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From concert and album reviews to feature articles, Third Coast Percussion is in the news.
We are fortunate to have garnered critical acclaim and recognition for so many of our performances and projects. See for yourself what the buzz is all about by reading what the press has to say! Browse reviews, articles, and much more below.
Album: John Cage, The Works for Percussion (2 Mode)
August 13, 2012, by Third Coast Percussion
It’s boom time for Cage fans – barely a month goes by without another album confirming his status as surely the most underrated composer of the 20th century. (more…)
Steve Reich’s 75th marked in youthfully energetic style
, by Third Coast Percussion
August 23, 2011 by Wynne Delacoma The occasion may have been a 75th birthday celebration for American composer Steve Reich, but the atmosphere Monday night at the Pritzker Pavilion was remarkably youthful. With its relentless pulse and short, obsessively repeated melodies, Reich’s music bristles with energy, and two young Chicago-based groups — eighth blackbird and Third Coast Percussion — along with some talented friends, plunged into its flow with high-octane drive. (more…)
East meets West in bracing style at Chinese Fine Arts Society concert
, by Third Coast Percussion
August 1, 2011 by Michael Cameron Zhou Long may be the first Chinese-American composer honored with a Pulitzer, but predecessors of his heritage have achieved great prominence on the concert stage. One of the most acclaimed is Tan Dun, the only composer represented who has flirted with the Western avant-garde. His Elegy: Snow in June is a haunting work for solo cello and percussion quartet that, like most of the others, finds inspiration in ancient legends. (more…)
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