Announcing Our 26-27 Season!

Announcing Our 26-27 Season!

Third Coast Percussion – Sept. 20

Returning to the FOCM series for the first time since 2019, the GRAMMY® Award-winning, Chicago-based ensemble Third Coast Percussion has forged a unique path in the musical landscape with virtuosic, energetic performances that celebrate the extraordinary depth and breadth of musical possibilities in the world of percussion. The four members of Third Coast Percussion (Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, and David Skidmore) met while studying percussion music at Northwestern University, forming Third Coast Percussion in 2005. Members of Third Coast also hold degrees from the Eastman School of Music, Rutgers University, the New England Conservatory, and the Yale School of Music.

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Our Next Concert: Erinys Quartet

Our Next Concert: Erinys Quartet

Apr. 19, 2026
Faye Spanos Concert Hall, University of the Pacific (directions)
2:30 PM

Remember, students and children always get free admission to FOCM concerts. Be sure to check-in at the student ticket table on concert day.

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Erinys Quartet

Named for the Erinyes (a.k.a. the Furies) from the Greek tragedy Oresteia by Aeschylus, and with roots in Estonia, Lithuania, Greece, the United States and Finland, the Erinys Quartet was founded in 2018 at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki where they worked closely with cellist Marko Ylönen. Since Autumn 2023 Erinys has been the Nina von Maltzahn String Quartet-in-Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

At the Bad Tölz International String Quartet Competition in 2023 they were awarded the Audience Prize Award of the City of Bad Tölz, as well as the Esterházy Foundation Special Prize for best interpretation of a Haydn string quartet. They also won the Bronze Medal at the 2024 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition.

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