Clíona Cassidy is a soprano, composer and experimental vocalist from Dublin. She has worked regularly for Scottish Opera since 2012, and is a long time member of the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra. Her compositional practice is focused around operatic improvisation and she has premiered a song cycle “Hiatus” with the New String Collective, and co-created an opera “Silk Threads” with Raymond macDonald that was featured on BBC Radio 3. She teaches vocal improvisation and has given workshops at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.