Effective period / Period of releases: 2007 - 2012

Members: Beth Meyers, Bob Hart, Christopher Hoffman, Olivier Manchon, Alan Hampton, Josh Mease, Greg Ritchie, Clare Muldaur Manchon

Clare Muldaur teamed up with her husband, Olivier Manchon, bassist Alan Hampton, cellist Christopher Hoffman, violist Beth Meyers, and drummer Greg Ritchie to form Clare & the Reasons in 2005. Multi-instrumentalist Bob Hart joined soon after the group finished recording its debut album, The Movie, released in 2007. By the time their second album, Arrow, followed in October 2009, the group had consolidated around the core of Muldaur, Manchon, and Hart. In 2011, Clare & the Reasons relocated to Berlin to write and record their next album; named after the model of moped they used to explore the city, KR-51 was released in July of 2012. In 2013 the band stopped touring to allow Clare and Olivier to concentrate on raising their family. They continue to make music in the form of film & TV scoring.