Claire McCartin
Malta

Claire is a well-known vocalist with a distinctive blues voice and over the years, has held performances in various countries, namely the USA, Russia and Austria. From 2000-2016, Claire was a member and soloist of the famous 200-strong Maltese choir Voices and was also a 2010 Malta Eurovision finalist.  She is the Maltese agent for the UK examination board Rockschool and in 2022, was part of the vocal coaching team on the first-ever edition of The Voice Kids Malta.  She is also the resident vocal coach of the production company Arthaus MT, with whom she worked on various musical theatre productions since 2009, such as The Addams Family and Chicago.

In 2007, Claire joined the critically acclaimed Speech Level Singing (SLS) organisation and worked as a certified SLS instructor for five years. She completed a two-year course with the renowned Berklee College of Music, Boston, USA and currently forms part of the Institute for Vocal Advancement (IVA), Modern Vocal Training (MVT), and also Profty, the creator of the world’s best artist development programs. She is also certified as a Manual Laryngeal Therapist. 

She works from her personal vocal studio mentoring several established and upcoming artists, and since October 2022, she has also been working with a music publishing company in Rome, Italy.  Her students include the winners of the Maltese Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza festival in 2018 and 2021, the winner of the Maltese Ghanja tal-Poplu festival in 2019, the San Marino representative at the Eurovision Song Contest in Portugal 2018, and the Maltese representative at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Poland 2020.