Claire Haslin enjoys a busy career as a collaborative pianist with instrumentalists and singers, including in chamber music recitals for music societies throughout Scotland, performing regularly as a member of Trio Ecossaise, and in a duo with baritone Phil Gault. Originally from Glasgow, she studied at the RCS (then RSAMD) before continuing her studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Subsequently she was a staff repetiteur and music director at Scottish Opera, and has played orchestral piano for them and also the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. She has been a Vocal Coach on ‘Vocal Inspiration’ and ‘Art of Song’ courses, and is a staff accompanist & coach for the Scottish International Flute Summer School and Oxenfoord Summer School.

Teaching and coaching commitments at the RCS include Lecturer in Piano and Collaborative Piano, coach and accompanist for the Woodwind/Brass and Vocal Performance departments, tutor and mentor for the Piano Pedagogy Masters course, and Lecturer in Piano for the RCS Junior Conservatoire. She also teaches and accompanies at the Music School of Douglas Academy, and accompanies for NYCOS residential courses and concerts.