Third Coast Percussion presents a program honoring the tremendous impact of composer Philip Glass on contemporary music. TCP has enjoyed a close and fruitful relationship with Glass, commissioning him to write his first-ever work for percussion ensemble, Perpetulum, in 2018. As Glass turns 90 in 2027, his unmistakable influence resonates across a vast spectrum of contemporary music creators also included on this program: electronic music producer Jlin, pop polymath Devonté Hynes, TCP’s own David Skidmore, and minimalism master Steve Reich, a contemporary of Glass’s. At the heart of this program are TCP’s acclaimed arrangements of Aguas da Amazonia and Metamorphosis One. These enchanting works bring focus to his gorgeous harmonic vocabulary, performed on an array of traditional and unexpected percussion instruments.

This concert will take place in the Zellerbach Theatre in the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

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Ripples in the Water: Philip Glass at 90
featuring special guest Glenn Kotche

Devonté Hynes: Perfectly Voiceless
Jlin: Duality
Steve Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood (arr. for two drum sets by Glenn Kotche)
Glenn Kotche: solo piece TBD
David Skidmore: Torched and Wrecked

– – – Intermission – – –

Philip Glass: Tiquie River
Philip Glass: Madeira River
Philip Glass: Xingu River
Philip Glass: Paru River
Philip Glass: Amazon River
Philip Glass: Purus River
Philip Glass: Tapajos River
Philip Glass: Negro River
Philip Glass: Metamorphosis

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, San Francisco Performances, Town Hall Seattle, Performance Santa Fe, the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, and the Third Coast Percussion New Works Fund, with additional support from Friedrich Burian, Bruce Oltman, MITO Settembre Musica, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Liquid Music Series, and the Percussive Arts Society.

Perfectly Voiceless was commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation. Additional project support was provided by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Third Coast Percussion New Works Fund, the Elizabeth F Cheney Foundation, and the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation.