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Third Coast Percussion to livestream Earth Day concert April 22
The DePauw School of Music’s final Green Guest Artist, Third Coast Percussion, will be presenting its April 22 concert live – available to you from the best seat in your house.
On Wednesday, April 22, at 8:30 p.m., the group will livestream its Earth Day concert, “Paddle to the Sea,” on the DePauw Music website and YouTube. The livestream is free and open to guests worldwide.
The classic Academy Award-nominated film “Paddle to the Sea” (1961) is the focus of this new project that looks at humanity’s relationship to the bodies of water that connects its lives.
The Chicago-based ensemble Third Coast Percussion composed a new score to be performed live with the film, alongside existing works inspired by impressions of water and the natural world, including music by composers Philip Glass, Jacob Druckman and the traditional music of the Shona people of Zimbabwe.
A direct connection with the audience is at the core of all of Third Coast Percussion’s work, whether the musicians are speaking from the stage about a new piece of music, inviting the audience to play along in a concert or educational performance, or inviting their fans around the world to create new music using one of their free mobile apps.
The April 22 concert will include a live chat feature for online audiences.
The quartet’s curiosity and eclectic taste have led to a series of unlikely collaborations that have produced exciting new art. The ensemble has worked with engineers at the University of Notre Dame, architects at the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, dancers at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and musicians from traditions ranging from the mbira music of Zimbabwe’s Shona people, to indie rockers, to some of the world’s leading concert musicians.
Through their recordings, the quartet has put its stamp on iconic percussion works by John Cage and Steve Reich and has also created first recordings of commissioned works by Augusta Read Thomas, David T. Little and Ted Hearne, in addition to recordings of the ensemble’s own compositions.
In 2017 the ensemble won the Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble performance for their recording of Steve Reich’s works for percussion.
This livestream concert certainly speaks to the ensemble’s engaging nature, aiming to add a semblance of normalcy to everyday life while still making its audience aware of persisting environmental issues within the world on Earth Day.
In what many should find a welcome respite, tune in to the livestream by heading to www.depauw.edu/music/livestream or the School of Music’s Facebook page (DePauwMusic) for the final Green Guest Artist Concert of the DePauw University School of Music’s 2019–20 season.