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.

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  • “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

  • Hephaestus

    Wednesday, September 16, 2026 6:00 PM

  • Pulling the Thread: A Clara Barton Story poster

    Folk Opera Workshop Concert: Pulling the Thread – Riviera Theatre, Geneseo

    Saturday, August 29, 2026 7:00 PM

  • 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

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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
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Composing + Speaking

Projects

  • ARC GLOW Arts Collective

    ARC GLOW Arts Collective Beyond Access / Hephaestus Our work on the new folk opera, Hephaestus: A God with a…

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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
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  • “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