Kate Schutt came to Hambidge last Autumn to write music about very difficult subjects: death and loss. The resulting songs are heartfelt, penetrating, and manage to form a bridge from the raw sorrow of grief to the first glimmers of peace. Listen to more of her songs at SoundCloud.
“I was inspired by the dedication of the other artists at Hambidge and loved the enlightening conversations around the dinner table during our communal dinners. Seeing another person’s art and talking to them about their struggles and successes helped me with my own struggles and successes while at Hambidge. Many a night, I went to dinner with a lyrical problem in my mind – struggling with a way to say something tender and profound about death in lyric form. After bringing it up over dinner, I always went back to work with new ideas and new energy to tackle the stanza I was working on. I made more than a few lifelong friends from my time at Hambidge and these friendships were forged over the dinner table.”
– Kate Schutt