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Clara Warnaar is a percussionist, drummer and composer living in New York. A member of the International Contemporary Ensemble, Clara tends towards collaborative, devised and interdisciplinary projects. She is serving as Visiting Assistant Professor of Percussion at Ithaca College for the 2025-26 academic year. Clara thrives at the intersection of rock, electronic, improvised, and composed music, and is sought out as a collaborator for having this particular versatile blend of skills. Her time playing drums with the post-rock band Infinity Shred included several tours, as well as recording and writing on three albums. She has also recorded with antiphonal chamber metal band, Real Loud. Clara has appeared as a guest artist with the groups So Percussion, Yarn/Wire, the Bang on a Can Orchestra, Ensemble Signal, and the American Modern Ensemble. Recent projects include: "Farming" written by Ted Hearne for The Crossing, “The Force of Things” by Ash Fure, “PLACE” by Ted Hearne and Saul Williams (BAM), “Proving Up” by Missy Mazzoli (Opera Omaha), “Reich/Richter” by Steve Reich (The Shed), and “Playground/Run” by Ellen Reid. She has also had the distinct pleasure of playing with Flea in honor of his solo album listening event at Public Records in 2025. Clara has played on Broadway, on the show "Into the Woods." As a percussionist, she has appeared on major film soundtracks, including "White Noise" “The Fate of the Furious” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and on Grammy-nominated albums by some of today's leading new music voices. In 2019, Clara founded the series “A New Age for New Age”, which aims to reimagine New Age music by commissioning artists to offer fresh interpretations of the confusing genre. The series has released 6 volumes featuring over 60 artists. Clara’s own music merges field recordings, classical music and electronics, to create sound environments that evoke magic realism. To date, she has put out two solo albums, "Hollow Siren" (2018) and "Perfect Try" (2021). |
Photo by Mariana Meraz
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