Clara Chung

Clara Chung
Clara Chung performing at UC San Diego as part of her LovePrint tour
Background information
Birth name	Clara Chung
Born	October 31, 1987 (1987-10-31) (age 24)
Origin	New York, USA
Genres	Acoustic Pop
Occupations	Guitarist Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Guitar Piano Vocals Melodica Glockenspiel Trumpet Flute
Website	http://www.youtube.com/user/ClaraCMusic

Clara Chung is an American guitarist and singer.

Clara Chung is a YouTube artist that rose to fame when she won Los Angeles’ Kollaboration 10, KAC Media Juice Night, and ISA 2009.^[1]

Career

In a July 2010 interview, Clara mentioned that she recently graduated from UC Irvine with a Psychology degree and a minor in Education that year and although she is currently pursuing music full-time, she also works and teaches autistic children part-time.^[2]

Clara has also worked with other popular artists such as rappers Dumbfoundead and Jay Park.^[3]

In September 2010, she released her album “Art in My Heart” in conjunction with her music video for the lead single "Offbeat". The video for "Offbeat" was directed by viral video director Ross Ching^[4] (of Kina Grannis' "Valentine" music video fame)^[5] and produced by Don Le of Fusion3Films. The concept for the video was Clara singing amongst inspiring visuals in a world filled with bubbles. It has amassed over 1,000,000 unique YouTube views so far. DJ Descry and My Parasol have produced the only known remixes to date.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

In February 2011, Clara announced her Loveprint mini-tour (March–April) in which she makes stops in Los Angeles, Boston, Seattle and San Diego.^[11]

On June 6, 2011 on an interview with Robert Herrera of Front Row Live Ent. Clara stated that she is currently writing a new album.^[12]

References

1. ^ "POPSEOUL! Spotlight presents Clara Chung |". Popseoul.com. 2010-07-15. http://popseoul.com/2010/07/15/popseoul-spotlight-presents-clara-chung/. Retrieved 2010-12-01. 
2. ^ "The Art in My Heart: an interview with Clara Chung". Asia Pacific Arts. 07/16/2010. http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?the_art_in_my_heart_an_interview_with_clara_chung_15449.aspx. 
3. ^ "NEWS: Jay Park, Dumbfoundead And Clara Chung To Release a Song Tomorrow". Soompi.com. http://www.soompi.com/news/jay_park_dumbfounded_and_clara_chung_to_release_a_song_tomorrow_1. Retrieved 2010-12-01. 
4. ^ http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/06/driven-by-the-desire-to-create-the-next-viral-video.html
5. ^ http://www.beatweek.com/music/musicianinterviews/3175-kina-grannis-interview/
6. ^ http://www.allkpop.com/2010/09/clara-chungs-offbeat-mv-released
7. ^ http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/w_apa/showarticle.aspx?articleID=15764&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
8. ^ http://mochimag.com/blog/2010/09/clara-chung-releases-her-first-music-video-for-offbeat/
9. ^ http://a-tunes.net/2010/09/28/clara-chung-releases-debut-album-music-video/
10. ^ http://a-tunes.net/2010/09/30/dj-descry-remixes-clara-chungs-wake-up-in-neverland/
11. ^ "Clara Chung announces her new mini-tour". Asia Pacific Arts. 02/08/2011. http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?clara_chung_announces_her_new_mini-tour_16355.aspx. 
12. ^ "Clara C Interview w/ Robert Herrera". Clara C Interview w/ Robert Herrera. Front Row Live Ent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x-k50QnFVQ. Retrieved 11 June 2011. 

External links

• Clara Chung on YouTube

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