Sara Hickman
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Sara Hickman is a rock/
Rock music
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folk/
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

pop
Pop music
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/children's
Children's music
Children's music is used here to refer to music composed and performed for children by adults. In European influenced contexts this means music, usually songs, written specifically for a juvenile audience. The composers are usually adults. Children's music has historically held both entertainment...

 music singer, songwriter, and artist.

Biography

Hickman was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina
Jacksonville, North Carolina
Jacksonville, North Carolina, is a city in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the population stood at 70,145, which makes Jacksonville the 14th largest city in North Carolina...

. She grew up in Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

, where she attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts is a secondary school located at 4001 Stanford Street in the Montrose district of Houston, Texas. The school is a part of the Houston Independent School District....

 as a vocal major. In 1986, she graduated from the University of North Texas
University of North Texas
The University of North Texas is a public institution of higher education and research in Denton. Founded in 1890, UNT is part of the University of North Texas System. As of the fall of 2010, the University of North Texas, Denton campus, had a certified enrollment of 36,067...

 in Denton, Texas
Denton, Texas
The city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...

. She moved to Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

 in 1987, where she became a recording artist and musical entertainer. In 1995, she moved to Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

, where she now lives with her husband, Lance Schriner and two daughters, Lily and Ryan-Grace.

She is an avid supporter of numerous charities and organizations benefiting children, women, and health. She helps these organizations by creating awareness, donating her time and, often, contributing portions of the proceeds from her record sales. She has been awarded the Humana
Humana
Humana Inc. , founded in 1961 in Louisville, Kentucky, is a Fortune 100 company that markets and administers health insurance. With a customer base of over 11.5 million in the United States, the company is the largest Fortune 100 company headquartered in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and has a...

 "Women Helping Women" award for her generous work with such organizations as Safe Place, Habitat for Humanity, House the Homeless, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a non-profit animal welfare organization originally founded in England in 1824 to pass laws protecting carriage horses from abuse. SPCA groups are now found in many nations, where they campaign for animal welfare, assist in cruelty to animals...

, the Race for the Cure, and many other animal and human rights organizations. She was also made an honorary member of the National Association of Music Therapy because of her work in that area.

In the early 2000s, she was the National Ambassador for Half Price Books, helping to promote literacy throughout the United States by visiting hospitals and schools where she performed for and read to children. Other positions she has held include membership on the Board of Directors of NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, i.e., the Grammies), an advisory board member for ARTS, and the Honorary Chair for Humana's Women Helping Women Awards Ceremony and Convention. She was also Honorary Chair of the Umlauf Sculpture Garden, and was invited to be Honorary Chair for the Austin Race for the Cure.

The Texas State Commission on the Arts has appointed Hickman as the 2010 Texas State Musician.

Music

Sara Hickman has released more than 15 album
Album
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s, including a half dozen on major record labels, and a few independent albums. She has been a guest performer on at least 25 albums by other musicians. She had a #3 adult contemporary hit "I Couldn't Help Myself", has twice been a guest of NBC's Tonight Show, hosted her own VH-1 special, produced an independent video, Joy, that won first place in the USA Film Festival
USA Film Festival
-History:Founded in 1971, the USA Film Festival has presented the world, national and regional premieres of thousands of studio and independent feature films and short experimental, animated, documentary and dramatic films....

, and co-produced a PBS documentary titled Take It Like A Man.

Hickman also performed a Martika
Martika
Martika is an American pop singer-songwriter and actress. As a singer she released two internationally successful albums in the late 1980s and early 1990s, selling over four million copies worldwide.-Early life and career:Martika entered mainstream show business in an uncredited role as one of the...

 song for the soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

 to the film, Arachnophobia
Arachnophobia (film)
Arachnophobia is a 1990 American comedy horror film directed by Frank Marshall and starring Jeff Daniels and John Goodman. It was the first film released by Hollywood Pictures....

. She has both appeared in and sung for national ad campaigns for Wal-Mart, Daisy Sour Cream, Southwest Airlines, Fannie Mae and others. She was a part of the Country girl group, Domestic Science Club with Robin Lynn Macy
Robin Lynn Macy
Robin Lynn Macy is an American musician, teacher, and gardener, who is best known as a founding member of the female country group the Dixie Chicks....

 and Patty Lege from 1992 until 1998.

Awards

  • The National Association of Music Therapists
  • Austin Under Forty (2002-Entertainment )
  • The Kerrville Folk Festival (community service)
  • The Speaking of Women's Health Initiative (community service)
  • Austin Music Awards (1999-2000-one of the top three songwriters, one of the top five female vocalists, top five singer-songwriters, in top three folk artists, top ten musicians)
  • The Dallas Observer Awards (Best Musician, Best Producer, Best Indie Release, Best Major Label Release, Best Female Vocalist)
  • Parents' Choice (Gold-Toddler/2001, Recommended-Big Kid/2004)
  • NAPPA Gold (Newborn-2001, Big Kid and Toddler-2004)
  • Dr. Toy's Top 10 Audio Tapes of 2001 (Toddler)
  • Dr. Toy's 100 Best Toys of 2001 (Toddler)
  • Best Classic Recording 2003 Children's Web Media (Newborn & Toddler)
  • 2003 New Beginning Center Award
  • Dr. Toy's Best Vacation Product 2004 (Big Kid)
  • Creative Child’s Top Creative Toy Award 2005 (Toddler – Preferred Choice, Newborn – Seal of Excellence)
  • Austin American-Statesman XL Fortunate 500 List: 2007 Edition
  • Texas State Musician: 2010

Discography

  • Equal Scary People
    Equal Scary People
    Equal Scary People is the first album by American singer/songwriter Sara Hickman, released in 1989.-Track listing:#"Simply" – 3:03#"Last Night Was a Big Rain" – 3:19#"500x " – 5:17...

  • Shortstop
    Shortstop (album)
    Shortstop is the second album by American singer/songwriter Sara Hickman, released in 1990. .-Track listing:#"In the Fields" – 4:37#"Shortstop" – 4:38#"Aurora" – 6:07...

  • Necessary Angels
    Necessary Angels
    Necessary Angels is the fourth album by American singer/songwriter Sara Hickman, released in 1994. .After Hickman was dropped by her label Elektra Records, her fans pitched in to allow her to buy back the unreleased tapes that made up the album.-Track listing:#"Pursuit of Happiness" –...

  • Domestic Science Club with Patty Mitchell Lege and Dixie Chicks
    Dixie Chicks
    The Dixie Chicks are an American country band which has also successfully crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines...

     founding member Robin Macy
    Robin Lynn Macy
    Robin Lynn Macy is an American musician, teacher, and gardener, who is best known as a founding member of the female country group the Dixie Chicks....

  • Three Women
    Three Women
    Three Women is a drama film starring May McAvoy, Pauline Frederick, and Marie Prevost, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and based on the novel by Yolande Maree .A print survives in the George Eastman House archive.-Cast:...

    with Patty Mitchell Lege and Robin Macy
  • Misfits
    Misfits (Sara Hickman album)
    Misfits is the fifth album by American singer/songwriter Sara Hickman, released in 1997. .-Track listing:#"Cesar Stasney Introduction" – 0:44#"Strong Woman" – 3:58#"Dump Truck" – 4:16...

  • Two Kinds of Laughter
    Two Kinds of Laughter
    Two Kinds of Laughter is the sixth album by American singer/songwriter Sara Hickman, released in 1998. .-Track listing:#"Two Kinds of Laughter" – 4:30#"Take Whatever I Can Get" – 5:13...

  • One Flower to the Left
  • Spiritual Appliances
    Spiritual Appliances
    Spiritual Appliances is the fifth album by American singer/songwriter Sara Hickman, released in 2000 .-Track listing:#"Standing Ground" – 3:39#"Life" – 4:04#"Kerosene" – 4:47#"Edward" – 4:02#"Woman Waiting to Happen" – 6:43...

  • This Christmas Wish
  • Ready To Pop
  • Faithful Heart
  • Newborn
  • Toddler
  • Big Kid
  • Motherlode
    Motherlode (Sara Hickman album)
    Motherlode is an album by American singer/songwriter Sara Hickman, released in 2006. It is her first double album.-The Mirror :#"A Song of You" – 4:26#"To a Maddening Ghost" – 5:07...

  • Absence of Blame

Videography

  • Joy (Video inspired by homeless woman. Winner of a USA Film Festival award)
  • Take It Like a Man (PBS documentary) co-produced
  • I Am Going On a Journey (DVD)

External links

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