Our Team

  • Margot Maurel

    French clarinestist Margot Maurel graduated from the Royal Irish Academy of Music in 2024 with first class honors. She is now pursuing her studies in the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, completing a Master Degree.

    She has enjoyed working with some of the best orchestras in Ireland such as the RTE Concert Concert both as a freelancer and a soloist. She has played in various prestigious locations such the National Concert Hall, the Hugh Lane Gallery and the Whyte Recital Hall in Dublin.

    Margot Maurel is the 2023 Jago Award recipient as well as the 2023 McCullough Cup in the Feis Ceoil Competition.

  • Aoife O'Donovan

    Aoife is a Dublin based composer/trumpeter currently completing their bachelors degree in the Royal Irish Academy of Music.

    Aoife has enjoyed a varied performance career across Ireland with multiple orchestras and chamber groups, some including the Irish Youth Wind Ensemble, and the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland.

    Aoife is also an experienced and dedicated music teacher.

    Aoife has been awarded multiple prestigious awards, some including the Milligan Fox medal for composition and first prize at the Castleknock music festival.

  • Rachel Reid

    Rachel is a 3rd-level student studying Classical Voice at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.

    Rachel has been involved in many amateur theatre productions in Donegal and with Trinity College Dublin. She had been involved in RIAM Chorale since 2023. Rachel has had the honour accompanying in the Feis Ceoil Gala at the National Concert Hall (2024) and performing in the Whyte Recital Hall in piano accompaniment, vocal trios and quartets.