Opportunities

Third Coast Percussion (TCP) will choose music creators to collaborate with in the composition of a new work for percussion quartet.

Currents Creative Partners will:

-Compose a piece for TCP to be premiered at a mutually agreed upon date. The work must not have been performed before in any context
-Compose a work limited to 4 percussionists, at a duration not to exceed 15 minutes
-Receive a high quality live performance recording from the premiere of the new work to be used by the composer upon approval of TCP. Click here to see past CCP performances
-Attend three (3) workshop rehearsal sessions with TCP in which the sketches of the new work can be explored with the ensemble
-Attend the premiere performance of the work on a TCP Chicago Concert Season concert
-Help TCP promote the premiere performance
-Receive an honorarium of $2,500.
-Receive travel /accommodation cost reimbursement up to $1,000 USD for travel within the continental United States or up to $1,500 USD for international travel.

Third Coast Percussion will:

-Workshop the new work with the creator leading up to its Chicago premiere
-Perform the new work on a concert in Chicago, HOWEVER holds the right to delay the premiere performance for any reason
-Provide the winning creator(s) with a live performance recording or a recording of the work performed in the Third Coast Percussion studio
-Third Coast Percussion is committed to commissioning and presenting music from a diverse range of musical voices and serving as a platform for creators from many backgrounds and different approaches to music-making. To learn more about TCP’s goals for diversity in its programming, click here.

There is no age limit for this Partnership.

Third Coast Percussion’s Currents program is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, Sidney K Robinson, the DEW Foundation, and the Sargent Family Foundation. Commission support for the Currents Creative Partnership is provided by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting.