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April 2018
Southern Oregon University’s Oregon Center for the Arts and the Britt Music & Arts Festival
Lyrical Geometry GLASS (arr. TCP) Madeira River DE MEY Table Music THOMAS Resounding Earth, mvt 2 REICH Mallet Quartet MARTIN Bend DILLON Ordering-Instincts GLASS (arr. TCP) Amazon River GLASS (arr. TCP) Xingu River SKIDMORE Take Anything You Want SKIDMORE Torched and Wrecked Click here for more info.
Find out more »The Smithsonian’s Castle Commons – Washington, D.C.
Resounding Earth REICH Mallet Quartet GLASS Amazon River GLASS Xingu River THOMAS Resounding Earth The performance is in conjunction with the exhibition Resound: Ancient Bells of China. Click here for more info. Members of Third Coast will also present lectures at 1pm and 4pm on Sunday, April 29, in the Smithsonian's Freer|Sackler Gallery. Ensemble members will show how Burmese, Tibetan, Japanese, Chinese, and Indian bells produce unique sounds that can be combined to create enchanting effects.
Find out more »May 2018
Logan Center for the Arts
Education Program: Think Outside the Drum
Find out more »The People’s Music School Annual Gala: “Let It Shine”
Third Coast will perform alongside students from The People’s Music School as they premiere works composed by the students during residency workshops with Third Coast members. Click here for more information about the gala.
Find out more »Thalia Hall – Paddle to the Sea
Paddle to the Sea THIRD COAST PERCUSSION Paddle to the Sea GLASS Aguas da Amazonia (arr. by Third Coast Percussion) DRUCKMAN Reflections on the Nature of Water TRADITIONAL Chigwaya (arr. by Musekiwa Chingodza) Click here for more info. This project is supported by the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from the Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation, and is made possible through a collaboration with the National Film Board…
Find out more »University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Educational program: WAVES Click here for more info about WAVES and our other STEM to STEAM educational projects.
Find out more »Embark Bash – Music Education Party!
Celebrate music education with Third Coast Percussion and students from The People's Music School! Join us 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. There will be live performance by Third Coast Percussion, one-of-a-kind silent auction items, food, drinks, an instrument petting zoo, and more. You'll even get to make some music with us too! Click here for tickets or more information. Corporate sponsorship opportunities are also available. Contact us for details.…
Find out more »June 2018
The People’s Music School: Performapaloozathon
The People's Music School Performapaloozathon features performances by students from the all TPMS programs: that's nearly 700 students and families from across Chicago! We are delighted to return to this fun-filled, musical, community-building event.
Find out more »Currents at Constellation
AYANNA WOODS Triple Point (Emerging Composers Partnership) MARK APPLEBAUM Aphasia DREW WORDEN Escape GEMMA PEACOCKE Death Wish AUGUSTA READ THOMAS Qi CHRIS CERRONE A Natural History of Vacant Lots Third Coast Percussion’s “Currents” is made possible by generous support from Sidney K Robinson. Click here to purchase tickets to "Currents."
Find out more »July 2018
The Line Up at Gallagher Way – Wrigley Field
Grab your blanket and come enjoy a free immersive musical performance at Gallagher Way! Third Coast Percussion will perform pieces from their Grammy award-winning album of Steve Reich's music, as well as music written for Third Coast Percussion by Glenn Kotche of Wilco and Ryan Lott of indie rock band Son Lux. The program also features the music of iconic American composers Philip Glass and John Cage, and original music by ensemble members. With multiple stages throughout Gallagher Way, guests…
Find out more »September 2018
Guggenheim “Works and Process” with Emma Portner – 1
Emma Portner, described by Dance Spirit as a young choreographer “changing the dance world,” shares highlights from her upcoming Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) commission with new music by Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange) performed by Third Coast Percussion, and from her duet with Anne Plamondon, commissioned by Fall for Dance North (FFDN), prior to their respective premieres in Chicago and Toronto. As part of the program, Portner, Plamondon, and HSDC artistic director Glenn Edgerton will discuss their collaboration in a discussion…
Find out more »Guggenheim “Works and Process” with Emma Portner – 2
Emma Portner, described by Dance Spirit as a young choreographer “changing the dance world,” shares highlights from her upcoming Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) commission with new music by Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange) performed by Third Coast Percussion, and from her duet with Anne Plamondon, commissioned by Fall for Dance North (FFDN), prior to their respective premieres in Chicago and Toronto. As part of the program, Portner, Plamondon, and HSDC artistic director Glenn Edgerton will discuss their collaboration in a discussion…
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