Recent Appearances

2009-2010 Season

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Residency at Taliesin Preservation, Frank Lloyd Wright Institute Spring Green, WI
September 8 - 11, 2009

Performance, “The Architecture of Music,” Friday, Sept 11 at 7:30 at the Hillside Theater, featuring works by Iannis Xenakis, Philippe Manoury, Toru Takemitsu and Paul Lansky. Pre-concert talk w/ Sidney Robinson, Architecture Scholar

Lake Forest Lyrica
September 13, 2009

3:00 pm
Lake Forest College
Holt Memorial Chapel
555 N Sheridan Rd
Lake Forest, IL
$15/$5

Featuring music of Nico Muhly, Lukas Ligeti, John Cage, Toru Takemitsu, Tobias Brostrom, David Skidmore and Owen Clayton Condon.

The Architecture of Music
September 26, 2009

w/ Sidney Robinson, Architecture Scholar
Ganz Hall
Roosevelt University
430 S Michigan Ave, Chicago

Pre-concert discussion with
Sidney Robinson: 6:30pm
Concert: 7:30pm
$15/$5
Exploring the connections between architecture and music, with works by Iannis Xenakis, Philippe Manoury, Toru Takemitsu and Paul Lansky.

Alone / Aligned / Opposed
December 15, 2009

with Lee Keenan, Lighting Designer
Chopin Theater
1543 W. Division St.
Chicago, IL
$15/$5

7:30 p.m.

Musical forces combine and collide in a newly commissioned, large scale work by rising star Matthew Barnson, Arvo Pärt’s Fratres, Alejandro Viñao’s Arabesco Infinito, and Fredrik Andersson’s The Lonelyness of Santa Claus, all staged with dramatic lighting at Wicker Park’s historic Chopin Theatre.

The Midwest Clinic - An International Band and Orchestra Conferance
December 18, 2009

McCormick Place West
2301 S. Indiana Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616

4 p.m.

Third Coast Percussion presents a clinic that examines unconducted literature for the intermediate Percussion Ensemble. Music of Reich, Harrison, and more.

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University of St. Francis Guest Artist Series
January 31, 2010

Harold and Margaret Moser
Performing Arts Center
Joliet, IL

3 p.m.

Featuring the music of Cage, Manoury, Takemitsu, and Muhly

Dickinson College, Guest Artists Series
February 6, 2010

Rubendall Recital Hall
The Weiss Center
Carlisle, PA

7 p.m.

Featuring the music of Cage, Manoury, Takemitsu, and Muhly

Eastman School of Music
February 7, 2010

Concert / Master Class
Rochester, NY

Featuring the music of Cage, Manoury, Takemitsu, and Muhly

Sunday Salon Concert
February 14, 2010

presented by
The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
with Lisa Moore, piano
3:00 p.m. – Chicago Cultural Center
Preston Bradley Hall
78 E Washington St. Chicago
FREE

TCP performs a diverse program including Guo Wenjing’s Parade, John Fitz Rogers’ astoundingly rapid Once Removed and a sneak preview of an upcoming work from composer and rock drummer David T. Little. Finally, “queen of the avant garde piano” Lisa Moore joins Third Coast for Martin Bresnick’s powerful Caprichos Enfaticos.

Rocky River Chamber Music Society
March 15, 2010

West Shore Unitarian Universalistic Church
20401 Hilliard Boulevard
Rocky River, OH

8:00 P.M.

Featuring the music of Cage, Manoury, Takemitsu, and Muhly

The Architecture of Music
April 22, 2010

Unity Temple
Break the Box Series
875 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL

Post-concert discussion with
Sidney Robinson and Third Coast Percussion

Concert: 7:00 pm
$20 – General Admission
$15 – Students / Seniors

Exploring the connections between architecture and music, with works by Iannis Xenakis, Philippe Manoury, Toru Takemitsu and Paul Lansky.

Descent
May 1, 2010

co-sponsored by International House
Global Voices Performing Arts Program
with Cliff Colnot, conductor
Greg Beyer and Ross Karre, percussion
7:30 p.m. – International House Assembly Hall at University of Chicago
1414 E. 59th St, Chicago
$10/$5

Third Coast journeys into new sound
worlds with David Skidmore’s Fanfare for a New Audience, Marcos Balter’s dark rooms, and the premiere of a new work by Otto Muller. The program will culminate in Wolfgang Rihm’s explosive and visceral sextet Tutuguri VI, inspired by Artaud’s writings on the Tarahumara indians’ Rite of the Black Sun.

New Music from Columbia College
May 13, 2010

Third Coast Percussion collaborates with student composers from Columbia College of Music and performs their compositions.

Sherwood Conservatory of Music
1312 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL

7:00 p.m.

Free

2008-2009 Season

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Season Preview: Classical Mondays at the Chicago Cultural Center

Featuring music from Third Coast’s touring and Chicago seasons, including music by John Cage, Frederic Rzewski, David Skidmore and Lukas Ligeti.

"Minimum and Maximum" at Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University

Masters of the modern piano Amy Briggs and Daniel Schlosberg join Third Coast for Reich’s Sextet, Berio’s Linea, Lukas Ligeti’s Pattern Transformation and the premiere of Constellations by Kirsten Broberg.

Third Coast Percussion and Sonic Inertia at Sherwood Conservatory

Third Coast performs David Skidmore’s driving In Contact and Casey Farina’s video score Bitsmoke, and Sonic Inertia performs works featuring the hammer dulcimer.

"New Music in the Gallery" at Packer-Schopf Gallery

Featuring the premiere of new percussion works by members of the Chicago Composers Forum, as well as Phillippe Manoury’s marimba duo from Le Livre des Claviers and Alejandro Vinao’s Estudios de Frontera, featuring internationally renowned marimba soloist She-e Wu.

University of Illinois

Masterclass / Showcase Concert
Urbana-Champaign, IL

Southeast Missouri State University

Masterclass / Showcase Concert
Cape Girardeau, MO

University of Kentucky

Masterclass / Showcase Concert
Lexington, KY

Tennessee Tech University

Showcase Concert
Cookeville, TN

University of North Texas

Showcase Concert
Denton, TX

Texas A&M University - Commerce

Showcase Concert
Commerce, TX

Texas Day of Percussion

Tarleton State University
Tarleton, TX

University of Texas - Austin

Residency
Presented by Tom Burritt

Roundtop Music Festival

Showcase Concert
Roundtop, TX

"The Inevitable Direction" at the Chopin Theatre

Third Coast explores the relationship between modern music and politics, with Rzewski’s Coming Together and To the Earth, Andriessen’s Workers’ Union, David Little’s Speak Softly and the premiere of Ted Hearne’s Thaw.

Dusk Variations: A Chamber Series

Presented by the Chicago Cultural Center
Pritzker Pavilion
Millennium park
Chicago, IL

Rush Hour Concerts at St James Cathedral

Season Finale
65 E Huron St
5:15 reception
5:45 concert
FREE

Featuring the premiere of David Skidmore’s “Fanfare for a New Audience,” as well as music by Owen Clayton Condon, Dennis DeSantis, and Christopher Deane.