Deirdre McClure (M.M., D.M.A., conducting, Peabody Conservatory of Music) considers herself lucky to have a life in music. She leads both the Penobscot Bay Orchestra in Camden, and the Sea Change Chorale in Portland, as well as teaching Music in Film and Animation and Music Appreciation at the University of New England. McClure started her career in the San Francisco Bay Area, working with orchestras and opera companies including the Oakland Opera Theater, performing productions Britten, Stravinsky, Ellington, Glass, and other modern composers. She has worked with the Oakland Community Orchestra, the Women’s Orchestra of San Francisco, the University of California Youth Music Program, as well as the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Contemporary Music Ensemble, and toured North America with the Club Foot Orchestra, performing modern music to silent film and animation. A life-long Unitarian-Universalist, she is very happy to be working with the community at First Congregational Church.
