# Third Coast Percussion with Jessie Montgomery at Bing Concert Hall, May 7, 2025

[Stanford University Live](https://live.stanford.edu/events/24-25season/bing-concert-hall/third-coast-percussion-with-jessie-montgomery/) presents _Strum, Strike, Bend_: [Third Coast Percussion](http://www.thirdcoastpercussion.com/) with [Jessie Montgomery](https://www.jessiemontgomery.com/)  
[Bing Concert Hall](https://live.stanford.edu/venues/bing-concert-hall)  
[Stanford University, 327 Lasuen St, Stanford, CA 94305-5005 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Stanford+University,+327+Lasuen+St,+Stanford,+CA+94305-5005+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Wednesday, May 7, 2025

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## Tentative Program

* [Jessie Montgomery](https://www.jessiemontgomery.com/) \(b.1981): New Work for percussion quartet;
* Lou Harrison (1917–2003): Concerto for Violin with Percussion Orchestra; Jessie Montgomery, violin soloist;
* [Tigran Hamasyan](https://www.tigranhamasyan.com/home) \(b. 1987): New Work for percussion quartet;
* [Jlin AKA Jerrilynn Patton](https://www.jlintheinnovator.com/) \(b. 1987)/[Philip Glass](http://philipglass.com/) \(b. 1937\): Reimagining of Etude No. 6 for percussion quartet. 

## Set One

[7:34 PM] {lights down, greetings & announcements from Laura Evans, performers out}

### Jlin: Please Be Still

01. [7:37 PM] [Jlin AKA Jerrilynn Patton](https://www.jlintheinnovator.com/) \(b. 1987): _Please Be Still_, (2025)  
[7:42 PM] {work ends}

[7:43 PM] {Greetings from Sean; gab; introduction of the next work}  
[7:45 PM] {Drumhead detuning demo}

### Jessie Montgomery: Lady Justice / Black Justice, The Song

01. [7:46 PM] [Jessie Montgomery](https://www.jessiemontgomery.com/) \(b.1981): _Lady Justice / Black Justice, The Song_ (2025)  
[7:57 PM] {work ends}

### Tigran Hamasyan: Sonata for Percussion

[7:58 PM] {RD gab about Tigran Hamasyan's _Sonata for Percussion_}

[Tigran Hamasyan](https://www.tigranhamasyan.com/home) \(b. 1987): Sonata for Percussion

01. [8:01 PM] _Memories from Childhood_
02. [8:11 PM] _Hymn_
03. [8:15 PM] _23 for Third Coast Percussion_  
[8:24 PM] {set ends}

## Set Two

[8:44 PM] {lights down, performers out}

### Jessie Montgomery: Suite from In Color

[Jessie Montgomery](https://www.jessiemontgomery.com/) \(b.1981): Suite from _In Color_ (2014)

01. [8:45 PM] _Red_
02. [8:47 PM] _The Poet_
03. [8:49 PM] _Purple_  
[8:52 PM] {work ends}

### Lou Harrison: Concerto for Violin with Percussion Orchestra

[8:53 PM] {PM (or DS?) gab about JM and the last work on tonight's program}

Lou Harrison (1917–2003): Concerto for Violin with Percussion Orchestra (1959) featuring Jessie Montgomery, violin

01. [8:56 PM] Allegro, maestoso
02. [9:05 PM] Largo, cantabile
03. [9:13 PM] Allegro, vigoroso, poco presto  
[9:17 PM] {set ends}  
[9:19 PM] {show ends}

## Performers

### Third Coast Percussion (TCP)

[Third Coast Percussion](http://www.thirdcoastpercussion.com/)

* [Sean Connors](http://www.amphionpercussion.com/): percussion;
* Robert Dillon: percussion;
* [Peter Martin](http://www.petermartinmusic.com/): piano, keyboards;
* [David Skidmore](http://davidskidmorepercussion.com/): percussion.

### Jessie Montgomery

* [Jessie Montgomery](https://www.jessiemontgomery.com/): violin;
 others TBD.

## Notes

Tonight's first set consisted of pieces composed in honor of TCP’s 20th anniversary. Per program notes on the Third Coast Percussion website, _Please Be Still_ is a new work in which composer Jlin remixed a portion of Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Her rework of Bach’s music was then arranged for percussion ensemble by Third Coast Percussion. Jessie Montgomery's _Lady Justice_ was commissioned by the Zell Family Foundation, Carnegie Hall, Hancher Auditorium at the University of Iowa, and Stanford Live, Stanford University. And finally, Tigran Hamasyan's three-movement _Sonata for Percussion_ was commissioned by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting and the Zell Family Foundation.

Jessie Montgomery's _In Color_ was composed in 2014 for tuba and string quartet. For tonight's concert, we heard three of the five movements, rearranged by TCP. Surprisingly, Montgomery's [list of works](https://www.jessiemontgomery.com/works/) omits both pieces that appear on tonight's program. Her [older site](https://jessie-montgomery.squarespace.com/works#block-yui_3_17_2_1_1584622223362_13337) lists the original version of_In Color_ and offers an additional brief [program note](https://jessie-montgomery.squarespace.com/s/Program-Notes-In-Color.docx) about the piece. You can watch and hear the full thirteen minute suite in an undated performance posted on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUihrJZePUk) by Advent Lutheran Church in NYC.

Music geeks will also appreciate the [YouTube score-video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOTZDXxRtkA) of Lou Harrison's Concerto for Violin with Percussion Orchestra. While this piece was originally written for five percussionists, somehow TCP made do with one less.

Tom Jacobs posted a [promo article](https://www.sfcv.org/articles/artist-spotlight/jessie-montgomery-composer-who-craves-connection) for this show drawn from an interview with Jessie Montgomery at SFCV.

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[Program Notes](externalURL) or {{:2025:2025-05:20250507pn.pdf|program notes}}

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