We are pleased to announce the selected composers for 2022 - 2023. Natalie Wildgoose and Matt Robinson, Daniel Henri Emond, and Dillbilly will attend composer/songwriter residencies in Good Hart. The quiet and beauty of fall and winter has proved to be an inspirational time for composers and songwriters in Good Hart.
Collaborating artists Natalie Wildgoose and Matt Robinson from London, UK will partner with John D. Lamb, Executive Director of Springfed Arts. Natalie and Matt will participate in a weekend of the 2022 Lamb's Retreat for Songwriters. We will be planning community engagement events, likely with local schools, for Daniel Henri Emond and Dillbilly during their residencies.
Please read below about the upcoming April 22, 2022, 6:30pm Lone Wolf Collaboration performance at Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey. This collaboration was inspired by the work of composer-in-residence Dec. 2021, Kate Eberstadt. So much work by many individuals has gone into this original performance and we are excited to share it with the community! The most recent collaborator to join the project was Dan Konopka, drummer for the rock band OK Go. Dan is working with Kate on mixing and mastering the composition Moonlight by Pellston student Blaze Beairl.
Great things are happening! As always, thank you for your support of the Good Hart Artist Residency program!
Sue Klco
Executive Director
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Natalie Wildgoose and Matt Robinson
London, UK
November 2 - 17, 2022
London and Yorkshire based Wanderland began life as the songwriting project of the duo, acclaimed jazz pianist and producer Matt Robinson and composer, vocalist and storyteller Natalie Wildgoose.
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Matt Robinson studied at the Royal Academy of Music and was awarded the Edwin Samuel Dove Prize and a Yamaha Jazz Scholarship upon graduation. He has performed, written and recorded with many leading musicians on the UK scene including Snowpoet, The Magic Lantern and Emilia Martensson.
Natalie Wildgoose has a postgraduate diploma in Jazz vocals from Trinity Laban Conservatoire, and a BA in Costume Design from Central St Martins College of Art. She has performed at The Royal Albert Hall and Ronnie Scotts and is now a visiting artist at the Royal Academy of Arts where she has served as a workshop creator and facilitator.
See their full profile on our website.
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Daniel Henri Emond
New York, NY
February 22 - March 8, 2023
Daniel Emond is a Queens-based singer and composer for Musical Theatre who prefers to write his bio in 1st person. My Rock Musical KILL THE WHALE: A MUSICAL ODYSSEY––An irreverent re-telling of Moby-Dick, has seen development in Polyphone Festival, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Corkscrew Festival, NYU, the Melville bi-Centennial Conference, and Nantucket Theatre Workshop.
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I'm a 2021 Jonathan Larson Finalist, and was a William R. Kenan Jr. Performing Arts Fellow and an NFAA Youngarts alum. Other composing credits include the multi-lingual score to the International Production of Neil Bartlett’s The Plague at Hong Kong Arts Festival 2021, and DAWN, a new Folk Musical, at Signature Theatre. I am currently workshopping a dream musical about Freud as an artist-in-Residence at Culture Lab at the Plaxall Gallery. I sometimes tour as a banjoist, and I write down every dream I can remember. I've worked or performed with Sam Bush, Ingrid Michaelson, Dave Malloy, Nathaniel Philbrick, Grace McLean, Larry Cordle, and others.
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See his full profile on our website.
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Dillbilly
Newark, OH
April 21 - May 5, 2023
Genre-queer singer/songmaker and multi-instrumentalist, Dillbilly, emerged in 2015 with a sound that combines soulful countryfied rock, mournful resonant ballads, and Rust Belt bluegrass. They released their 10th full-length record, Chaparral, in 2021, produced by Julie Wolf (Indigo Girls) and featuring musicians, Vicki Randle (Mavis Staples), Todd Sickafoose (Anaïs Mitchell), Daren Hahn (Ani DiFranco), Allison Miller (Boom Tic Boom), James DePrato (Chuck Prophet), Kofy Brown (Skip the Needle), Jesse Strauss (the Bribes), and Rhonda Kinard (the Onyx).
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The Indiana native took to music early, beginning to perform and release records under their birth name in the late 90’s. After high school, they attended Berklee College of Music where they studied songwriting and music business. In 2015, they began performing under the moniker, Dillbilly. Over the last 20 years, they have toured nationally and been a featured artist at the National Queer Arts Festival, Northeast Regional Folk Alliance, and Zoo Labs Music Residency.
See their full profile on our website.
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HAPPENING THIS WEEK - FRIDAY, APRIL 22nd!
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Original music composition and original dance will be offered at a performance on April 22, 2022 at 6:30 pm at Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey. During composer/musician/performer Kate Eberstadt's residency last December, Kate worked with an awesome Pellston Middle School student - Blaze Beairl to develop an original composition. This music is being choreographed by guest choreographer, Jesse Jason and the Crooked Tree Arts Center School of Ballet students. Jesse Jason is being hosted by The Croft Residency. Mark your calendars to see this unique performance!
We thank the following collaborating partners that helped to make this multifaceted arts event come together.
- Kate Eberstadt, Composer, Musician, Performer, GHAR Composer in Residence Dec. 2021
- Blaze Beairl, Pellston Student, Composer, Musician
- Jesse Jason, guest choreographer
- Crooked Tree Arts Center School of Ballet students
- Heather Raue, Artistic Director, Crooked Tree Arts Center School of Ballet
- Benjamin Cheney, Artistic Director, The Croft Residency
- Enos Bacon, Principal, Pellston Middle/High School
- Chris Michels, Rock Jam Instructor, and Michelle Chenard and Pete Kehoe with Big Water Creative Arts
- Alex Riesenbeck, drummer
- Dan Konopka drummer for the rock band OK Go, mixing and mastering
- Hannah Bianchi, sound technician
The performance is free and open to the public. A goodwill offering will be taken.
You can read more about this collaboration in the April 22nd Harbor Light Newspaper article.
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Your contribution supports both the resident artist’s work, and their collaboration with local community partners.
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The Good Hart Artist Residency is a registered 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the full extent allowable by law.
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