Jeff Hartman

Got Jeff? Jeff Hartman is an award-winning actor/director and Artistic Director for Hickory Arts. ASU alumnus—Advertising/Theater/Music. Teaching/touring professionally since 1992. Private Study since 1983. Jeff is available at Hickory Arts for Voice, Acting, Artist Development, Songwriting/Publishing, Audition Prep, Beginner Piano & Guitar, and Self-Accompaniment. jshartman.com@hickoryarts #jeffhartman #voice #acting #artistdevelopment #songwriting #auditionprep #selfaccompaniment Many distinct music ...

Songwriting Lessons

Hickory Arts offers Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Songwriting Lessons. The Hickory Arts songwriting student, that’s contemporary writing and production, will study composition, arranging, scoring, and production techniques and approaches—and will learn to apply these skills and concepts by writing for and overseeing the production of a wide variety of instrumental, vocal, acoustic and electronic combinations ...

Mandolin Lessons

Hickory Arts offers Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Mandolin Lessons. Preparing yourself to make great music is hard work, but Hickory Arts students have fun with it. Hickory Arts offers you the most diverse and contemporary string education to be found anywhere. We provide individualized instruction in Fiddle, Violin, Viola, Banjo, Ukelele, and Mandolin, and we ...

Ukulele Lessons

Hickory Arts offers Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Ukulele Lessons. Preparing yourself to make great music is hard work, but Hickory Arts students have fun with it. Hickory Arts offers you the most diverse and contemporary string education to be found anywhere. We provide individualized instruction in Fiddle, Violin, Viola, Banjo, Ukulele, and Mandolin, and we ...

Bass Lessons

Hickory Arts offers Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Bass Lessons — Electric or Upright; Traditional or Contemporary. The bass not only holds the band together rhythmically but is also a crucial component of the overall sound and direction of the music. You’ll learn to create and perform your own unique bass lines in a variety of ...

Banjo Lessons

Hickory Arts offers Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Banjo Lessons. Preparing yourself to make great music is hard work, but Hickory Arts students have fun with it. Hickory Arts offers you the most diverse and contemporary string education to be found anywhere. We provide individualized instruction in Fiddle, Violin, Viola, Banjo, Ukulele, and Mandolin, and we ...

Audition Prep

Hickory Arts offers Amateur and Professional preparation for upcoming Film, Music, or Theatrical Auditions (equity, film, NCTC/SETC, grade school, college, community theatre); Admittance, Competition, Position, or Scholarship. #auditionprep @hickoryarts Book now

Piano Lessons

Hickory Arts offers Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Piano Lessons — Traditional or Contemporary. Through exercises that explore the interpretation of lead sheets and chord symbols, Hickory Arts can help you to improve your performance, harmonic vocabulary, and composition/arranging skills. Students will master the basics of keyboard technique and chord voicings and gain an understanding of ...

Artist Development

Artist Development is for "Everything Artists," managing a diversified portfolio of talent and interests. What’s an “Everything Artist?” Well, Hickory Arts was formed by a variety of working and teaching artists talented and skilled in more than one way who have committed to helping develop other jacks of all trades; singers who are songwriters who ...

Voice Lessons

Hickory Arts offers Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Voice Lessons — Contemporary, Theatrical, or Classical; Technique and Vocal Coaching. Hickory Arts offers you the most comprehensive voice education to be found anywhere. We provide individualized instruction in all contemporary music styles including jazz, pop, rock, and theater, and prepare you for both concert performance and studio ...