Sarah Hart

"Music is one medium that consistently draws people together. In light of that, my vision now is to sing wherever I am given an opportunity to share." So says Sarah Hart whose music welcomes and delights listeners from every age and background, by virtue of its utter musicality and embracing lyrical vision.

As a writer, she begins by sharing her own experiences, expanding her life to include ours; as a performer, she shares her love of melody, and delivers her evocative words to us in clear, true notes. This is music that is simultaneously life-affirming and thought-provoking, a rare and welcome combination. Like the varied songwriters, poets and writers who have influenced her--Nancy Griffith, James Taylor, David Wilcox and Thomas Merton, Sylvia Plath and Flannery O'Connor--Sarah's lyrics explore what really matters, and expose how the mundane can lead us to the sublime, how the sublime can transform the mundane. Instructed and supported by her faith, awed by the natural world, her eye, too, on the sparrow, she sees "darkness colored by flickers of light", acknowledging the dark and the difficult but leading herself and her listeners on the path into the light and the restorative.

Sarah's mother, a professional musician, cultivated and encouraged her talents; at the age of six, she began her studies of piano, organ and flute, supplementing these with a few guitar lessons from her mother. She graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in music composition and theory. Sarah moved to Nashville to pursue a music career, immediately landing session work as a demo singer and flute player and as a backup singer for several acts, work she continues to enjoy. Inspired by the talent surrounding her, her own interests were awakened; she has found a voice and style that allow her to cover her broad range of interests with passion and intelligence, and her skills as a quick study--with both ear and theory at her command--are evident in the polish of each tune she sings. Although Sarah loves the intimacy of a small audience, she's comfortable performing anywhere; she bounces easily on stage from piano to guitar, chatting as she goes, whether she's at such places as The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, the Bitter End in New York City, or opening with touring acts such as Kathy Troccoli and Wes King. Sarah was a 1997 finalist in the Sisters Folk Festival, and a 1998 finalist in the Three Rivers Folk Festival. Sarah has written and worked with an array of producers, performers and writers.