Quincy Civic Music Association to host percussionist Jan. 25 at State Theater

QUINCY — The Quincy Civic Music Association will welcome Candice Hill to Quincy as part of its 2024-25 season at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at the State Theater, 434 S. Eighth.

Hill, a percussionist and steel pan (steel drum) performer and instructor, will perform with her band. Hill is a clinician and adjudicator for drumline and school percussion.

Born in St. Louis and raised in Columbia, Mo., Hill graduated from Columbia Hickman High School and went on to Missouri State University, where she received her bachelor’s degree in music performance on percussion.

While at Missouri State, Hill started playing the steel pan for fun, then started playing more seriously with a group called MR8. After seeing Liam Teague perform live, she decided she wanted to go to Northern Illinois University to get her master’s degree in music performance on the steel pan. After studying with Liam Teague and Cliff Alexis, Hill moved back to Missouri to spread the word and help promote the legitimacy of the steel pan as a concert instrument.

Hill has performed in Trinidad with Skiffle Bunch in Panorama and has performed as a guest artist in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Nebraska and Illinois. She performs regularly in the Kansas City area and teaches private lessons on drumset, steel pan and percussion. Hill also teaches high school drumline, high school percussion and middle school percussion.

Tickets may be bought at the door or at Square Music Company, Sturhahn Jewelers, HyVee and Niemanns in Quincy. A single admission ticket is $25, season tickets are $100. High school students and younger may attend at no cost. Faculty, staff, and students from JWCC, Quincy University and Culver-Stockton College gain free admission with their school ID.

QCMA has ticket reciprocity agreements with The Hannibal Concert Association and The Keokuk Concert Association.

For tickets and more information go to quincycivicmusic.org or click on the QR code below:

Still to come during the 2024-2025 season:

• March 1, 2025 — säje, Mary Ellen Orr Auditorium, John Wood Community College, 7:30 p.m.
• June 7, 2025 — Chicago Festival Ballet, Morrison Theater, Quincy Junior High School Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.