Claire Ritter

Quick Facts

Full Name	Claire Ritter
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	May 31, 1952(1952-05-31)
Age	72
Birthplace	Charlotte
Country	United States
Birth City	North Carolina
Horoscope	Gemini

Claire Ritter Biography

Claire Ritter is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on May 31, 1952 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.

Ritter grew up on a horse farm in rural Weddington, North Carolina, and began piano lessons in the public school system at the age of seven. As a teenager, she studied with jazz pianist-arranger Ziggy Hurwitz. In 1974, she received a B.S. in Education from Appalachian State University, where she was also an amateur athlete, competing in tennis, softball, soccer, field hockey, and basketball. She returned to Charlotte, where she attended Queens College and studied classical piano with Anita Bultman Tritt, principal pianist with the Charlotte Symphony, earning a B.A. in music in 1978. From 1978 to 1980, Ritter studied privately with jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams, when she was an artist in residence at Duke University.

In 1981, Ritter moved to Boston, Massachusetts, to study with pianist Ran Blake and attend New England Conservatory. She lived in Boston for 16 years, during which time her compositions were performed and recorded with artists such as Steve Swallow, Ricky Ford, and Dave Holland, and Boston-area musicians such as Dominique Eade, Ran Blake, and Stan Strickland. In 1996, she served on the faculty of the New England Conservatory Contemporary Improvisation Department and taught Contemporary Songwriting. Her composition, “In Between”, was recorded in 1986 by Ran Blake on The Short Life of Barbara Monk and by Franz Koglmann on Orte Der Geometrie in 1989. Claire Ritter’s composition has been performed globally in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, including the Thelonious Monk Jazz Institute Festival, American Women Composers, Brandeis University, Ottawa Jazz Festival, Josef Matthias Haur Konservatorium, Otterreichischen Museum, Multicultural Arts Center in Boston, Charlotte New Music Festival, Carolina Jazz Composers Festival at Queens University, among others.

Claire Ritter Net Worth

Claire Ritter is one of the richest Composer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Claire Ritter 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Claire Ritter (born May 31, 1952, Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American composer and pianist working in a style that fuses jazz with classical, new music, and occasionally other world music cultures.

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Who is Claire Ritter Dating?

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Future projects, beginning in 2020, include the writing of a jazz method book composed of original jazz motifs by Claire Ritter – supported by Ritter’s 5th North Carolina Regional Artist Grant, .

Facts & Trivia

Helge Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Claire Ritter celebrates birthday on May 31 of every year.