Clive Swansbourne studied at the Royal College of Music in London and received his doctorate from the Yale School of Music. He has won prizes in international competitions, and performed with orchestras and at music festivals in Europe, Canada, and the U.S. In Houston, he has performed the complete Beethoven piano sonata cycle and the piano works of Schubert to packed houses at the Rothko Chapel. He and cellist Barrett Sills founded the Village Chamber Players, which recently completed its inaugural season of Village Concerts. (Spring 2007, Fall 2012)