Episode 497 - Candice Hill Pete's Percussion Podcast

Kansas City-based freelancing percussionist, educator, Steel Pan artist, composer and arranger Candice Hill stops by to talk about her career in KC and getting started there, along with her time performing with the Kansas City Chiefs drumline (03:45), teaching and performing in town, arranging and composing, and her work “Red City Calypso” (21:30), growing up in Columbia (MO) and her family musical background (34:45), her undergrad years at Missouri State University, marching band and lessons, getting into steel pan performance, and Music Education vs. Music Performance degrees (44:55), attending Northern Illinois University for her master’s in Steel Pan Performance, studying with Liam Teague and Cliff Alexis, dealing with performance anxiety, and keeping up with her non-steel band percussion skills (01:04:15), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on being a woman in the field of percussion, Pete getting to work with Candice and Emily Lemmermann for the Missouri Mass Steel Band performance last month, Dirty Dancing, Crafts and Baking, experiencing Panorama in Trinidad and Tobago, bad cleaning jobs, and the excellence of Steel Band all over the world (01:27:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2026 film Michael (01:54:30).

Candice Hill Links:

Candice Hill’s website

“Red City Calypso” - Candice Hill

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Emily Lemmermann in 2019

Julia Gaines-Montag in 2016

Scott Cameron in 2016

Liam Teague in 2025

Rich Holly in 2020

Raychel Taylor in 2020

Amanda Duncan in 2023

Elizabeth DeLamater in 2019