GRAMMY® Award-winning Third Coast Percussion invites curious listeners on a musical journey that will surprise, delight, and disrupt everything you thought you knew about percussion! This intimate program showcases the infinite range of what percussion music can do: from gorgeous melodies to driving drums–and everything in between.

This performance will feature new compositions by JaRon Brown, Robert Dillon, and Augusta Read Thomas.

The Drum Also Sings

JaRon Brown: New Work (NLM Commission) (World Premiere)
Robert Dillon: New Work
Andrea Venet: Bulldog
Ivan Trevino: Watercolor Sun
Jessie Montgomery : Study No. 1
Jlin: Derivative
Augusta Read Thomas: New Work
Steve Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood
Alexis Lamb: Matters / Mind

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Third Coast Percussion’s 2025/2026 Chicago Season is generously supported by members of TCP’s Chicago Circle, and the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation. Third Coast Percussion acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency and a CityArts grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.

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