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Nominees include members of “The Crossing” and “Third Coast Percussion.”

Meet the Bienen alums, faculty nominated in the 2024 Grammy Awards

February 5, 2024

The 66th Grammy Awards were heavy with Northwestern nominees. 16 Bienen alumni and faculty were nominated this year across three categories — Best Choral Performance, Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble...

Third Coast Percussion. The group is nominated at the 62nd Annual Grammys for their 2019 album “Perpetulum.”

“Third Coast Percussion” talk career, Grammy nomination

January 15, 2020

This is the second in a series of profiles of Northwestern Alumni nominated at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. When Third Coast Percussion receives a Grammy nomination, the first person Peter Martin...

Augusta Read Thomas premiered her latest composition, “Sonorous Earth,” at the Harris Theater. Her piece was performed by the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra and Third Coast Percussion, a Grammy Award-winning group of NU alumni.

Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra performs NU alumna’s piece featuring 300 bells

November 16, 2017

A&E The Harris Theater stage is 2,025 square feet. On Sunday afternoon, half of that space was taken up by the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra. The remaining 1,012 square feet were claimed by the four...

Alumni percussion ensemble wins a Grammy

February 16, 2017

Third Coast Percussion, a classical percussion ensemble comprising four NU alumni, took home a Grammy award Sunday night. Its album “Steve Reich” won the award for Best Chamber Group/Small Ensemble...

Northwestern alumni (left to right) David Skidmore (Bienen ‘05), Peter Martin (Bienen G‘04, G‘11), Robert Dillon (Bienen ‘02) and Sean Connors (Bienen G‘06) are a part of Third Coast Percussion, a classical percussion ensemble. Third Coast is nominated for a 2017 Grammy Award in the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance category.

Northwestern alumni percussion group nominated for Grammys, attribute success to university

February 9, 2017

Peter Martin was not having a good morning. It was 8 a.m. on Dec. 6 and Martin (Bienen ‘04, ‘11) was rushing to get to his classical percussion ensemble’s — Third Coast Percussion — studio...

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