Third Coast Percussion
Third Coast Percussion has been a major force in the performance of contemporary percussion music in the U.S. The group has commissioned percussion music from major composers in the U.S. and beyond, and it has collaborated with a wide variety of other artists.
Percussionists Anthony Calabrese, Robert Dillon, Jacob Nissly, and David Skidmore, all members of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and students at Northwestern University, began performing together at schools and colleges in the Chicago area in 2004. At the time, the group had no name, but Third Coast Percussion was soon adopted as the group found engagements beyond educational institutions; Chicago's cultural scene is often informally dubbed the "Third Coast" by locals. Nissly was replaced in 2005 by Peter Martin, and Calabrese was replaced by Owen Clayton Condon, who in turn left the group and was replaced by Sean Connors. Otherwise, the membership has remained stable. At first, Third Coast Percussion played in bars and other small venues, but a 2006 gig at Chicago's Neo-Futurarium experimental theater, brought them to the attention of marketing expert Ethelbert Williams, who remains a member of the group's board of directors. That meeting led to a more regular performing schedule and to a longtime ensemble-in-residence position at Notre Dame University, beginning in 2013. Third Coast Percussion, as of 2021, held a similar position at Denison University in Ohio. The group has collaborated with music and dance ensembles, including Chicago's Hubbard Street Dance, the contemporary music sextet Eighth Blackbird, and the Garth Newel Piano Quartet, as well as various individual musicians. Third Coast Percussion has commissioned new works from some of the world's most prestigious composers, including Augusta Read Thomas, Christopher Cerrone, and Donnacha Dennehy.
Third Coast Percussion has been perhaps best known for its roughly dozen recordings, which have appeared on the New Focus, Cedille Records, New Amsterdam Recordings, and Mode labels. Especially notable was the 2016 release Third Coast Percussion and Steve Reich, which earned a Grammy award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance. In 2021, the group joined guitarists Clarice Assad and Sergio Assad for the Cedille release Archetypes.
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Paddle to the Sea
Chamber Music - Released by Cedille on 9 Feb 2018
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Currents / Volume 2
Classical - Released by Rockwell Records on 12 May 2023
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Perspectives
Third Coast Percussion, Flutronix
Classical - Released by Cedille on 13 May 2022
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Archetypes
Clarice Assad, Sergio Assad, Third Coast Percussion
Classical - Released by Cedille on 5 Mar 2021
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Reich: Mallet Quartet, Sextet, Nagoya Marimbas & Music for Pieces of Wood
Third Coast Percussion, David Friend, Sean Connors, Matthew Duvall, Oliver Hagen, Peter Martin
Classical - Released by Cedille on 12 Feb 2016
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Fields
Third Coast Percussion, Blood Orange
Classical - Released by Cedille on 11 Oct 2019
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Cage: The Works for Percussion, Vol. 2
Third Coast Percussion, Greg Beyer, Ross Karre
Chamber Music - Released by Mode Records on 17 Apr 2012
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Resounding Earth (Third Coast Percussion)
Chamber Music - Released by New Focus Recordings on 1 Oct 2013
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Philippe Manoury: The Book of Keyboards
Third Coast Percussion, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, David Skidmore
Chamber Music - Released by New Focus Recordings on 4 Aug 2017
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David T. Little: Agency
David T. Little, Andrew McKenna Lee, Julian Day, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Third Coast Percussion
Classical - Released by New Amsterdam on 11 Oct 2019
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Unknown Symmetry
Classical - Released by Third Coast Percussion on 15 Jul 2013
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Sunny X
Third Coast Percussion, Tyondai Braxton
Classical - Released by Cedille on 13 Jan 2023
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Currents / Volume 1
Classical - Released by Rockwell Records on 26 Aug 2022
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Perspective: III. Derivative
Classical - Released by Cedille on 18 Mar 2022
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Ritual Music
Classical - Released by Third Coast Percussion on 1 Jan 2006
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David T. Little: Haunt of Last Nightfall
David T. Little, Third Coast Percussion, Eileen Mack, Toby Driver, Andrew McKenna Lee, Mellissa Hughes
Chamber Music - Released by New Amsterdam on 25 Feb 2014
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Sonorous Earth: III. Mantra (Live) (Single)
Chicago Philharmonic, Third Coast Percussion
Chamber Music - Released by Nimbus Alliance on 11 Mar 2022
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Jeff Herriott: The Stone Tapestry
Due East, Greg Beyer, Erin Lesser, Third Coast Percussion
Classical - Released by New Focus Recordings on 3 Feb 2017
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Heaven We Need
Electronic - Released by The Den - BMG Production Music on 22 May 2023
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Third Coast Percussion - Cinematic Marimba
NEOGARDE, Third Coast Percussion, David Skidmore
Electronic - Released by Neogarde - BMG Production Music on 8 Mar 2024
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