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2004-2005
Anthony Calabrese, Robert Dillon, Jacob Nissly, and David Skidmore form a percussion quartet as part of Civic Orchestra of Chicago’s Musicorps program. The group decides on the name Third Coast Percussion Quartet
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Third Coast Percussion’s first public concert at Northwestern University
June 25, 2005
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January 1, 2006
TCP unveils its first logo and EP, Ritual Music
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TCP releases Percussion Music of John Cage on MODE records, marking TCP’s first release on a record label + first DVD release
June 5, 2012
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September 30, 2012
World premiere of Resounding Earth by Augusta Read Thomas
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Sean Connors joins the Third Coast Percussion ensemble
Spring 2013
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Summer 2013
TCP begins its ensemble-in-residence position at University of Notre Dame
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TCP launches its Emerging Composer Partnership which has evolved into the Currents Creative Partnership, resulting in 22 creative collaborations and applications from over 1150 composers + music creators over the course of 10 years
Fall 2013
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2015
Liz Pesnel joins the TCP team, marking the first time TCP hires staff outside of the four ensemble members
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TCP mounts a performance of In C at Millennium Park with over 100 performers to celebrate the ensemble’s 10th Anniversary
June 25, 2015
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February 27, 2017
Third Coast Percussion wins a GRAMMY®, making history as the first percussion ensemble to win the revered Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble Performance award for Third Coast Percussion | Steve Reich
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TCP’s performance on the iconic Tiny Desk Concert series from NPR Music is launched into the world
May 29, 2018
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November 9, 2018
World Premiere of Perpetulum, Philip Glass’s first piece composed for percussion ensemble, commissioned by Third Coast Percussion
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World Premiere of Danny Elfman’s Percussion Quartet at Philip Glass’s Days and Nights Festival
October 10, 2019
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November 2019
TCP receives its second GRAMMY® nomination for Perpetulum
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TCP presents its first COVID-era livestream, less than one week after its last in-person performance before the shutdown
March 20, 2020
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January 20, 2023
TCP makes its sold-out Carnegie Hall debut
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Perspective by Jlin (Jerrilynn Patton)–commissioned by TCP in 2019–is named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Music
May 7, 2023