David Skidmore is an Ensemble Member and Executive Director of Third Coast Percussion.

As a chamber musician, David has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center Festival, Kimmel Center, EMPAC, June in Buffalo, Klangspuren Schwaz, the Ojai Music Festival, the Bang On a Can Marathon and three Percussive Arts Society International Conventions. David was a member of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble from 2007-2011 and Ensemble ACJW from 2008-2010. David has performed and collaborated with many of the world's finest musicians including conductors Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, David Robertson, and Michael Tilson Thomas, composers Steve Reich, Steve Mackey, Matthias Pintscher, and Peter Eötvos, and chamber ensembles Eighth Blackbird and Ensemble Signal. David has performed as a soloist in Europe, Asia, and the United States. David has also performed as a member of the Lucerne Festival Academy, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Pacific Music Festival, and the National Repertory Orchestra.

David is also a composer, and his works are performed regularly in concert halls and universities across the country.

David taught for four years on the percussion faculty at the Peabody Conservatory. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Northwestern University and a Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music. His teachers were Michael Hernandez, Shawn Schietroma, Michael Burritt, James Ross, and Robert Van Sice.

Adrian Russouw is a Toronto-based creative who writes and improvises music for upright bass, vocals, guitar, cello, and laptop, as well as writes words for performance and publication. Current projects involve regular performances with C’est la Fête, playing bass with Jeremy Dutcher, accompanying bill bissett’s poetry readings, being a member of The Queer Songbook Orchestra, and composing for contemporary dance in collaboration with Rumi Jeraj.

Spencer Cole is a percussionist, pianist, vocalist and composer who has established himself in Toronto’s eclectic music community amidst a busy schedule of international touring. He is a two-time Juno nominee and two-time Polaris Music Prize finalist with his previous project Weaves, performing at events such as the Glastonbury Festival, Iceland Airwaves and on NPR’s Tiny Desk, to name a few.

He can also be seen performing with acclaimed groups including The Weather Station, Jeremy Dutcher and July Talk and has appeared in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra alongside guest artists such as Carly Rae Jepsen.

When he is not busy exploring how to extract sound from the objects which surround him, he is: producing music for television, creating solo piano music, recording original albums and computer programming.