MARQUIS HILL — Stevens Point

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Stay Tuned to Tickets A limited number of FREE tickets for music students and 50% DISCOUNT tickets for working musicians & music educators are available. See ticket link above for options. Learn about our Great Experience Guarantee and No Barriers policy. Tickets purchased at the door will be subject to $5 for taxes and fees. Marquis Hill Jazz Coterie presents acclaimed trumpeter, educator, composer and bandleader Marquis Hill — making a Wisconsin stop on his Midwest Jazz Collective tour. From his beginnings as one of Chicago’s most thrilling young trumpeters, to his status as an internationally renowned musician, composer and bandleader, Marquis Hill has worked tirelessly to break down the barriers that divide musical genres. Contemporary and classic jazz, hip-hop, R&B, Chicago house, neo-soul—to Hill, they’re all essential elements of the profound African-American creative heritage he’s a part of. “It all comes from the same tree,” he says. “They simply blossomed from different branches.” “A dauntingly skilled trumpeter from the South Side of Chicago, he came up through that city’s jazz infrastructure, which extends to the classroom as well as the bandstand.” — The New York Times Born in Chicago in 1987 and raised on the city’s culturally rich South Side, Hill began playing drums at age 4, before switching to trumpet in the 6th grade. He attended high school at Kenwood Academy, excelling in its revered jazz-performance program, and was mentored by Bobby Broom, Willie Pickens, Tito Carrillo and other Chicago greats through the Ravinia Jazz Scholars program. “Marquis Hill strikes a balance between merriment and determination — he solos with seriousness and direction but also tenderness and excitement.” — JazzTimes Hill earned his bachelor’s in music education from Northern Illinois University and his master’s in jazz pedagogy from DePaul University. During college he made gigs and sessions around Chicago, jamming with and absorbing wisdom from the likes…