THE PERCUSSION PLUS PROJECT

Amy Lynn Barber, artistic director

The Percussion Plus Project is a unique contemporary chamber music ensemble, which focuses on an unusual and exciting repertoire that is little-known to general audiences.

Their programs consist of works for percussion (ranging from one to many players) and another solo instrument. No other ensemble devotes itself solely to this repertoire.

The Percussion Plus Project was founded in 1993 in Prague, Czech Republic, by Amy Lynn Barber, who was then professor of percussion at the Prague . The Percussion Plus Project had its own very successful concert series for several years in Prague, and later in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where Barber was a member of the Slovenian Philharmonic. From 1998-2002 it was based in Vienna, Austria.

The ensemble has performed throughout Central Europe as a guests at international festivals and concert series, and has recorded many Czech, Slovak, and Slovenian works for radio and for CDs. Many composers have been inspired to write pieces for them. Guest soloists have included many outstanding European and American musicians.

The concerts and recordings of the Percussion Plus Project have consistently won critical acclaim for the quality of their performance and for creative and unique programming.

The Percussion Plus Project is currently an ensemble-in-residence at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.