Claire Huchthausen is a PhD student at MIT studying nuclear and particle physics under Dr. Janet Conrad. During her undergraduate studies at the University of Virginia, she sang with the University’s flagship choral ensemble, the University Singers, and in chamber music. With the University Singers she performed in major works such as Rachmaninoff’s All Night Vigil, Mozart’s Requiem, the regional premiere of Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shepard, and the North American premiere of Ešenvalds’ St. Luke Passion. She has recently joined the MIT Chamber Chorus.