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April 2019
Miller Theatre – Composer Portrait: David T. Little
David T. Little grapples with essential human issues through powerfully dramatic compositions. This Portrait features two major works—companion pieces presented together for the first time—that explore the tension between the individual, secrecy, and state violence. Haunt of Last Nightfall, a visceral “ghost play in two acts” for percussion quartet and electronics, examines America’s role in the 1981 massacre at El Mozote. AGENCY, for string quartet and electronics, questions individual autonomy, whether we are subject to unknown and powerful social and political forces.…
Find out more »May 2019
TCP’s 2nd Annual Embark Bash! – Music Education Party
Come PLAY with us at Embark Bash 2019! Join Third Coast Percussion at Center on Halsted's Irving Harris Reception Hall for an evening of music, food, drink, and fun to support "Embark" and Third Coast Percussion's other music education programs. This season's "Embark" programming focuses on PLAY, and we can't wait to share it with you! Alongside students from The People's Music School, we'll explore TCP's latest community-music project, called "The Bell Ringers", which inspired this season's "Embark" curriculum and…
Find out more »Symphony Center with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago
CHRISTOPHER CERRONE Meander, Spiral, Explode: Concerto for Percussion Quartet *world premiere* The Civic Orchestra will also perform: DEBUSSY La Mer SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1, Spring Tickets are free, but must be reserved! Click here for more info and to reserve your seat.
Find out more »Taiwan International Percussion Convention
TCP is thrilled to be invited to the Taiwan International Percussion Convention. Based on the vision of "Bringing the world to Taiwan, and taking Taiwan to the world", the Ju Percussion Group has hosted the triennial TIPC since 1993. The purpose of this convention is to enhance mutual understanding and experience exchanging in the international percussion community and to increase the popularity of percussive music in Taiwan. After nine TIPC have been held throughout the past two-plus decades, TIPC has established…
Find out more »June 2019
Currents at Constellation
Our annual Currents concert features world premieres of new works by the latest participants in our Emerging Composers Partnership: Amanda Feery and Tim Page. Currents is also a chance for us to explore any new music that we're excited about. And we love ending the season in front our hometown audience! TAYLOR RANKIN Half Light TIM PAGE Nature, Industry, Ritual AMANDA FEERY Give Us the Night *world premiere* HYEKYUNG LEE Cache-cache ROBERT DILLON New work TBA ANNIKA SOCOLOFKSY The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: ambedo RYAN LOTT Quartered Purchase tickets…
Find out more »July 2019
Britt Festival
TCP returns to the Britt Festival in Jacksonville, Oregon! Presenting Christopher Cerrone's new concerto, Meander, Spiral, Explode, with the Britt Festival Orchestra. AMONG THE TREES with Third Coast Percussion WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART The Magic Flute Overture CHRISTOPHER CERRONE Meander, Spiral, Explode (Britt co-commissioned work) JOHANNES BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F Major Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Find out more »Bravo! Vail — 2019 (1 of 3)
TCP is thrilled to return to Bravo! Vail. TCP will perform three concerts during its residency at the festival. Paddle to the Sea THIRD COAST PERCUSSION Paddle to the Sea PHILIP GLASS Aguas da Amazonia (arr. by Third Coast Percussion) JACOB DRUCKMAN Reflections on the Nature of Water TRADITIONAL Chigwaya (arr. by Musekiwa Chingodza) Click here for more info and to purchase tickets. This project is supported by the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation and a grant from the National…
Find out more »Bravo! Vail — 2019 (2 of 3)
TCP is thrilled to return to Bravo! Vail. TCP will perform three concerts during its residency at the festival. THIRD COAST, REICH, & HARRISON STEVE REICH Music for Pieces of Wood LOU HARRISON Violin Concerto PETER MARTIN BEND ROBERT DILLON Ordering-instincts GEMMA PEACOCKE Death Wish DAVID SKIDMORE Aliens with Extraordinary Abilities Personnel: Third Coast Percussion (David Skidmore, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, Sean Connors) Yvonne Lam, violin John Corkill, percussion Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.
Find out more »August 2019
Bravo! Vail — 2019 (3 of 3)
TCP is thrilled to return to Bravo! Vail. TCP will perform three concerts during its residency at the festival. A Glass Premiere PHILIP GLASS Perpetulum (co-commissioned by Bravo! Vail) GEORGE CRUMB Music for a Summer Evening Click here for more information and to purchase tickets. Perpetulum by Philip Glass was commissioned for Third Coast Percussion with lead support from the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation. The work was co-commissioned by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting for Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Bravo! Vail Music Festival,…
Find out more »Sundown Sessions at Gallagher Way
We are glad to be part of the wonderful summer series at Gallagher Way for a second time! This year, we will be joined by Yvonne Lam, violin, and John Corkill, percussion. Free concert! Click here for more information about Sundown Sessions. Program DEVONTÉ HYNES Perfectly Voiceless HEINRICH BIBER Passacaglia IVAN TREVINO 2 + 1 EUGÈNE YSAŸE Ballade DAVID SKIDMORE Torched and Wrecked JOACHIM Watch Over Us STEVE REICH Music for Pieces of Wood LOU HARRISON Concerto for Violin with Percussion…
Find out more »September 2019
Millennium Park: The Bell Ringers world premiere!
Join Third Coast Percussion and composer Danny Clay for the world premiere of The Bell Ringers, a new musical experience that brings communities together. This new evening-length work invites participation from performers of a wide range of experience levels—from professionals to novices. This performance will take place on Millennium Park's Pritzker lawn, with the audience moving freely throughout the space. The work draws influence from Clay’s use of the element of “play” and community-building in his works. This performance is free…
Find out more »AngelicA | Centro di Ricerca Musicale
TCP performs at AngelicA | Centro di Ricerca Musicale in Bologna, Italy. Program PHILIP GLASS Madeira River STEVE REICH Mallet Quartet DEVONTÉ HYNES Perfectly Voiceless GAVIN BRYARS The Other Side of the River DAVID SKIDMORE Torched and Wrecked Free concert! Click here for more information.
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