Known for her visionary interdisciplinary projects, clarinetist Christine Carter has built an international career as a captivating chamber musician, teaching artist, and scholar. She is the clarinetist of the critically acclaimed Iris Trio, co-founder of the inter-arts Looking Glass Ensemble with dance artist Shannon Litzenberger, and regularly collaborates with Duo Concertante, with whom she has released two albums on Marquis Classics.
She has performed across the globe, from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House, and has been praised for her “striking expression” (Bremen Weser-Kurier) and “seductive tone and effortless fluidity” (The Clarinet Journal). She has also performed extensively as an orchestral musician, including engagements with the New World Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and under the batons of some of the world’s finest conductors, such as Lorin Maazel, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Fabio Luisi.
She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Manhattan School of Music and is currently Associate Professor of Music at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada. She was recently inducted into the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists.