At Swallow Hill we’re all about seeing where music will take us next, and we’ve recently encountered a pair of friends whose lives are composed of musical adventures – Jammy Man and Tumbly Tumbler. Along with their red pickup truck Sadie, musician friends...
“Why is cowboy music important?” Swallow Hill Music Instructor Mike Jagel asked rhetorically as he looked out from under his ten gallon hat. “There’s a lot of reasons. To me the most important reason is I love the music.” “The...
What is it about Swallow Hill Music and artists named Hooper? In 2017 and 2018, our school catalog featured original artwork from Nashville-based artist Mr. Hooper, whose instrument-playing animals delighted our students, concertgoers, staffers, and the community at...
I recently met with one of Swallow Hill’s scholarship students who changed my life. Faith Smith’s first memory of seeing a violin goes back to fifth grade and that’s when her passion for music ignited. But in the Denver neighborhood where Faith grew up, access to...
The student glides into her music lesson on her “Heelys,” shoes with rollers in their heels. Her teacher greets her at a keyboard. Soon the student, 11-year-old Samantha, is playing the instantly recognizable notes of Beethoven’s “Für Elise.”...
