Third Coast Percussion gave its first official performance on June 25, 2025. In the past 20 years, TCP has performed on 4 continents, in 13 countries and 41 states in the U.S. for over 300,000 concert attendees. Their 26 albums have racked up 5 million listeners and 10 million streams, and the quartet has commissioned over 110 new works.

A “TCP 20th” microsite is available at https://tcp20.thirdcoastpercussion.com/ with more information on the ensemble’s history and milestone engagements.

For their landmark 2024-2025 season, the quartet of Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin and David Skidmore embark on the most ambitious projects of their careers – collaborating with leading musicians, choreographers, and composers from around the world, while carrying on their lasting impact through performances, education, and leadership.

Among Third Coast Percussion’s highlights for this 20th anniversary season, the quartet takes on national tours with tabla player Zakir Hussain, including a newly commissioned work and a performance at Carnegie Hall, and with Twyla Tharp Dance in a newly created piece by the famed choreographer set to new arrangements by Third Coast Percussion of Philip Glass’s iconic score Aguas da Amazonia – a celebration of Tharp’s 60th anniversary in dance. Other highlights include performances of Pulitzer Prize and GRAMMY®-nominated works in TCP’s Metamorphosis program, choreographed by Movement Art Is (Lil Buck and Jon Boogz), coming this season to Philharmonie de Paris; and a national tour with composer and violinist Jessie Montgomery, which pairs a new TCP-commissioned work for percussion quartet with Lou Harrison’s Concerto for Violin with Percussion Orchestra, featuring Montgomery on the violin solo. In addition, TCP has commissioned new works this season from composers Tigran Hamasyan and Jlin. The celebration continues with an anniversary album release in April 2025 on Cedille Records and a celebratory TCP Festival in Chicago during the official anniversary week of June 25, 2025.