Currents Creative Partnership

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.  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, .

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.