Hailed as "an extraordinary clarinetist" by the New York Times, Carol has performed as soloist in both John Adam's "In Your Ear Festival" at Carnegie, LA's "Monday Evening Concerts", curated by Esa-Pekka Salonen, she has been a participant at Marlboro, performed in the inaugural concert of Zankel Hall at Carnegie and appeared with Midori in Lincoln Center's Great Performers Series.

Carol has performed as soloist with orchestras such as the Ulster Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, RTE Concert Orchestra, Knights Chamber Orchestra and ensembles including Zankel Band, Ensemble Modern, Camerata Pacifica and Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert. She has been broadcast on Irish national TV and radio, Lyric FM, BBC  and NPR. Carol is a founding member of Argento, who's Tristan Murail recording was listed among the top 10 classical recordings of '07 by Time Out and was listed top of the New York Times best classical performances of 2009. She has guest curated the Kilkenny Arts Festival and has been artistic director of New Music New Ireland, promoting the performance of Irish compositions abroad.

Carol is artistic director of Music for Museums, in association with the National Gallery of Ireland and including museums such as the Metropolitan Museum, the Isabella Stewart Gardner in Boston and the J.Paul Getty in LA..

Carol studied with Brian O'Rourke and Charles Neidich. She was one of the 16 handpicked fellows of the first phase of the Academy, a programme of Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School and the Weill Music Institute and has been on the clarinet faculty of the Juilliard School's MAP program.

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"We’ll jump at pretty much any chance to see stellar clarinetist Carol McGonnell in action"

Time Out New York

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