Claire Dickson is a vocalist and producer composing emergent, embodied song. She considers song to be an artistically flexible modality and a research orientation. Her work utilizes microphones, pedals, synthesizers, field recordings, acoustic instruments, and draws from lineages of improvisation, extended vocal technique, sampling, and deep listening.
Her two solo albums, Starland (2022) and The Beholder (2024, New Amsterdam Records), have been praised as “enticingly atmospheric… growing in depth and substance on return visits,” by The Wire, and DownBeat highlighted her “striking – at times wordless – lyricism.” Her work has also appeared in Bandcamp New & Notable, Harvard Magazine, Dummy Mag, Digital in Berlin, New Sounds (WNYC), and All Songs Considered (NPR). Her forthcoming EP Through (2025) uses electromagnetic microphones to capture the hidden language of city electronics, weaving ATM hums, router ticks, and synthesizers into tactile, shimmering songs. In March 2026, she will release her third full-length album with New Amsterdam Records.
An active collaborator, she co-leads the experimental songwriting duo Myrtle and is part of Lex Korten’s Canopy. She has also worked closely with artists including Emmanuel Michael, Zoh Amba, Lesley Mok, and Grey Mcmurray. She has performed across the U.S. and Europe, at venues including Winter Jazz Fest, The Jazz Gallery, DC Jazz Festival, San Teodoro Jazz Festival, and KM28.
Dickson is a Metropolis Ensemble commissioned composer, and has been recognized by the Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards. A U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Claire studied with esperanza spalding, Vijay Iyer, Yosvany Terry, and Claire Chase at Harvard (BA, Psychology and Music, 2019) and completed a Master’s in Creative Production at Catalyst Berlin in 2025.
Claire Dickson is a vocalist and producer composing emergent, embodied song. She considers song to be an artistically flexible modality and a research orientation. Her work utilizes microphones, pedals, synthesizers, field recordings, acoustic instruments, and draws from lineages of improvisation, extended vocal technique, sampling, and deep listening.
Her two solo albums, Starland (2022) and The Beholder (2024, New Amsterdam Records), have been praised as “enticingly atmospheric… growing in depth and substance on return visits,” by The Wire, and DownBeat highlighted her “striking – at times wordless – lyricism.” Her work has also appeared in Bandcamp New & Notable, Harvard Magazine, Dummy Mag, Digital in Berlin, New Sounds (WNYC), and All Songs Considered (NPR). Her forthcoming EP Through (2025) uses electromagnetic microphones to capture the hidden language of city electronics, weaving ATM hums, router ticks, and synthesizers into tactile, shimmering songs. In March 2026, she will release her third full-length album with New Amsterdam Records.
An active collaborator, she co-leads the experimental songwriting duo Myrtle and is part of Lex Korten’s Canopy. She has also worked closely with artists including Emmanuel Michael, Zoh Amba, Lesley Mok, and Grey Mcmurray. She has performed across the U.S. and Europe, at venues including Winter Jazz Fest, The Jazz Gallery, DC Jazz Festival, San Teodoro Jazz Festival, and KM28.
Dickson is a Metropolis Ensemble commissioned composer, and has been recognized by the Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards. A U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Claire studied with esperanza spalding, Vijay Iyer, Yosvany Terry, and Claire Chase at Harvard (BA, Psychology and Music, 2019) and completed a Master’s in Creative Production at Catalyst Berlin in 2025.