October 4, 2016 Hey, Jeff! I wanted to say thank you so much for all that you have done to get me where I am now. I really appreciated the fact that you came to play for me. I was on the news and I had about 50 people come up to me after and …
May 18, 2016 Briana Anderson Thank you so much, Jeff, for everything you’ve done for me. You are so nice and it was fun to work with you. I have improved on my singing so much. I always look forward to having my vocal lessons every week because I enjoyed it so much. I have …
I can now officially announce I’m going to be moving to Orlando and working for a company that I’ve always wanted to work for. When I was a little girl and you asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up I would say, “A Princess.” To this day, when you ask me, …
March 31, 2016 Sooo… It was just your birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!) and I feel really mushy gushy and have to tell you that I miss you. A ton. I miss laughing and creating with you… But working with you was better for me than I ever could have imagined. I got the courage to explore …
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.E.F. Schumacher I was given a tremendous gift, this past Saturday. Let me begin by sharing and paraphrasing the email I received. On Oct 7, 2015, at 11:24 pm, …
This is the oldest picture of Shannon Underwood and me together I could find; from “The Producers” in September 2008. The first time I met her was earlier that year at an audition. She sang “So Much Better” from Legally Blonde! There wasn’t a person in the room that could touch her talent and not …
Please join us Thursday, August 20th from 6 to 9 pm, under the sails on Union Square in Hickory for “Everything Artist Night” featuring Stone’s Throw, Andrea Barklage, John Wepner, Clowee Younce, Shannon Underwood, Kaylyn Hall, Christian Jackson, Meredith Mull, Savannah Spencer, Charlotte Dick and Madison Phelps accompanied and followed by Hartman, including Brian Burton …
All I really need to know about how to be and what to do and how to live I learned from Aaron Lewis. Wisdom was not written in schoolbooks, but was scattered amongst the nails and screws of the sets.As Recorded by Lea Hepler, August 1995 Start every day with a coffee break and a …
Pictured above from left to right is Josh Costello and Jeff Hartman Courtesy of Carol Anne Hartman Photography Hickory Arts Artistic Director Jeff Hartman was surprised on Thursday, June 18, 2015 with a Paul Harris Fellowship as approved by the Rotary Club of Hickory Board of Directors—nominated by Rotarian John Rambo. more Paul Harris Fellowship …
Pictured above is Patrick Crouch with The Avett Brothers and family at Merlefest 2015. Kay & Patrick Crouch are two folks/musicians we very much respect and look up to. If ever there was a model for the kind of class and musicianship we try to bring to Hickory Arts, the stage as “Hartman” and as …
