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THIRD COAST INTERNATIONAL AUDIO FESTIVAL

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  • The 2022-23 Call for Entries is open!

    Third Coast Programming Goes Year-Round! Dive into the 22nd Annual Third Coast/RHDF Competition & send in your best work!

    Be sure to check out: expanded eligibility, sliding scale fees, new pilot offerings, and more.

  • What can a competition offer?

    That's something we're actively reimagining! Check out all of our current Annual & Pilot Offerings, including feedback to Best New Artist entrants + lower rates for non-English language works.

    Then... help us to dream up a new future for the Competition.

  • We're Powered by Collectivity

    Everyone should feel invited into what we do — that's why we use a Collective Pricing philosophy across all programs.

    Now introducing: the new breakdown of collectively priced entry rates to the 2023-23 Call for Entries!


  • Listen

    To experience the winners of the 2021 Third Coast/RHDF Competition, head over to our virtual showcase at thirdcoastawards.org!

  • Audio 2021 / 49:49

    Entre Quatro Paredes (Between Four Walls)

    To experience this award-winning piece in full, including a subtitled video, listening instructions and more about Heloiza's inspiration, click here.

    • Heloiza Barbosa
    • Valquiria Gouvea
    • Paulo Pinheiro
    • Diogo Saraiva
    • Adam Gamwell
  • Audio 2021 / 37:43

    Ep 1. Once Upon a Time, a Girl Needs a Distraction in Quarantine

    To experience this award-winning piece in full, including listening instructions & more of Heather's inspirations, click here.

    • Heather Li
  • Audio 2021 / 27:36

    Inventions in Sound

    To experience this award-winning piece in full, including a subtitled video, a transcript, closer captions, and more, click here.

    • Raymond Antrobus
    • Eleanor McDowall
  • Audio 2021 / 28:16

    Lost Notes: 1980

    To experience this award-winning series in full, including a transcript and listening instructions, click here.

    • Hanif Abdurraqib
    • Myke Dodge Weiskopf
    • Nick White
    • Victoria Alejandro
  • Audio 2021 / 46:15

    Monaea, a 2020 Diary

    To experience this award-winning piece in full, including a transcript, click here.

    • Monaea Upton
    • Jen Kinney
    • Ashley Cleek
    • Adreanna Rodriguez
    • Kate Osborn
    • Adizah Eghan
    • Kyle Murdoch
  • Audio 2021 / 13:52

    Pandemic Diaries: One Couple's Story of Isolation and Love in a Nursing Home

    To experience this award-winning piece in full, including a transcript and listening instructions, click here.

    • Jason Moon
    • Lauren Choolijan
  • Audio 2021 / 07:01

    PMHx

    To experience this award-winning piece in full, including a listening instructions, click here.

    • James T. Green
  • Audio 2021 / 23:22

    Queens Memory Project: Intersection

    To experience this award-winning piece in full, including a transcript and listening instructions, click here.

    • Sam Riddell
    • Jordan Gass-Pooré
  • Audio 2021 / 44:33

    Simultaneous

    To experience this award-winning piece in full, including the credits read out loud, click here.

    • Pamela Z
  • Audio 2021 / 23:59

    Time Bandit

    To experience this award-winning piece in full, click here.

    • Sean Cole
  • Audio 2021 / 35:49

    The Wait

    To experience this award-winning piece in full, including additional resources and links, click here.

    • Mozhgan Moarefizadeh
    • Nicole Curby
    • Michael Green
    • Bec Fary

Thank you to the following foundations for their major support of Third Coast.

  • Illinois Arts Council Agency
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
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