project was started in 2002 and currently has 2 CDs and 1 digital download in its catalogue. Written and produced by Claire Fitch, they are closely linked to the summer and winter solstice and are evocative of the magic of ancient Celtic Ireland. As a recording artist she has contributed to various film soundtracks, such as The Tailor of Panama, The Tie That Binds, The Boxer, Some Mothers' Son, War Of The Buttons, Thumbelina and Lassie. Claire owns a music production company www.fitchsounds.com and has written music for games, film, corporate video, theatre and television. Claire Fitch has performed on stage and in the studio with artists such as U2, Kate Bush, The Corrs, Shania Twain, Riverdance, Elmer Bernstein, Brian Kennedy and Smokey Robinson. In 2007 Claire toured with jazz singer Dorothy Murphy and, more recently in 2008, with Carmel Conway. Claire works with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the Orchestra of Saint Cecilia and the Irish Film Orchestra. She plays a Thomas Smith cello, which was made in 1774, in a pub called the "Harp and Hautbois" in Pall Mall, London. She uses Belcanto Gold strings, and has fitted a Big Twin, K&K Pickup and a Stahlhammer endpin. The computer she uses for music making is a Mac G5 Dual 2ghz with 4gb RAM. She writes and improvises using Logic Studio software and a variety of software synthesizers and effects. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.