Glenn McClure, Composer

Glenn McClure travels the world, seeking the musical voice of the Earth. He listens to the natural world and the people who study it and live within it.

Latest Projects
  • “Encountering the music of Glenn McClure is pure joy as a performer.… it is mesmerizing to hear and sing while riding the edge of an excitement that leaves you wanting more.”
    Kearstin Piper Brown
    Metropolitan Opera Soprano
About Glenn
  • “Encountering the music of Glenn McClure is pure joy as a performer.… it is mesmerizing to hear and sing while riding the edge of an excitement that leaves you wanting more.”
    Kearstin Piper Brown
    Metropolitan Opera Soprano
About Glenn

Events

  • Diverse choir group singing with sheet music.

    Promised Land: A Voting Rights Folk Opera – in Concert in the Adirondacks!

    Friday, May 8, 2026 7:30 PM

  • Pulling the Thread: A Clara Barton Story poster

    Community Discussion: Pulling the Thread – Livingston County Museum

    Monday, April 27, 2026 7:00 PM

  • Pulling the Thread: A Clara Barton Story poster

    Community Discussion: Pulling the Thread – Dansville

    Sunday, April 26, 2026 1:00 PM

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  • “Glenn’s music makes us feel like better musicians and better citizens of the world.”
    Eric Townell
    Rochester Oratorio Society
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  • “Glenn’s music makes us feel like better musicians and better citizens of the world.”
    Eric Townell
    Rochester Oratorio Society
Listen

Composing + Speaking

Projects

  • Pulling the Thread – A Clara Barton Story

    Glenn McClure’s new folk music opera traces Clara Barton’s recovery from PTSD in Livingston County and the founding of the American Red Cross — told through folk music and shaped by community.”

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  • “Glenn is an architect of emotion…”
    “Glenn est un architecte de l’émotion…”
    Francois Ponsot
    Choeur Tongues Joviales, France
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  • “Glenn is an architect of emotion…”
    “Glenn est un architecte de l’émotion…”
    Francois Ponsot
    Choeur Tongues Joviales, France
Contact Glenn

Voices of Inspiration

  • “Glenn chamber music explores the meeting point of various disciplines to spark our imaginations and sense of curiosity.”
    Laura Lentz
    Artistic Director and flutist for fivebyfive
  • “McClure creates beautiful, lyrical scores that are at once grounded in folk music, yet operatic in scope.”
    Eric McKeever, Baritone
  • “Glenn’s music supports communities by digging deep into their histories and values…as a soloist and artistic director, it is a pleasure to be wrapped up in the excitement of his music”
    Jason Holmes Alexander, Artistic Director
    Cincinnati Boychoir
  • “McClure’s earnest, honest, and fervent passion combines the serious rigors of opera with the purpose of integrating communities…”
    Louis Lohraseb, Assistant Conductor
    Los Angeles Opera
Commission Request
Speaking Request
  • “McClure’s earnest, honest, and fervent passion combines the serious rigors of opera with the purpose of integrating communities…”
    Louis Lohraseb, Assistant Conductor
    Los Angeles Opera
Commission Request
Speaking Request