Clarice Assad

Born in Campo Grande, a suburb in the west portion of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Assad is the first daughter of musician Sergio Assad and school teacher Celia Maria Vasconcelos da Cunha, who named her child after the late Brazilian-Ukrainian writer Clarice Lispector. Assad began creating music at the age of six with the help of her father.{{cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/reliquia-clarice-assad-adventure-music-review-by-dan-bilawsky.php|title=Clarice & Sergio Assad: Reliquia|date=June 30, 2016 |website=allaboutjazz.com}}

Assad was born with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a group of disorders that affect connective tissues, which severely limited her ability to perform musical instruments at an early age, but the condition did not affect her voice. As a child, Assad sang numerous jingles for radio and television, as well as albums including tracks for pop star Luiz Caldas and Brazilian soul musician Hyldon. During early adolescence, as her joints became stronger, she began playing piano mostly by ear and became interested in jazz. The years that followed were filled with intensive training in music, piano, composition, and arranging with Sheila Zagury, Linda Bustani, and Leandro Braga.

In 1993, Assad and her younger brother Rodrigo moved to France to live with their father,{{cite web|url=http://www.moabtimes.com/view/full_story/26851021/article-Jazz--cabaret-and-world-music-take-center-stage-at-MMF|title=Jazz, cabaret and world music take center stage at MMF|date=April 5, 2015|website=moabtimes.com|access-date=June 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619214214/http://www.moabtimes.com/view/full_story/26851021/article-Jazz--cabaret-and-world-music-take-center-stage-at-MMF|archive-date=June 19, 2018|url-status=dead}} in a home he shared with his second wife and their child Julia. Assad studied piano and improvisation privately with Natalie Fortin, a professor from Le Conservatoire national Supérieur de Paris, and benefited also from her father's mentorship, composing, and arranging numerous pieces. This was a prolific period, though short-lived amidst a turbulent time. Sergio Assad's wife, who had been battling cancer, died a year later at 38. Assad returned to Brazil with her brother.

In Rio de Janeiro, between 1995 and 1997, Assad acted as a pianist, arranger, and keyboardist on several musicals including Tá na Hora by playwright Lucia Coelho, A Estrela Menina by Joaquim de Paula, and Doidas Folias by playwright and composer Tim Rescala. Though passionate about music, she struggled with the decision to pursue an academic degree, due to the limited prospects in the industry in Brazil. As she prepared to study for the entry college exams majoring in marine biology, her father Sergio had met astrophysicist Angela Olinto,{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/us/26cncfamily.html|title=Lives of Music and Physics, Lovingly Bound|date=November 25, 2010 |website=The New York Times }} and moved to Chicago. A year later, Assad was given the opportunity to study film scoring at the Berklee College of Music, leaving Brazil in 1998.

Assad's compositions include pieces for a variety of instrumentations, including smaller works for piano and guitar as well as for large and small chamber ensembles, and orchestral works. Though the ensembles she writes for are largely classical, her voice as a composer has been heavily influenced by Brazilian music, jazz, pop, and world music. Her overtures Nhanderú {{cite web |url=https://dailygazette.com/article/2013/09/21/albany-symphony-orchestra-opens-2013-14-campaign-m|title=Albany Symphony Orchestra opens 2013-14 campaign in midseason form|date=September 21, 2013 |website=dailygazette.com }} and Terra Brasilis, commissioned and premiered by the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo {{cite web |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/blog/concerts-and-events/marin-alsop-opens-a-new-brazilian-chapter|title=Marin Alsop opens a new Brazilian chapter|date=March 6, 2012 |website=gramophone.co.uk/ }} are examples of her Brazilian roots, drawing on Assad's knowledge of the country's folk style and the work of fellow classical composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. Earlier works influenced by Brazilian popular culture include the concerto for guitar and orchestra, O Saci-Pererê {{cite web |url=http://classicalguitarmagazine.com/biasini-festival-and-competition-opens-with-two-outstanding-premieres/|title=Biasini Festival and Competition Opens with Two Outstanding Premieres|date=January 15, 2016 |website=classicalguitarmagazine.com }} and Brazilian Fanfare, an overture for orchestra commissioned by the Chattanooga Orchestra in 2005.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/12/arts/music/12town.html|title=Latin American Pomp and Syncopation|date=April 12, 2008 |website=The New York Times }}

Assad first came into the national spotlight in 2004, when conductor Marin Alsop{{cite web |url=https://www.cpr.org/2021/03/12/marin-alsop-10-women-composers-you-should-know.html|title=Marin Alsop On 10 Women Composers You Should Listen To Right Now|date=March 12, 2021 |website=CPR CLassical }} programmed her violin concerto with the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music featuring Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg as the soloist.{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/2006-09-30/entertainment/25412948_1_philadelphia-sound-nadja-salerno-sonnenberg-philadelphia-orchestra|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701183307/http://articles.philly.com/2006-09-30/entertainment/25412948_1_philadelphia-sound-nadja-salerno-sonnenberg-philadelphia-orchestra|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 1, 2012|title=The orchestra in Assad 'Violin Concerto'|work=philly-archives|accessdate=26 December 2015}} The piece was recorded by Salerno-Sonnenberg and Marin Alsop leading the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and released on the NSS Music label when Assad was 26 years old. Since then, Assad has been steadily commissioned, pursuing ways of incorporating her composing and performing. Such efforts culminated in the creation of a major work: a concerto for scat singing, piano and orchestra which she wrote for herself to perform. Scattered {{cite web|url=http://therehearsalstudio.blogspot.com/2017/06/clarice-assads-delightfully-ingenious.html|title=Clarice Assad's Delightfully Ingenious Approach to the Concerto|date=June 18, 2017 |website=therehearsalstudio.blogspot.com }} was premiered by the Albany Symphony under the baton of the conductor David Alan Miller, and has since been performed by many other ensembles and conductors, including the Michigan Philharmonic, Chicago Composers Orchestra and OCAM. Other works include The Disappeared, a political piece for orchestra and concert band that draws on impressions of Rufina Amaya, the sole survivor of the El Mozote massacre in 1981, during the Salvadoran Civil War,{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/home/docs/the_lure_of_the_central_coast_s_mus/edit/links|title=NCCO he lure of the central coast's music festivals|date=July 30, 2012 |website=issuu.com }} and most recently, Ad Infinitum,{{cite web|url=http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/NE/20170809/FEATURES/170809633|title=Cristian Macelaru's debut weekend at Cabrillo Fest featured plenty of fire and passion|date=August 9, 2017|website=santacruzsentinel.com |access-date=April 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428095038/http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/NE/20170809/FEATURES/170809633|archive-date=April 28, 2018|url-status=dead}} a percussion concerto written for Dame Evelyn Glennie involving improvisational gestural techniques—such as sound painting—for the orchestra, soloist and conductor alike.{{cite web |url=http://cabrillomusic.org/evelyn-glennie-prepares-for-assads-ad-infinitum/|title=Evelyn Glennie prepares for Assad's AD INFINITUM|date=June 30, 2017|website=cabrillomusic.org/}}

Her music has been commissioned by many institutions,{{cite web |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/clarice-assads-lemuria-about-hope-in-times-of-climate-change|title=Clarice Assad's 'Lemuria' about hope in times of climate change|date=December 23, 2018 |website=www.datebook.sfchronicle.com }} performers and orchestras including Carnegie Hall,{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/arts/music/17dawn.html|title=Singers and Composers in a Stylistic Mix and Match|date=April 17, 2007 |website=www.nytimes.com }} The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra,{{cite web |url=https://www.classical-scene.com/2019/05/13/bypo-grace/|title=BPYO Rewards Grateful Community|date=May 13, 2019 |website=www.classical-scene.com }} the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo,{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/pt-br/osesp-na-filarmônica-de-berlim-quando-a-música-é-o-que-importa/a-17177465|title=Osesp na Filarmônica de Berlim: quando a música é o que importa|date=October 22, 2013 |website=www.dw.com/ }} General Electric,{{cite web |url=https://www.dailygazette.com/article/2016/06/09/0609_geASO_wp|title=GE piece is a breeze for ASO|date=June 9, 2016 |website=www.dailygazette.com }} the Chicago Sinfonietta,{{cite web |url=https://www.thestrad.com/debate/why-are-female-composers-still-markedly-behind-in-terms-of-prominence/8118.article/|title=Why are female composers still markedly behind in terms of prominence?|date=August 22, 2018 |website=www.thestrad.com }}{{cite web |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/women-composers-global-beats-and-more-in-sinfoniettas-30th-season/|title=Women composers, global beats and more in Sinfonietta's 30th season|date=September 9, 2017 |website=www.chicago.suntimes.com }} and Duo Noire, to name a few.{{cite web |url=http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/reviews/guitarists-duo-noire-get-a-little-weird-at-ethical-society/article_c2aba9f2-a3d3-51ea-95ea-e544e5b0a764.html|title=Guitarists Duo Noire get 'a little weird' at Ethical Society concert|date=January 29, 2017 |website=www.stltoday.com }} Her works have also been recorded by some of the most prominent names in the classical contemporary music scene today, including cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, pianist Anne-Marie McDermott{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/arts/music/02anne.html|title=Adventures in Piano, Haydn to Tatum|date=June 1, 2009 |website=www.nytimes.com }} and oboist Liang Wang. She has also collaborated with the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Turtle Island String Quartet, the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Louisville Symphony Orchestra, Austin Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Edmonton Symphony, as well as conductors Marin Alsop and Christoph Eschenbach, Kazuyoshi Akiyama and Carlos Miguel Prieto. She has written extensively for active members of the new music scene including the Cavatina Duo,{{cite web|url=http://www.cavatinaduo.com/uploads/4/7/2/7/47276425/soundboard_review_of_sephardic_journey.pdf|title=Sephardic Journey – Cavatina Duo|date=September 9, 2016 |website=www.cavatinaduo.com }} Takács Quartet, SOLI ensemble {{cite news |url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Brazilian-singer-wows-audience-6783582.php|title=Brazilian Singer Wows Audiences|date=January 25, 2016 |newspaper=Mysa |last1=Hendricks |first1=By David }} and violinist Pekka Kuusisto.

Assad has served as composer-in-residence for KMFA, MIT, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Albany Symphony,{{cite web|url=http://dailygazette.com/article/2013/09/19/0919_AssadASO|title=Composer Assad to hear ASO premiere her new work|date=September 19, 2013 |website=www.cavatinaduo.com}} the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music{{cite web |url=http://doczz.net/doc/2459277/pdf---clarice-assad/|title=Clarice Assad Turns Bad Dreams Into Music|date=July 16, 2014 |website=www.montereyherald.com }} and the Boston Landmarks Orchestra.{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2015/08/13/landmarks-tells-bedtime-stories-esplanade/lby4Edz4w7nXNwdDRZDfNO/story.html

|title=Landmarks Orchestra tells bedtime stories on the Esplanade|date=August 13, 2015 |website=www.bostonglobe.com }} She is currently serving as the composer-in-residence for the Allentown Symphony Orchestra.{{cite web |last1=Bradley |first1=Jay |title=New Allentown Symphony composer in residence greets Lehigh Valley schools, young composers |url=https://www.lehighvalleynews.com/music/new-allentown-symphony-composer-in-residence-greets-lehigh-valley-schools-young-composers |website=LehighValleyNews.com |access-date=21 December 2023 |language=en |date=24 October 2023}}

Assad's works have been published in France (Editions Lemoine), Germany (Trekel), in the United States (Virtual Artists Collective Publishing), and Brazil (Criadores do Brasil).

Assad has contributed significantly{{cite web |url=https://www.icareifyoulisten.com/2018/08/duo-noire-newly-commissioned-works-night-triptych/|title=Duo Noire Presents Newly Commissioned Works on Night Triptych|date=August 15, 2018 |website=icareifyoulisten.com }}{{cite web|url=http://modernguitarensemble.blogspot.com/2013/05/clarice-assad-interview.html|title=Natural born talent|date=May 15, 2013 |website=modernguitarensemble.blogspot.com }} to the growing repertoire of classical guitar, having written works ranging from solos to duos (Valsas do Rio) and quartets{{cite web |url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2009/June09/Spirit_of_Brazil_chan10512.htm|title=Spirit of Brazil|date=February 8, 2009 |website=musicweb-international.com }} such as the piece Bluezilian,{{cite web |url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/Jan08/Brazil_cd80686.htm|title=LAGuitar

|date=February 8, 2009 |website=musicweb-international.com }} which has become a staple of the guitar quartet repertoire. Larger works include two concertos: O Saci-Pererê,{{cite web |url=https://colecionadordesacis.com.br/2016/02/08/clariceassad/|title=SACI PINTA E BORDA NA ORQUESTRA DE CLARICE ASSAD|date=February 8, 2016 |website=colecionadordesacis.com.br }} for solo guitar and chamber orchestra, commissioned by the Harris Foundation, and Folk Tales, a concerto for two guitars and string orchestra commissioned by the Tychy Guitar Festival for the Brazil Guitar duo.

Her latest release of the album Archetypes, performed with her father Sérgio Assad and Chicago-based ensemble Third Coast Percussion, received 2022 Grammy nominations in the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance and Best Contemporary Classical Composition categories. The collaboratively written program conjures a dozen universal archetypes through a mélange of chamber music and Latin jazz rhythms.

In 2010, Assad wrote the first of its kind, a concerto for scat singing, piano and orchestra, named Scattered. Many other works followed on this verge, and in 2019, Assad wrote Synthetico, a work for chamber ensemble and vocal electronics .{{cite web|url=https://www.sacurrent.com/ArtSlut/archives/2019/03/29/soli-chamber-ensemble-reunites-with-vocalist-clarice-assad-for-special-performances|title=SOLI Chamber Ensemble Reunites with Vocalist Clarice Assad for Special Performances |date=March 29, 2019 |website=www.sacurrent.com |last1=Nelson |first1=Kelly Merka }}{{cite web|url=https://therivardreport.com/soli-and-guest-clarice-assad-going-synthetico-for-concert/|title=SOLI and Guest Clarice Assad Going Synthetico for Concert|date=April 2, 2019 |website=www.therivardreport.com }}{{cite web|url=https://classicalvoiceamerica.org/2019/04/03/clarice-assad-synthetico-soli-ensemble-world-premiere-review/|title=Voice Alterations Create Soundscape Of Novel Delights |date=April 3, 2019 |website=www.classicalvoiceamerica.org }} In her continuing explorations with expanding the sonic palette of the voice, both acoustically and through electronic means, Assad also engages audiences directly to immerse themselves in the music. Her 2019 work, É Gol!,{{Cite web |title=Clarice Assad Scores Another "Goal" for Cabrillo |url=https://www.sfcv.org/articles/artist-spotlight/clarice-assad-scores-another-goal-cabrillo |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=www.sfcv.org |date=4 August 2019 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Women's Work' = composers' legacies |url=https://www.wearegreenbay.com/critic-at-large/warren-gerds-review-womens-work-composers-legacies/ |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=www.wearegreenbay.com |language=en}} which was inspired by the legendary female Brazilian soccer player Marta Vieira da Silva, is scored for full orchestra and features active participation by audience members singing, performing body percussion movements, and making sound effects.

Assad's first work for the stage was a soundtrack written for a 2001 adaptation of Argentinian playwright Carlos Mathus’s play La Lección de Anatomía, originally published in the 1970s. Directed by an original cast member, Antonio Leiva, the space received mixed reviews but garnered the composer favorable mentions from the acclaimed theater critic Bárbara Heliodora. Following a hiatus of over a decade, Assad resumed writing for the stage in 2010, when choreographer Kristi Spessard invited her—then in residency at Mabou Mines—to compose the score to her piece Essentials of Flor.

Recent works include the ballets Iara (2018),{{cite web |url=https://allevents.in/portland/compose-by-northwest-piano-trio-and-pdx-contemporary-ballet/1965740020406107 |title=Compose by Northwest Piano Trio and PDX Contemporary Ballet |date=May 10, 2018 |website=allevents.in |access-date=June 18, 2018 |archive-date=June 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618175638/https://allevents.in/portland/compose-by-northwest-piano-trio-and-pdx-contemporary-ballet/1965740020406107 |url-status=dead }} and Sin Fronteras (2017), Opera das Pedras (libretto by Denise Milan, 2010)

{{cite web|url=http://delas.ig.com.br/comportamento/a-artista-das-pedras/n1597399321557.html|title=A artista das pedras|date=December 7, 2011|website=delas.ig.com.br|access-date=June 18, 2018|archive-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618175246/http://delas.ig.com.br/comportamento/a-artista-das-pedras/n1597399321557.html|url-status=dead}} and collaborations with librettist Niloufar Talebi (The Disinherited){{cite web|url=https://woodylewis.com/niloufar-talebi-prolific-geo-artist-5101371d8c79|title=Niloufar Talebi: prolific geo-artist |date=October 14, 2015 |website=woodylewis.com }} and playwright E.M. Lewis (The Crossing). Strongly shaped by a conscious drive towards narrative, her works wear its influences well, feeling inspired rather than derivative.

Assad has worked with numerous youth groups through residency programs, often culminating in performances involving large ensembles and orchestras. Most notable are Assad's partnerships with ZUMIX in East Boston and the Boston Landmarks Orchestra;{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2015/08/13/landmarks-tells-bedtime-stories-esplanade/lby4Edz4w7nXNwdDRZDfNO/story.html|title=Landmarks Orchestra tells bedtime stories on the Esplanade|date=August 13, 2019|website=santacruzsentinel.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.improper.com/photos-parties/a-little-night-music/|title= A Little Night Music|date=August 28, 2015 |website=improper.com/ }} partnerships between the Michigan Philharmonic with WRCJ-FM Detroit public radio and the Detroit School of Arts;{{cite web|url=https://knightfoundation.org/articles/detroit-school-arts-clarice-assad|title= GRAMMY-NOMINATED MUSICIAN CLARICE ASSAD TEACHES MASTER CLASS AT DETROIT SCHOOL OF ARTS|date=December 28, 2015 |website=timesunion.com }} as well as the collaboration with Girls INC. and the Albany Symphony that resulted in a pop piece based on Sojourner Truth’s speech “Ain’t I a Woman.” {{cite web|url=https://dailygazette.com/article/2019/06/13/jukebox-musicians-shook-things-up-last-week|title= Musicians shook things up last week|date=June 13, 2019 |website=timesunion.com }}{{cite web|url=https://www.icareifyoulisten.com/2019/06/sing-out-new-york-albany-symphony-american-music-festival-2019/|title= "Sing Out! New York:" Albany Symphony's American Music Festival 2019|date=June 12, 2019 |website=icareifyoulisten.com }} Assad's projects tend on focus on social impact programs that involve empowering young women.{{cite news|url=https://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Orchestrating-creativity-5410867.php|title= Orchestrating creativity: Composer Clarice Assad helps young girls overcome the kind of shyness she once felt|date=April 17, 2014 |newspaper=Times Union |last1= Biancolli|first1= By Amy}}

On November 20, 2022, trumpetist Mary Elizabeth will debut Assad's new concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, Bohemian Queen, with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Assad was the featured composer for the 2008–2009 season at the New Century Chamber Orchestra, where she worked as the orchestra's primary arranger and orchestrator for a decade.{{cite web |url=https://m.sfgate.com/music/article/Music-review-New-Chamber-Century-Orchestra-3217202.php|title=Music review: New Chamber Century Orchestra |date=September 12, 2009 |website=sfgate.com }}

Upon graduating from the University of Michigan, Assad moved to New York City to experience the exploding music scene, freelancing as a composer and arranger while trying to build a career as pianist and singer. During her New York years (2005–2015), Assad worked as the featured composer for the New Century Chamber Orchestra, as well as serving as the orchestra's primary arranger {{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/music/article/New-Century-starts-a-farewell-to-artistic-director-11153587.php|title=New Century starts a farewell to artistic director|date=May 17, 2017 |website=sfgate.com }} from 2007 to 2017,{{cite web |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/05/08/salerno-sonnenberg-bids-her-beloved-orchestra-farewell/|title=Salerno-Sonnenberg bids her beloved ensemble farewell|date=May 9, 2017 |website=sfcv.org }} contributing vastly to the addition of new works for strings, by orchestrating and transcribing over twenty five major works from the symphonic repertoire, including Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition,{{cite web |url=http://www.sfcv.org/reviews/new-century-chamber-orchestra/let-us-now-arrange-famous-composers|title=Let Us Now Arrange Famous Composers |date=September 11, 2009 |website=sfcv.org }} Richard Strauss's Dance of the Seven Veils from the opera Salome,{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/music/article/New-Century-offers-deft-if-bland-evening-of-7423018.php|title=New Century offers deft, if bland, evening of dance music|date=May 9, 2016 |website=sfgate.com }} and George Gershwin's An American in Paris.{{cite web |url=https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/new-century-chamber-orchestra/this-evening-in-paris-is-sublime|title=This Evening in Paris Is Sublime|date=March 21, 2017 |website=sfcv.org }}

Assad's keen sense of orchestration carefully curates some of the most effective tricks of past greats: Maurice Ravel's elegance and subtleties and Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov's coloristic orchestral effects—all while retaining a personal, unique fingerprint that's compelling and dramatic in its very construction.{{cite web |url=https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/new-century-chamber-orchestra/ncco-breaks-the-mold-again|title=NCCO Breaks the Mold Again|date=March 25, 2011 |website=sfcv.org }}

Hailed by the LA Times as a "dazzling soloist," Assad is an accomplished singer{{cite web |url=http://gazzettadimodena.gelocal.it/tempo-libero/2016/07/30/news/piano-jazz-e-la-grande-voce-di-clarice-assad-1.13893413|title=Piano jazz e la grande voce di Clarice Assad|date=July 30, 2016 |website=sfcv.org }} and pianist{{cite web |url=https://www.mtdemocrat.com/prospecting/clarice-assad-makes-debut-performance-at-harris-center|title=Clarice Assad makes debut performance at Harris Center|date=March 12, 2015 |website=mtdemocrat.com }} and appears frequently with orchestras and chamber music ensembles,{{cite web |url=https://www.theutahreview.com/backstage-utah-arts-festival-2016-clarice-assad-elvin-bishop-jet-black-pearl-incendio-dennis-gruenling-highlight-jam-packed-saturday/|title=Backstage Utah Arts Festival|date=June 24, 2016 |website=theutahreview.com }} performing her original works or arrangements of classical, Brazilian, jazz, and contemporary music.

In 2010, Assad began performing more frequently, and eventually founded the international ensemble Off the Cliff,{{cite web |url=http://www.qonstage.com/2018/01-05/nyfosnext/|title=Brazilian Star Wars at NYFOS|date=June 19, 2018 |website=qonstage.com }} an energetic and daring four-piece ensemble of internationally accomplished musicians.{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/clariceassad/docs/smf_daily_review__beethoven_sonatas|title=Beethoven sonatas and Brazilian soul|date=April 2, 2015 |website=dosavannah.com }}

Notable performances include the Savannah Music Festival, Moab and the Mendocino Music Festival. Included amongst the venues and series where Off the Cliff has appeared on are Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City and Doha, Qatar,{{cite web|url=http://qataractu.com/clarice-assad-voix-singuliere-au-jazz-at-lincoln-center-3934.html|title=Une voix singuliere au jazz at lincoln center|date=September 14, 2014|website=qataractu.com|access-date=June 19, 2018|archive-date=June 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619215446/http://qataractu.com/clarice-assad-voix-singuliere-au-jazz-at-lincoln-center-3934.html|url-status=dead}} The Stone, Cal Performances in San Francisco, and Sesc São Paulo in Brazil. Special guest artists have included Japanese singer Hiromi Suda, Swiss-American singer Beat Kaestli, clarinetist Derek Bermel, mandolinist Mike Marshall, Paquito D'Rivera and the group Choro Famoso.

Assad takes the immersive experience outside of the concert hall with the accessible VOXploration,{{cite web |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2023-07-07/kmfas-residency-program-gives-composers-the-keys-to-the-station.html|title=

KMFA's Residency Program Gives Composers the Keys to the Station|date=July 7, 2023 |website=The Austin Chronicle }} which she created in 2015.{{Cite web |last=Stories |first=Local |title=Meet Clarice Assad of VOXploration in South Loop - Voyage Chicago {{!}} Chicago City Guide |url=http://voyagechicago.com/interview/meet-clarice-assad-voxploration-south-loop/ |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=voyagechicago.com |date=24 July 2018 |language=en-US}} The award-winning education program offers a creative and accessible approach to music education through interactive experiences. In an era where digital interaction is part of the daily routine, the class encourages participants to utilize their bodies and voices as musical instruments in spontaneous music creation, songwriting, and improvisation. It has been curated for participants of any age or musical background and has been presented worldwide.

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Assad is the recipient of the American Composers Forum National Composition Competition (2016), the McKnight Visiting Composer Award (2015),{{cite web|url=https://composersforum.org/composing-through-collaboration-clarice-assads-comprehensive-approach-to-teaching-music/|title=Composing Through Collaboration: Clarice Assad's Comprehensive Approach to Teaching Music|date=March 7, 2017 |website=composersforum.org }} the New Music Alive Partnership program (League of American Orchestras, 2014–2015),{{cite web|url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/22/pairing-composers-and-orchestras-with-an-eye-on-younger-audiences/|title=Pairing Composers and Orchestras, With an Eye on Younger Audiences|date=October 22, 2014 |website=artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com }} the Van Lier Fellowship (2010), Latin Grammy nomination for best contemporary composition (2009), the Aaron Copland Award (2007),{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/08/arts/music/american-composers-orchestra-review-zankel-hall.html|title=Review: American Composers Orchestra Brings Jazz to Classical, Effortlessly|date=April 8, 2018 |website=The New York Times }}{{cite web|url=https://bachtrack.com/review-manahan-american-composers-orchestra-carnegie-new-york-april-2018|title=Dreamscapes in New York: genre-busting composers showcased by the American Composers Orchestra|date=April 8, 2018 |website=bachtrack.com }} the Morton Gould Young Composer Award (2006), All Songs Considered - NPR (2004), the Franklin Honor Society Award (2001), and the Samuel Ostrowsky Humanities Award (2001).

• Invitation: Introducing Clarice Assad (2004)
• Love, All That It Is (NSS Music, 2008)
• Home (Adventure Music, 2011)
• Imaginarium (Adventure Music, 2014)
• Clarice Assad & Friends: Live at the Deer Head Inn (Deer Head Inn, 2016)
• Reliquia (Adventure Music, 2016){{cite web |url=http://ukvibe.org/album_reviews/clarice-sergio-assad/|title=Clarice & Sergio Assad Reliquia |date=August 24, 2016 |website=ukvibe.org |author1=Ukvibe }}
• Archetypes Third Coast Percussion, Clarice Assad, Sérgio Assad (Cedille Records, 2021)
• Window To The World: A Tribute to Milton Nascimento: Clarice Assad, Johan Dynnesen, Francesco Calì and Jesper Bodilsen (Vectordisc Records, 2022)

• Breaking Barriers at Ravinia highlights women composers- Chicago Tribune {{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-breaking-barriers-ravinia-women-classical-music-20230716-cqyvdmkxevg6dgc6t5okkee4g4-story.html|title=RAVINIA'S BREAKING BARRIERS FESTIVAL BUILDS ON WHAT CHICAGO ALREADY KNOWS: WOMEN COMPOSERS REIGN HERE|date=July 16, 2023 |website=Chicago Tribune}}
• Indicados ao Grammy 2022, Clarice e Sérgio Assad aliam a paixão pela arte e o carinho de família em composições reconhecidas mundo afora- Revista 29 HORAS {{cite web |url=https://29horas.com.br/pessoas/indicados-ao-grammy-2022-clarice-e-sergio-assad-aliam-a-paixao-pela-arte-e-o-carinho-de-familia-em-composicoes-reconhecidas-mundo-afora|title=Indicados ao Grammy 2022, Clarice e Sérgio Assad aliam a paixão pela arte e o carinho de família em composições reconhecidas mundo afora|date=February 14, 2022 |website=29horas.com.br}}
• A família de virtuoses do piano e violão que pôs o Brasil no Grammy - Revista VEJA {{cite web |url=https://veja.abril.com.br/cultura/a-familia-de-virtuoses-do-piano-e-violao-que-pos-o-brasil-no-grammy|title=A família de virtuoses do piano e violão que pôs o Brasil no Grammy|date=January 30, 2022 |website=veja.abril}}
• Clarice Assad radio interview on UEL, Londrina. Modos de Vida - Comportamento e Cultura{{cite web |url=http://www.uel.br/uelfm/arquivo.php?id=17438|title=Modos de Vida - Comportamento e Cultura|date=August 8, 2018 |website=uel.br }}
• Dreamscapes Q&A with Clarice Assad – SoundAdvice.{{cite web |url=http://acosoundadvice.blogspot.com/2018/04/dreamscapes-q-with-clarice-assad.html|title=Dreamscapes Q&A with Clarice Assad|date=April 4, 2018 |website=acosoundadvice.blogspot.com }}
• Chicago Sinfonietta Commissions CLARICE ASSAD's SIN FRONTERAS Preview – Insights to Assad and her Work.{{cite web |url=http://www.picturethispost.com/chicago-sinfonietta-clarice-assad-insights-preview/|title=Chicago Sinfonietta Commissions CLARICE ASSAD'S SIN FRONTERAS Preview – Insights to Assad and her Work|date=September 13, 2017 |website=picturethispost.com }}
• SONiC Composer Spotlight – Clarice Assad – SoundAdvice.{{cite web |url=http://acosoundadvice.blogspot.com/2015/10/sonic-composer-spotlight-clarice-assad.html|title=SONiC Composer Spotlight - Clarice Assad - SoundAdvice|date=October 20, 2015 |website=acosoundadvice.blogspot.com }}
• University of Chicago Presents: An interview with Clarice Assad {{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/clariceassad/docs/clarice_assad___university_of_chica|title=University of Chicago Presents: An interview with Clarice Assad |date=December 12, 2015 |website=issuu.com }}
• ABODE MAGAZINE: From Brazil to Carnegie Hall to Doha (p. 106-107){{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/abodemagazine/docs/abode_-_october_2014 |title=From Brazil to Carnegie Hall to Doha. ABODE Magazine|date=September 30, 2014 |website=issuu.com }}
• REVISTA 29 HORAS: DNA Musical {{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/29horas/docs/revista29horas_48 |title=DNA Musical. ABODE Magazine|date=October 1, 2013 |website=issuu.com }}
• The Portfolio Composer: Ep 8-Clarice Assad on the Endless Possibilities of New Music and Letting Go {{cite web |url=http://theportfoliocomposer.com/ep-8-clarice-assad-on-endless-possibilities-of-new-music-and-letting-go/|title=the Endless Possibilities of New Music and Letting Go|date=October 1, 2013 |website=theportfoliocomposer.com}}
• 1TrackPodcast: Season 2, Episode 3.{{cite web |url=http://1trackpodcast.com/s2e3-clarice-assad/|title=Clarice Assad about her Concerto for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra:O Saci-Pererê.|date=October 1, 2016 |website=1trackpodcast.com}}
• Composer Clarice Assad was born and raised in Brazil, but has spent the last few decades in the United States. When she's asked where home is, she says, "The Americas."{{cite web |url=https://www.yourclassical.org/programs/performance-today/episodes/2019/04/22|title=Clarice Assad: Without Borders|date=April 22, 2019 |website=yourclassical.org }}
• Brazilian and classical music merge in performance from Clarice Assad and two Houston ensembles.{{cite news |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/arts-theater/article/Brazilian-and-classical-music-merge-in-13796050.php|title=Brazilian and classical music merge in performance from Clarice Assad and two Houston ensembles.|date=April 30, 2019 |newspaper=Houston Chronicle }}

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• [http://www.clariceassad.com Official website]
• [https://www.allmusic.com/artist/clarice-assad-mn0000312895 Profile: AllMusic.com]
• [http://ljms.org/directory/listing/biography-clarice-assad-composer Composer Biography La Jolla Music Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613210708/http://ljms.org/directory/listing/biography-clarice-assad-composer |date=2018-06-13 }}
• [http://www.coplandhouse.org/composers/copland-house-residency-awards Aaron Copland Award Winners]

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