Clare Haythornthwaite
Having started playing the violin at the age of seven because a second violin was needed in the family string quartet, Clare Haythornthwaite soon discovered the joys of music-making. She led her school orchestra from age 12 to 17, played with the Berkshire Youth Orchestra (regularly in the Royal Albert Hall) and then Leeds University orchestra, toured Europe with the Windsor & Maidenhead Symphony Orchestra and since then has played with various other orchestras and string quartets, including a local quartet - The Discovery Quartet - that plays for all occasions.
Clare teaches musicianship, recorder, ukulele and violin part time and runs the family multimedia business with her husband Dave McKean: everything from paperwork to photography, painting to performing and modelling.
She has performed with various musicians nationally and internationally.
When not playing classical music, Clare loves to dance and play folk music with various folk bands, and enjoys being a caller with Rejigged too.
Clare has lost count of the number of years she has played in the Cranbrook Symphony Orchestra, but she started before her children were born. Now that they have flown the nest, she finally has had more time to perform and feels honoured to be leading the orchestra that has brought her such joy over so many years.
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