Classical, Music, Reviews

Review: Third Coast Percussion Premieres New Work by Carlos Carrillo

Third Coast Percussion. Photo by Marc Perlish Photography.

L-R Peter Martin, Robert Dillon, Sean Connors, and David Skidmore. Photo by Ron Perlish

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Classical, Music, Reviews

Review: Third Coast Percussion Commemorates 400 Years of Zildjian Cymbals

Third Coast Percussion commemorated a 400-year anniversary with the help of composer and percussionist Michael J. Burritt, who was their professor 20 years ago at Northwestern University. Burritt, who has […]

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Classical, Music, Reviews

Review: Third Coast Percussion Unveils Between Breaths in Music and Film

Third Coast Percussion opened their 2023-24 season Saturday night with a celebration and performance of Between Breaths, their new CD on Cedille Records that will be released later this week. […]

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Classical, Music, Reviews

Review: Third Coast Percussion Premieres New Work With Joy, Magic and Mischief

If you have not listened to any Third Coast Percussion music, I highly recommend that you set aside a couple of hours and get on it. This quartet has expanded […]

Kathy D. Hey /
Classical, Music, Review

Review: An Evening of Amazonian Beauty with Third Coast Percussion

Philip Glass is considered one of the greatest living composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. His spare and layered compositions can be interpreted in many ways other than as […]

Kathy D. Hey /
Classical, Music, Reviews

Review: Augusta Read Thomas’ New Release Captures the Breadth of Her Musical Palette with a Regular Dose of Sunshine

Chicago-based composer Augusta Read Thomas has issued a new release comprised of several recent compositions. Bell Illuminations has a wide variety of ensemble configurations and illustrates the breadth of her […]

Louis Harris /
Classical, Music, Reviews

Review: Third Coast Percussion Releases Their CD Perspectives With an Excellent Performance

No musical techniques benefit more from visual performance than percussion. The number of ways that percussionists can produce sounds is limited only by the number of objects humans and nature […]

Louis Harris /
Classical, Music, Reviews

Review: Cedille Records Continues to Release Excellence, Including a Grammy Award Winner by Jennifer Koh

Chicago’s classical music label Cedille Records has continued to release compelling CDs highlighting our city’s deep musical talent, both performers and composers. Two recent Cedille releases include compositions inspired by […]

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Classical, Features, Interviews, Music

Feature: Chicago Embraces a Major Talent: Clarice Assad

One of the more recent arrivals to Chicago’s vibrant art music scene is a product of a musical family in Brazil. Clarice Assad had lived in Chicago on and off […]

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Classical, Music, Reviews

Review: Third Coast Percussion Premiers Two New Works

As part of Bowling Green State University’s 41st annual New Music Festival, Chicago’s Grammy-Award winning Third Coast Percussion quartet offered a performance of several works commissioned by or written for […]

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Classical, Music, Previews

Preview: Third Coast Percussion to Perform Music by Danny Elfman on Friday

Third Coast Percussion is livestreaming Danny Elfman’s Percussion Quartet this Friday evening. In the 1980s Elfman was the frontman and songwriter for the new-wave band Oingo Boingo. He has gone […]

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Classical, Music, Uncategorized

Preview: Third Coast Percussion to Continue Live Broadcasts on Saturday

Sidelined by COVID-19 concert cancellations, Third Coast Percussion took their vibraphones and marimbas into their audience’s living rooms last Friday night with a live broadcast concert over YouTube. They will […]

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