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Perpetulum, a Double Album from Third Coast Percussion is a Triumph

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Third Coast Percussion is one of Chicago’s finest musical exports along with groups like Eighth Blackbird and doubtless others with whom I have less familiarity. Their deservedly Grammy winning album of music by Steve Reich was reviewed here. All percussion ensembles are somewhat the rage these days judging by the amount of such albums that come my way. …

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Weekly Percussion Spotlight: #5 (May 6, 2017)

Ritual Music - David Skidmore

Performed by: Third Coast Percussion

This is a piece I played with my close friends on our most recent percussion concert. Composed by David Skidmore, Ritual Music is a percussion quartet consisting of a marimba player and three percussionists. The pitch material of the piece consists only of A. C#, D#, and G, leading towards the ritualistic feel of the piece. The dramatics of the piece are amplified with a wide range of dynamics and sudden increases in volume. Ritual Music requires all four players to be very comfortable with their tambourine skills, as demonstrated around the 3:50 mark. The piece ends with a unison pattern in both the tambourine and drum parts, crescendoing into a groovy - but sudden - ending, as if the ritual were suddenly fulfilled.

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