reviews



Rush Hour Concerts - Chicago





Time Out Magazine - Chicago





Marc Geelhoed Review







AWARDS

2003

Percussive Arts Society Solo Marimba Competition Winner – Peter Martin

2005

Kennedy Center Performance - Owen Clay Condon, “An A+ Recital!”, The Washington Post

2004

Percussive Arts Society Composition Competition 2nd Place – “Echoes” – David Skidmore

2005

Percussive Arts Society Composition Competition Winner – “Whispers” – David Skidmore

John Cage Award for Outstanding Contribution to Contemporary Music Performance, New England Conservatory – Rob Dillon

Works Commissioned

Deep Carving — Aaron Travers

Like a Sick, Breathing Tambura — Andrew McKenna Lee

Percussion Quartet — Mark Berger

We've Gotta Find It — Derek Jacoby

Smoke and Mirrors — Michael Burritt

dark rooms — Marcos Balter

New work — David T. Little

New work — Ted Hearne

New Work — Matthew Barnson

New work— Sarah Kirkland Snyder

PROJECTS

Living Music Project: Commissions 2006-2008

Third Coast Percussion Quartet has undertaken an exciting commissioning project in an effort to expand the repertoire for percussion quartet. Beginning in their 2006 concert season, Third Coast has been working with leading young composers of today to develop a number of new works for their ensemble. The commissioning project is unique in that the ensemble has coordinated instrumentation and setup with the composers to eliminate set changes between pieces and create a seemless concert experience.

The first set of commissions were premiered in May of 2006. These concerts included new pieces by Mark Berger, Andrew Mckenna Lee, and Aaron Travers. Third Coast has since premiered new compositions by Derek Jacoby, Michael Burritt and Marcos Balter. The 2008-09 concert season promises to be the most exciting yet, with premieres of new music by Ted Hearne, Sarah Kirkland Snyder and Matthew Barnson, plus a multi-media work by David T. Little. Check this page for updated information on Third Coast's commissioning projects.

Call for Composers!

Third Coast Percussion Quartet is an ensemble dedicated to the development of new repertoire for chamber percussion. If you are a composer interested in collaborating with members of Third Coast Percussion Quartet, please contact us.