Recent Appearances
2011-2012 Season
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- Rush Hour Concert Series
- July 12, 2011
Third Coast returns to the Rush Hour Concert Series for a performance of Tan Dun's dramatic work for solo cello and percussion quartet - Elegy Snow in June.
Featuring cellist Chris Wild of ensemble dal niente.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
5:15pm - reception
5:45pm - concert
St. James Cathedral
65 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL
Tan Dun - Elegy: Snow in June
- Chinese Fine Arts Society - Millennium Park - Pritzker Pavilion
- July 31, 2011
The Chinese Fine Arts Society Presents: Rhythms of China
Third Coast Percussion
With guest soloist Chris Wild of ensemble dal niente
Tan Dun's Elegy: Snow in June
FREE
6:30pm
Millennium Park, Jay Pritzker Pavilion
N. Michigan Ave. & E. Randolph
Chicago, IL 60606
- Garth Newel Music Center-Concert 1
- August 13, 2011
Third Coast returns to the beautiful Garth Newel Music Center.
http://www.garthnewel.org/Events/Third-Coast-Percussion-Quartet.aspx
5:00pm
Garth Newel Music Center
Hot Springs, VA
Cage: Second Construction
Cage: Credo in Us
Cage: Third Construction
Golijov: Mariel for Cello and Marimba
Skidmore: In Contact
- Garth Newel Music Center-Concert 2
- August 14, 2011
Third Coast returns to the beautiful Garth Newel Music Center.
http://www.garthnewel.org/EventDay.aspx?date=8/14/2011
3:00pm
Garth Newel Music Center
Hot Springs, VA
Skidmore: Ritual Music
Reich: Mallet Quartet
Garland: Apple Blossom
Lansky: Hop for Violin and Marimba
Lansky: Threads
- Dusk Variations - Millennium Park Pritzker Pavilion
- August 22, 2011
A Steve Reich Celebration
Third Coast and new music superheros eighth blackbird join forces to celebrate the 75th birthday of one of America's greatest living composers.
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6:30pm
Millennium Park
N. Michigan Ave & E. Randolph St.
Chicago IL 60602
- Taliesin - Frank Lloyd Wright
- September 23, 2011
Taliesin Centennial
Featuring the world premiere of a new work by TCP-member David Skidmore commissioned for the 100th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural masterpiece.
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7:30pm
Hillside Theater
Taliesin
Spring Green, WI
Directions to Taliesin
- Nightnotes Series - Detroit Chamber Winds
- October 14, 2011
8:00pm
Music of Steve Reich, John Cage, Toru Takemitsu, and more.
- Third Coast International Audio Festival
- October 23, 2011
Third Coast Percussion performs music for TCIAF's annual Filmless Festival Award Ceremonies.
- Queens University - Charlotte
- October 29, 2011
8:00pm
John Cage Second Construction
Steve Reich Nagoya Marimbas
Tobias Brostrom Twilight
John Cage Third Construction
George Crumb An Idyll for the Misbegotten
David Skidmore In Contact
Owen Clay Condon Fractalia
- Furman University
- November 1, 2011
8:00pm
Daniel Recital Hall
3300 Poinsett Highway
Greenville, SC
John Cage Second Construction
John Cage Credo in US
John Cage Third Construction
Owen Clay Condon Fractalia
Steve Reich Mallet Quartet
David Skidmore In Contact
- Dickinson College Residency
- November 8 - 13, 2011
Third Coast returns to Dickinson College for a week-long residency featuring the music of John Cage and Steve Reich.
John Cage Second Construction
John Cage Credo in US
John Cage Quartet
John Cage Radio Music
Steve Reich Mallet Quartet
John Cage Third Construction
- Chicago Cultural Center: Sunday Salons
- December 11, 2011
3:00pm
78 E Washington Street
Chicago, IL
"Common Patterns in Uncommon Time"
Featuring the Chicago premiere of TCP-member David Skidmore's new work written to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Frank Lloyd Wright's home and architecture studio, Taliesin.
John Cage Credo in US
Steve Reich Mallet Quartet
David Skidmore Common Patterns in Uncommon Time
- St. John's Lutheran Church - Artist Series
- January 29, 2012
3:00pm
St. John's Lutheran Church
215 South Lincoln Street
Lombard, ILSkidmore Ritual Music
Reich Nagoya Marimbas
Brostrom Twilight
Cage Third Construction
Garland Apple Blossom
Skidmore In Contact
Condon Fractalia
2010-2011 Season
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- Rush Hour Concert Series
Third Coast returns to St. James Cathedral to perform Paul Lansky's Threads
65 E. Huron St.
Chicago, IL5:15 - Pre-concert Reception
5:45 - Performance
Free
www.rushhour.org
- Garth Newel Music Center
403 Garth Newel Ln.
Hot Springs, VA4 p.m. - Musical Ice Breakers: Life with Wood and Metal
5 p.m. - Concert
Music of Bartok, Tan Dun, Harrison, Cage, and Vinao.
- Virginia Tech University
Blacksburg, VA
7:30 p.m.
- Radford University
Covington Performing Arts Center
Radford, VA
7:30 p.m.
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
7:30 p.m.
- John Cage/ Philippe Manoury
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Chicago Concert Season - Concert 1
7:30pm
Merit School of Music
Gottlieb Hall
38 South Peoria Street
Chicago IL 60607$15/$5
Tickets available at https://thirdcoastpercussion.ticketleap.com
Third Coast Percussion opens
their 2010-11 Chicago Concert Season
with masterpieces from two great composers.John Cage First Construction
John Cage Second Construction
John Cage Third Construction
Philippe Manoury Le Livre des Claviers
This concert has been generously supported by the French-American Fund for Contemporary Music, a program of FACE with major support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, SACEM, CulturesFrance and the Florence Gould FoundationMeet TCP post-concert at Jaks Tap. http://jakstap.com/
- Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
Pittman Recital Hall
University of Oklahoma
555 Elm Ave.
Norman, OK
6pm
Third Coast Percussion performs their Architecture of Music program at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art on the campus of the University of Oklahoma as part of an exhibit of architect Bruce Goff. Pre-concert discussion with Sidney Robinson.
www.ou.edu/fjjma/home.htmlToru Takemitsu Rain Tree
Philippe Manoury Le Livre des Claviers, mvt. 2
Iannis Xenakis Psappha
Paul Lansky Threads
- University of Oklahoma
Sharp Concert Hall
8pm
Third Coast Percussion with the University of Oklahoma Percussion Ensemble
John Cage First Construction
John Cage Second Construction
John Cage Third Construction
David Skidmore From in Contact
- CYSO Masterclass Series
TCP begins their 2010-11 residency at the Chicago Youth Symphony with a masterclass for CYSO percussion students.
http://www.cyso.org/ConcertsEvents/ConcertsEvents/tabid/132/ItemID/1590/View/Details/Default.aspx
- Dickinson College
Third Coast Performs on the Guest Artists Series at Dickinson College
Rubendall Recital Hall
Carlisle, PA7:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public
- Between the Hammer and the Anvil
Chicago Concert Season - Concert 2
Video Preview of the Concert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3M4ZQC_bFIPurchase tickets online:
http://tcp.ticketleap.com/tcp-chopintheatre/7:30pm
Chopin Theatre
1543 West Division
Chicago, IL
$15/$5
Featuring the premiere of a
new large-scale work by the
"dramatically wild", "rustling,
raunchy, and eclectic" composer
David T. Little.
Dennis DeSantis Shifty
Bruno Mantovani Moi, Jeu
Third Coast Percussion Improvisation
David T. Little Haunt of Last Nightfall (world premiere)Post-concert discussion with TCP and David Little will happen on-stage immediately following the performance. Reception in the Chopin Theatre lobby. Food and drinks available.
- Morton Arboretum
4100 IL Route 53
Lisle, IL2:15 p.m.
Click here for tickets or more info.Admission Price:
$23/members
$28/non-membersDavid Skidmore Ritual Music
Philippe Manoury Le Livre des Claviers mvt 2
Peter Garland Apple Blossom
John Cage Third Construction
Tobias Brostrom Twilight
David Skidmore In Contact
Owen Clay Condon Quadruple HelixThis concert has been generously supported by the French-American Fund for Contemporary Music, a program of FACE with major support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, SACEM, CulturesFrance and the Florence Gould Foundation
- Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI
Staples Family Concert Hall
8:00 p.m.
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John Cage – Third Construction
Philippe Manoury - Le Livre des Claviers, mvt 2
Peter Garland – Apple Blossom
David Skidmore – In Contact
Intermission
Matthew Barnson – Percussion QuartetThis concert has been generously supported by the French-American Fund for Contemporary Music, a program of FACE with major support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, SACEM, CulturesFrance and the Florence Gould Foundation
- University of Central Florida
COLLIDE Workshop: Composing for Percussion
Featuring Paul Lansky, Matthew Barnson, Third Coast Percussion, MP Duo
8pm
University of Central Florida
Rehearsal Hall Auditorium
http://music.cah.ucf.edu/camps/collide.phpFree and Open to Public
Philippe Manoury Le Livre des Claviers, mvt 1, 2, 4, 5
David Skidmore In Contact
Matthew Barnson Percussion QuartetThis concert has been generously supported by the French-American Fund for Contemporary Music, a program of FACE with major support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, SACEM, CulturesFrance and the Florence Gould Foundation
- Northern Illinois University
8pm
Northern Illinois University Recital Hall
DeKalb, IL
Philippe Manoury Le Livre des Claviers
This concert has been generously supported by the French-American Fund for Contemporary Music, a program of FACE with major support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, SACEM, CulturesFrance and the Florence Gould Foundation
- Music on the Edge - Carnegie Museum of Art
Carnegie Museum of Art
Carnegie Library Lecture Hall
4400 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 152138 p.m.
Tickets in Advance: $15, Students and Seniors $10
Tickets at the Door: $20, Students and Seniors $15
University of Pitt Students - Free with I.D.
Buy tickets online
More info hereJohn Cage Third Construction
Matthew Barnson Percussion Quartet
Philippe Manoury Le Livre des Claviers
This concert has been generously supported by the French-American Fund for Contemporary Music, a program of FACE with major support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, SACEM, CulturesFrance and the Florence Gould Foundation
- University of Louisiana-Monroe
Performance and master class on the campus of University of Louisiana-Monroe.
7:30pm
Skidmore Ritual Music
Manoury Le Livre des Claviers, mvt. 2
Garland Apple Blossom
Cage Third Construction
Takemitsu Rain Tree
Skidmore In Contact
Condon Quadruple Helix
- Snow in June
Chicago Concert Season - Concert 3
with Nick Photinos, cellist
8:00pm
Northeastern Illinois University
Auditorium
3701 West Bryn Mawr
Chicago, IL$15
$10 for NEIU faculty/staff
Free for all students with student ID
Special guest Nick Photinos, cellist
with acclaimed Chicago-based chamber
ensemble eighth blackbird, joins Third
Coast Percussion for this concert presented by Northeastern Illinois University.
David Lang Little Eye
Lou Harrison Song of Quetzecoatl
Clay Condon New Work
John Cage Trio
John Cage Living Room Music
Tan Dun Elegy: Snow in JuneFor tickets go to http://boxoffice.neiu.edu
or call (773) 442-4636.
- Northeastern Illinois University Percussion Workshop
Third Coast Percussion presents a workshop for high school percussionists Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Admission is free.
Interested participants must contact
Christie Miller: 773-442-4978
cl-miller@neiu.eduNortheastern Illinois University Auditorium
3701 West Bryn Mawr
Chicago, IL
- PowerLESS with eighth blackbird at the MCA
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 606117:30 p.m.
Tickets $28, MCA members $22
Third Coast teams up with Grammy-award winning ensemble eighth blackbird and Meehan/Perkins Duo to perform:
JS Bach: Chaconne from the Partita for solo violin in D minor, Arranged by Matt Albert for 19 players
Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
- SCPEF - Irvine Valley College
Third Coast Percussion offers a master class and concert at the Southern California Percussion Ensemble Festival.
Irvine Valley College - Band Hall
The Music of John Cage
Trio
Living Room Music
Second Construction
Third Construction
http://www.scpef.com/SCPEF/Schedule.html
- Chapman Percussion Symposium
Chapman University
Orange, CA
7:30 p.m.
Cage - Second Construction
Cage - Living Room Music
Cage - Trio
Cage - Third Construction
Little - Haunt of Last Nightfall
- McMurry University
Cage - Second Construction
Cage - Living Room Music
Cage - Credo in US
Cage - Third Construction
Little - Haunt of Last NightfallRadford Memorial Auditorium
2150 Mcmurry Court
Abilene TX 79697
7:30pm
The culminating concert following a residency in Abilene, TX. The residency includes master classes and lecture/demonstrations featuring the music of John Cage and David T. Little.Support provided by Chamber Music America Residency Partnership Program
- Third Coast with Signal
Concert and Recording of Steve Reich's
Music for 18 Musicians with SignalEMPAC (Experimental Media Performing Arts Center)
Troy, NY
- Le Poisson Rouge with Signal
Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians
158 Bleecker Street New York, NY
Doors open 6:30pm
Show time 7:30pm
$25
- Bells and Whistles
Chicago Concert Season - Concert 4
with Tim Munro, flute
8:00pm, doors open at 7:00pmBuy tickets - click here
Mayne Stage
1328 W. Morse Ave.
Chicago, IL
773.381.4554$15/$5
Special guest Tim Munro of the
acclaimed Chicago-based chamber
ensemble eighth blackbird, joins
Third Coast Percussion for a concert
featuring the world premiere of a new work by the ground-breaking Australian
phenom Anthony Pateras, in addition to a world premiere by TCP member Clay Condon.
George Crumb An Idyll for the Misbegotten
John Fonville Music for Sarah
John Cage Quartet
John Cage Aria
Owen Clay Condon Fractalia
Anthony Pateras Lost Compass
- LaSalle Language Academy
Educational concerts featuring the music of John Cage.
http://www.lasallechicago.com/
- Fundraising Party!
Join us at our industrial studio space for a fun afternoon of wine, beer, hors d'oeuvres, a preview performance of music from our upcoming CD, a special appearance by renowned composer Augusta Read Thomas, and a chance to perform with TCP!
4pm-7pm
$20 tickets (free drinks and food with admission)
Limited Availability! Click here to reserve your ticket today.
4045 N Rockwell Street
Chicago, IL 60618
Can't attend but interested in supporting TCP?
Click here to make a tax deductible donation.
Thank you for your support!
2009-2010 Season
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- Rush Hour Concerts at St James Cathedral
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Season Finale
65 E Huron St
5:15 reception
5:45 concert
FREEFeaturing the premiere of David Skidmore’s “Fanfare for a New Audience,” as well as music by Owen Clayton Condon, Dennis DeSantis, and Christopher Deane.
- Residency at Taliesin Preservation, Frank Lloyd Wright Institute Spring Green, WI
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Performance, “The Architecture of Music,” Friday, Sept 11 at 7:30 at the Hillside Theater, featuring works by Iannis Xenakis, Philippe Manoury, Toru Takemitsu and Paul Lansky. Pre-concert talk w/ Sidney Robinson, Architecture Scholar
- Lake Forest Lyrica
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3:00 pm
Lake Forest College
Holt Memorial Chapel
555 N Sheridan Rd
Lake Forest, IL
$15/$5Featuring music of Nico Muhly, Lukas Ligeti, John Cage, Toru Takemitsu, Tobias Brostrom, David Skidmore and Owen Clayton Condon.
- The Architecture of Music
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w/ Sidney Robinson, Architecture Scholar
Ganz Hall
Roosevelt University
430 S Michigan Ave, ChicagoPre-concert discussion with
Sidney Robinson: 6:30pm
Concert: 7:30pm
$15/$5
Exploring the connections between architecture and music, with works by Iannis Xenakis, Philippe Manoury, Toru Takemitsu and Paul Lansky.
- Alone / Aligned / Opposed
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with Lee Keenan, Lighting Designer
Chopin Theater
1543 W. Division St.
Chicago, IL
$15/$57:30 p.m.
Musical forces combine and collide in a newly commissioned, large scale work by rising star Matthew Barnson, Arvo Pärt’s Fratres, Alejandro Viñao’s Arabesco Infinito, and Fredrik Andersson’s The Lonelyness of Santa Claus, all staged with dramatic lighting at Wicker Park’s historic Chopin Theatre.
- The Midwest Clinic - An International Band and Orchestra Conferance
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McCormick Place West
2301 S. Indiana Avenue
Chicago, IL 606164 p.m.
Third Coast Percussion presents a clinic that examines unconducted literature for the intermediate Percussion Ensemble. Music of Reich, Harrison, and more.
- University of St. Francis Guest Artist Series
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Harold and Margaret Moser
Performing Arts Center
Joliet, IL3 p.m.
Featuring the music of Cage, Manoury, Takemitsu, and Muhly
- Dickinson College, Guest Artists Series
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Rubendall Recital Hall
The Weiss Center
Carlisle, PA7 p.m.
Featuring the music of Cage, Manoury, Takemitsu, and Muhly
- Eastman School of Music
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Concert / Master Class
Rochester, NYFeaturing the music of Cage, Manoury, Takemitsu, and Muhly
- Sunday Salon Concert
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presented by
The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
with Lisa Moore, piano
3:00 p.m. – Chicago Cultural Center
Preston Bradley Hall
78 E Washington St. Chicago
FREETCP performs a diverse program including Guo Wenjing’s Parade, John Fitz Rogers’ astoundingly rapid Once Removed and a sneak preview of an upcoming work from composer and rock drummer David T. Little. Finally, “queen of the avant garde piano” Lisa Moore joins Third Coast for Martin Bresnick’s powerful Caprichos Enfaticos.
- Rocky River Chamber Music Society
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West Shore Unitarian Universalistic Church
20401 Hilliard Boulevard
Rocky River, OH8:00 P.M.
Featuring the music of Cage, Manoury, Takemitsu, and Muhly
- The Architecture of Music
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Unity Temple
Break the Box Series
875 Lake Street, Oak Park, ILPost-concert discussion with
Sidney Robinson and Third Coast PercussionConcert: 7:00 pm
$20 – General Admission
$15 – Students / SeniorsExploring the connections between architecture and music, with works by Iannis Xenakis, Philippe Manoury, Toru Takemitsu and Paul Lansky.
- Descent
co-sponsored by International House
Global Voices Performing Arts Program
with Cliff Colnot, conductor
Greg Beyer and Ross Karre, percussion
7:30 p.m. – International House Assembly Hall at University of Chicago
1414 E. 59th St, Chicago
$10/$5Third Coast journeys into new sound
worlds with David Skidmore’s Fanfare for a New Audience, Marcos Balter’s dark rooms, and the premiere of a new work by Otto Muller. The program will culminate in Wolfgang Rihm’s explosive and visceral sextet Tutuguri VI, inspired by Artaud’s writings on the Tarahumara indians’ Rite of the Black Sun.
- New Music from Columbia College
Third Coast Percussion collaborates with student composers from Columbia College of Music and performs their compositions.
Sherwood Conservatory of Music
1312 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL7:00 p.m.
Free
2008-2009 Season
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- Season Preview: Classical Mondays at the Chicago Cultural Center
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Featuring music from Third Coast’s touring and Chicago seasons, including music by John Cage, Frederic Rzewski, David Skidmore and Lukas Ligeti.
- "Minimum and Maximum" at Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University
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Masters of the modern piano Amy Briggs and Daniel Schlosberg join Third Coast for Reich’s Sextet, Berio’s Linea, Lukas Ligeti’s Pattern Transformation and the premiere of Constellations by Kirsten Broberg.
- Third Coast Percussion and Sonic Inertia at Sherwood Conservatory
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Third Coast performs David Skidmore’s driving In Contact and Casey Farina’s video score Bitsmoke, and Sonic Inertia performs works featuring the hammer dulcimer.
- "New Music in the Gallery" at Packer-Schopf Gallery
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Featuring the premiere of new percussion works by members of the Chicago Composers Forum, as well as Phillippe Manoury’s marimba duo from Le Livre des Claviers and Alejandro Vinao’s Estudios de Frontera, featuring internationally renowned marimba soloist She-e Wu.
- University of Illinois
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Masterclass / Showcase Concert
Urbana-Champaign, IL
- Southeast Missouri State University
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Masterclass / Showcase Concert
Cape Girardeau, MO
- University of Kentucky
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Masterclass / Showcase Concert
Lexington, KY
- Tennessee Tech University
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Showcase Concert
Cookeville, TN
- University of North Texas
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Showcase Concert
Denton, TX
- Texas A&M University - Commerce
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Showcase Concert
Commerce, TX
- Texas Day of Percussion
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Tarleton State University
Tarleton, TX
- University of Texas - Austin
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Residency
Presented by Tom Burritt
- Roundtop Music Festival
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Showcase Concert
Roundtop, TX
- "The Inevitable Direction" at the Chopin Theatre
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Third Coast explores the relationship between modern music and politics, with Rzewski’s Coming Together and To the Earth, Andriessen’s Workers’ Union, David Little’s Speak Softly and the premiere of Ted Hearne’s Thaw.
- Dusk Variations: A Chamber Series
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Presented by the Chicago Cultural Center
Pritzker Pavilion
Millennium park
Chicago, IL