Please join us on Saturday, October 22nd for the next in this year’s series of Hickory Arts house concerts featuring “Hartman,” Jeff & Carol Anne Hartman. The “It’s All HIS Fault!” House Concert: Celebrating 20 years (20 years together and 16 years of marriage… 2016!) since Carol Anne and Jeff were cast in The Fantasticks, stoking a romance that led to their marriage and three kids; featuring original music from Streets of Hickory and Junk, songs from The Fantasticks, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, West Side Story, The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, The Last 5 Years, Les Misérables, Once, and other shows they’re too old to do.

Tickets (“donations,” if you prefer) are $20 and can be purchased online using the ticket link. Tickets will not be sold at the door. Doors open at 7:30 pm for an “eat & greet” with the artists. Performance begins at 8 pm.

Additional donations to the “Friends” 2016-2017 tour are encouraged and can be made via the ticket link.

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Alex Johnston

Cellist Jennifer Alexandra Johnston is a member of the Winston-Salem Symphony, the Greensboro Symphony, the Savannah (GA) Philharmonic and the Carolina Chamber Symphony Players. She also plays regularly with the symphonies of Roanoke, VA and Hilton Head, SC. She holds Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), where she was a student of Robert Marsh and a Giannini Scholar. Ms. Johnston is also former director of the Community Music School at UNCSA.

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Hartman

Carol Anne and Jeff met on stage in the spring of 1996 and soon fell in love during the fall production of “The Fantasticks” at The Green Room, a theatre in Newton, North Carolina. Jeff asked for Carol’s hand in marriage with the cloak and dagger help of friends and family on the second Saturday in September of 1999 and wed one year later on September 9, 2000. The ceremony was held on stage in the Charles E. Jeffers Theatre in Hickory, NC. They have three children, whom they consider their biggest challenge and greatest accomplishment.

“Hartman” has been performing for two decades across the country, exemplified by the latest album, “Better Live,” celebrating their first decade together with live, original tracks from Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre to The CoMMA.

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House Concert Series

Hickory Arts House Concerts are very intimate. Volunteers to provide food (“potluck,” if you prefer) for the performer(s) and guests is strongly encouraged. All proceeds always go directly to the artist(s). No membership or personal invitation required. *Additional donations to the artists may be made via ticket link.

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Hickory Arts

Hickory Arts is the “un-studio”—a simple, custom, specialized, non-event-driven teaching & production studio dedicated to coaching performance artists from point A to point B. The studio is located at 720 Second Avenue SW, Hickory 28602 behind ITP and across from Hickory Optimist Park. For more information about tickets and Hickory Arts, please explore the website or call 828-270-9801.

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