As part of our 20th Anniversary celebration we are excited to announce some of TCP’s most ambitious artistic collaborations to date, including projects with the legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp, tabla master Zakir Hussain, GRAMMY®-winning composer and violinist Jessie Montgomery, and boundary-breaking jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan.
This is only the beginning—be on the lookout for more collaborations to be announced in the coming months!
TWYLA THARP DANCE
DIAMOND JUBILEE
Featuring Third Coast Percussion
Twyla Tharp celebrates her 60th anniversary with a new dance work set to a reimagining of Philip Glass’s iconic Aguas da Amazonia. The music–arranged by Third Coast Percussion in close collaboration with Tharp–is performed on a unique collection of custom instruments curated and built by TCP. The ensemble performed live with Tharp’s dance company on tour across the United States in 2025, and created a studio recording of the full suite of colorful new Glass arrangements.
ZAKIR HUSSAIN
It is with profound sadness that Third Coast Percussion mourns the loss of our treasured friend and collaborator, Zakir Hussain. We were fortunate to create a studio recording of Murmurs In Time with Zakir, released as an EP and as part of our full album Standard Stoppages. In February of 2025 we presented the live premiere of the work with Zakir Hussain's disciple, Salar Nader. We will continue to perform the piece with Salar Nader as part of our 2025/2026 season.
Third Coast Percussion commissioned Zakir Hussain to compose Murmurs In Time–a major new work that blends the sounds of tabla with a classically-trained percussion ensemble. A shared spirit of collaboration and curiosity reverberates among the five artists who share the stage as part of this special concert presentation, which also includes works from acclaimed composer/performers Jessie Montgomery, Tigran Hamasyan, and Jlin.
JESSIE MONTGOMERY
GRAMMY® Award-winning composer/performer Jessie Montgomery joins TCP in a dynamic program that equally showcases her excellence as visionary creator and virtuosic performer. Lady Justice, her new work composed specifically for TCP, draws a vast universe of sounds out of a compact set of instruments. Lou Harrison’s Concerto for Violin with Percussion Orchestra (with Jessie as soloist) is a tour de force that draws inspiration from the vibrant sounds of Javanese gamelan.
TIGRAN HAMASYAN
Pianist and composer Tigran Hamasyan crosses boundaries between jazz, classical, electronic, and Armenian folk music. Hamasyan has composed Sonata for Percussion, his first percussion quartet for TCP, which premiered in Fall 2024 as part of the ensemble's new 20th Anniversary recital program.