This week, a gorgeous new record from the Iris Trio, which features Canadian clarinetist Christine Carter and music by Canadian composer Florian Hoefner. Listen here
Known for her visionary interdisciplinary projects, 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, and has performed across the globe, from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House.
Christine is also an internationally recognized expert in performance psychology, bridging research and practice. She leads an interdisciplinary research team on music learning and is a sought-after expert in the field, having published in a variety of outlets and presented over 100 performance psychology workshops for thousands of students around the world.
new album out Oct 16, 2026
Project Earth: The Green Chapter
After a critically acclaimed run of Project Earth: Blue Chapter, the Iris Trio releases The Green Chapter of the project, with captivating new commissions by celebrated Canadian composers Sarah Slean and Andrew Downing and original poetry by T.S. Eliot Prize-winning poet Karen Solie. Slean’s collaboration with Solie is a written homage to the incredible life of trees, while the Downing-Solie creation explores the farming practices and dwindling habitat of unbroken shortgrass prairie, including the stranglehold of multinational corporations on farming. An interdisciplinary address to environmental crises and the beauty worth protecting, The Green Chapter has been praised by Miranda Massie, Founder and Director of New York City’s Climate Museum, as “striking and beautiful, its presentation of spoken poetry combined with musical performances perfectly calibrated, and the principals’ performances staggeringly accomplished, in sync, and alive.”
Recent News and Updates
For musician Christine Carter, Project Earth starts in Newfoundland
Christine Carter describes living in Newfoundland as “like living in a National Geographic documentary.”
Christine Carter elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists
A geographer, musician, social worker and sociologist are among the latest cohort elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists (RSC) — one of the nation’s highest scholarly honours.
Next Live Dates
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29
Oct 2026
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Canada
St. John’s, NL
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Music at Memorial Concert Series Melodic Archetypes in New
7:30pm
Works by David Braid with violinist Bailey Wantuch, cellist Vernon Regehr, and pianist David Braid |
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04
Feb 2027
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Canada
St. John’s, NL
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Christine Carter, Pierre Alain Bouvrette and Martin Karlíček Trio Noir
7:30pm
Works by Libby Larsen, Patrick Cardy, Robert Muczynski, and Alexander von Zemlinsky with cellist Pierre-Alain Bouvrette and pianist Martin Karlicek |
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18
Feb 2027
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Canada
Montréal, QC
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Christine Carter, Pierre Alain Bouvrette and Martin Karlíček Trio Noir
7:30pm
Works by Libby Larsen, Patrick Cardy, Robert Muczynski, and Alexander von Zemlinsky with cellist Pierre-Alain Bouvrette and pianist Martin Karlicek |
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