Quincy Civic Music Association
QUINCY — The Quincy Civic Music Association recently announced its lineup of concerts for the 2024-25 season, featuring a variety of performances from strings, steel drums and vocals to brass and ballet. Turtle Island Quartet performs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20, in the Baldwin Elementary School gymnasium. Since its inception in 1985, the…
Read Full Article QUINCY — In collaboration with Quincy Public Schools, the Quincy Civic Music Association is the host of a concert by Wild Prairie Winds chamber music group to be held at St. John’s Anglican Church, 701 Hampshire, at 7:30 p.m. May 11. The group is devoted to small communities through disaster relief, diversity inclusion and awareness…
Read Full Article QUINCY — TAKE 6, a 10-time Grammy award-winning and 10-time Dove award-winning group, will perform Friday, March 8, at Salem Evangelical Church, 435 S. Ninth. Doors will open at 7 p.m., for the concert which will begin at 7:30 p.m. TAKE 6 crosses all genres from gospel to pop, jazz to R&B and has been…
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Brittany Boll talks to Jeff Dorsey with the Quincy Service Club about the club’s American Flag program and how you can give the gift of a flag in someone’s yard. Then, Bill Machold of the Quincy Civic Music Association tells us about this weekend’s concert at the State Street Theater.
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QUINCY — Orquesta Alto Maiz, a popular Latin-jazz dance band, will perform Saturday, Dec. 9, at State Street Theatre. Doors will open at 7 p.m. for the 7:30 p.m. show. Orquesta Alto Maiz plays a wide range of Latin musical styles including merengue, samba, cha-cha-cha, salsa, calypso and boleros. Audience participation (dancing and singing) is…
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Ron Kinscherf talks to the stars who are performing Sunday at On the Rail: Country music superstar Tracy Lawrence and Quincy’s own Annie Bushmeyer and The Annie B Band. Ashley and Megan Duncan get caught up on what’s happening in Hannibal and Bill Machold stops by to let us know what’s coming up for the…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Civic Music Association’s season for 2023-24 will present four concerts this season with performances from a dynamic crossover string quartet, a chamber music wind quintet, a salsa band and an energetic a capella group. QCMA is partnering with Quincy Public Schools for String Fest and Wind Fest. Musicians from ATLYS will…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy Civic Music Association will launch its 2022-23 season with a concert by the Arianna String Quartet at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at St. John’s Anglican Parish, Seventh and Hampshire. The quartet is comprised of John Mc Grosso, violin; Julia Sakharova, violin; Joanna Mendoza, viola; and Kurt Baldwin, cello. Praised for “emotional…
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The Quincy High School orchestra program, in partnership with the Quincy Civic Music Association, is hosting its first ‘String Fest’ workshop and clinic with Arianna String Quartet. The String Fest will take place from 1-2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, in the Baldwin Elementary School theater. The workshop is open to all 6th to 12th…
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QUINCY — The low-voice men’s ensemble Cantus will sing at 7:30 p.m. April 23 in Salem Evangelical Church, 435 S. Ninth. It will be the last concert of its season presented by the Quincy Civic Music Association. Cantus, a nine-man group, has toured throughout Canada, West Africa and Europe. The group has sung at…
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QUINCY — The Quincy Civic Music Association is presenting a concert by the Jupiter Quartet at 7:30 p.m. March 26 at St. John’s Anglican Parish. The Jupiter Quartet is based at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. It consists of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister) and cellist Daniel McDonough…
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QUINCY — Movie music. Haunting gypsy songs. Popular refrains. Whatever is beautiful and lends itself to a soaring violin and intricate guitar will be played by the Yu & I duo last 7:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John’s Anglican Parish, 701 Hampshire. Presented by the Quincy Civic Music Association, Yu & I enchant audiences with their charm,…
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After a long COVID-induced pause in its 90-plus-year history, the Quincy Civic Music Association is presenting a full five-concert season to Quincy and the region. The season launches with TAKE3, a classical-pop smash-up of glittering musicians, at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 at the Mary Ellen Orr Auditorium on the John Wood Community College campus. Violinist Lindsay…
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