About the Fresh Inc Festival

Founded in 2012, Fresh Inc has helped performers, composers, and pre-formed ensembles to envision and launch their own authentic careers in music, rooted in adventurous genre-defying collaboration, entrepreneurial thinking, and meaningful partnerships with audiences and community.

During this 2-week intensive, performers and composers:

• Participated in a comprehensive curriculum of workshops that foster experimental thinking and provided them with the entrepreneurial skills to sustain a fulfilling life in the arts

• Added professional headshots and performance videos to their artistic portfolio

• Premiered 24 new works of chamber music developed during the festival alongside established repertoire

• Designed and presented 11 performance experiences for audiences of all types throughout Chicago and Milwaukee side-by-side with Fifth House Ensemble

• Received one-on-one mentorship and instruction with instrumental and composition faculty

• Became a part of Fresh Inc’s creative community, sustaining relationships with an active and evolving network of cultural change makers whose work continuously reinvents the role of the musician to bring about a connected world