Praised for their “emotionally raw” performances (Chicago Tribune), F-PLUS is a violin, clarinet, and percussion trio committed to collaborating with today’s most exciting composers to establish a diverse repertoire for their unique instrumentation. Formed in 2016 at the Bang on a Can Summer Festival, the ensemble has performed all over the country, including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, the Ear Taxi Festival, the International Clarinet Association “ClarinetFest,” and the New Music Gathering. F-PLUS has premiered over 35 new works since its inception, including commissioned works by Chicago Symphony Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery, Grawemeyer-winner George Tsontakis, Emma O’Halloran, Matthew Ricketts, and Charles Peck, among many others. The ensembled has been the recipient of commissioning grants from Chamber Music America, the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Irish Arts Council and the New Zealand Arts Council. F-PLUS is committed to working with the next generation of composers and performers, and has held residencies at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Washington University (St. Louis), University of Texas-Austin, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, and Grand Valley State, Central Michigan, Stony Brook, Duke, and Illinois State Universities.

 

April 2022