about clara
BC’s Kootenay fairy songstress. Weaving sounds of Celtic, folk, alternative, and dreampop music; drawing inspiration from nature and mythology; and alchemizing songs with storytelling at their core. Clara believes that music is magic.
Clara MacLeod, who releases music under the name “Clara Cloud”, is a Canadian singer-songwriter originally from the small town of Kimberley, BC and currently based in Vancouver. Having her background in musical theatre performance and composition, storytelling has always been at the heart of everything she does.
She released her debut single “Window” in October of 2020, and the song has since been used in the short film “Finding Your Rhythm” (directed by Leah Galloway). Since then, she has released several self produced singles.
Her debut visual album “The Woods”, a collaboration with over 30 creatives from around BC, releases April 19th. In 2023, two songs from the album, “The Archer” and “Weathervane”, were longlisted for the Faith Nolan Award for Music through the Surrey Muse Arts Society.
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Articles
Radio Play
“Welcome Home” (Local Leisure, 2022)
“Begin Again” (Unsigned BC, 2022)
“Holiday Cheer” (Unsigned BC, 2022)
Short Films
“Window” (Finding Your Rhythm, directed by Leah Galloway)
“Sailor Boy” (Sailor Boy, directed by Riku Watanabe)
Original Score (Time Capsule, directed by Ricardo)
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Clara is from British Columbia, Canada. She grew up in the East Kootenay region (Kimberley, BC) and is currently based out of Vancouver.
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Piano, guitar, ukulele (baritone and soprano), oboe, bassoon, accordion, and kalimba.
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Clara regularly collaborates with her close friend and musical partner Jenna Marie, and the two have one single released together (“Peter”) along with an album projected for later this year.
Clara has also worked with Kaj Falch-Nielsen of Blue Light Studio and the two released two singles (“Window” and “Welcome Home”)
Her upcoming album project “The Woods” is a collaboration-based project as well, and features work from five different producers, eight music video directors, five actors, and a variety of other creative team members.
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Nearly two decades!
Clara started performing at the age of 3 on stacks of books in her childhood basement (singing mostly songs from Disney and movie musicals), though it wasn’t until she was enrolled into music lessons at the age of 5 that she was launched into the traditional performance setting. She grew up performing in a variety of local concerts, cabarets, and musical theatre productions through both her school music program (led by Sven Heyde) and community music, dance, and theatre associations.
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Clara has achieved her Grade 8 level in RCM classical voice, as well as her Advanced Rudiments (Grade 2) and Harmony Music Theory certifications. Additionally, she has her Bachelor’s degree in performing arts (from Capilano University and Douglas College, where she also studied music composition and production), a music theatre performance advanced diploma (from St. Clair College), and she completed the UCLA youth music theatre conservatory programme at the age of 16.
