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 and Robert Dillon.

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Please note: At 5:45pm, Doyle Armbrust will host a pre-concert talk with a member of TCP in Polk Hall (adjacent to Gottlieb Hall).
After the show, join us for a reception with the artists.

The Drum Also Sings

JaRon Brown: and this too, shall pass (NLM Commission) (World Premiere)
Robert Dillon: Scoundrel (World Premiere)
Andrea Venet: Bulldog
Ivan Trevino: Watercolor Sun
Jessie Montgomery: Study No. 1
Jlin: Derivative
Steve Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood
Alexis Lamb: Matters / Mind

 

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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