"'Gutterflys' is written to illustrate the feeling or expression of having butterflies in your stomach. Nerves are a natural emotion that we all experience, so I wanted to capture that in this piece as authentically as I could." -JaRon Brown 

Learn more about Brown's work: https://www.wildlightpublications.com/

Recorded February 2021 at Third Coast Percussion's rehearsal studio.
Audio capture and editing by Colin D Campbell.
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JaRon Brown is a composer with his bachelor’s degree in music composition from The University of South Carolina. He has studied composition under the direction of Dr. John Fitz Rogers and Dr. David K. Garner, as well as percussion with Dr. Scott Herring and Dr. Brett Landry. While at The University of South Carolina, he has had the luxury of premiering four of his most recent works Fragmented Shards of Crystallized Water (2015), Neurobaloo (2016), RIPEHEART (2017), and Giant Woman (2017). Most recently he provided original music for an all new original play script entitled "Growing up Alice" for the Blythewood High School drama team under the direction of Sandra Dietel, which won the South Carolina division in competition in 2017. He is a co-founder of Wildlight Publications: https://www.wildlightpublications.com/
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Third Coast Percussion is a GRAMMY® Award-winning Chicago-based percussion quartet. For fifteen years, the ensemble has created exciting and unexpected performances that constantly redefine the classical music experience. To learn more, visit: 
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Gutterflys by JaRon Brown

Third Coast Percussion is a GRAMMY® Award-winning Chicago-based percussion quartet and GRAMMY®-nominated composer collective. For over fifteen years, the ensemble has created exciting and unexpected performances that constantly redefine the classical music experience. The ensemble has been praised for “commandingly elegant” (New York Times) performances, the “rare power” (Washington Post) of their recordings, and “an inspirational sense of fun and curiosity” (Minnesota Star-Tribune). The four members of Third Coast Percussion are also accomplished teachers, and ensemble-in-residence at Denison University.