Current Projects
The Mourning Belles
The Mourning Belles is an Asheville-based country trio playing original murder ballads, laments, and lonesome honky-tonk numbers composed by vocalist Alma Hartley. Rounding out the group are Jonathan Watterson on guitar and Jenny Walls on fiddle, who also lend their voices to the haunting harmonies that characterize the band's unique sound. @themourningbelles
Pictured: Jonathan Waterson (left), Alma Hartley (center), Jennifer Walls (right) (2024)
The Jenny Jons
Irish-Celtic inspired folk trio based in Asheville, NC. This trio consists of multi-instrumentalist and composer Jon Snead (of Jon Snead Music), violinist/fiddler and music educator Jennifer Walls (of Jennifer Walls Music), and multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Waterson.
Having met at the various Irish Music sessions held in WNC, this trio of friends bonded over a love for the magic, melodies and deep history these tunes hold.
Pictured: Jonathan Waterson (left), Jennifer Walls (center), Jon Snead (right) (2024)
Leading Through Performance
Presently, I am working on the development of leadership development and education program specifically designed for music and performing arts students as a portion of, and/or addendum to my anticipated master's thesis through the Johns Hopkins University M.S. in Organizational Leadership program of study. My anticipated completion date is May 2025.
The link between performing arts education and the development of crucial leadership skills is well researched, however seldom combined to specifically aide students of the performing and musical arts in the application of their leadership outside of the context in which they are learned. My fascination with leadership, and the passive way in which my own leadership skills developed through orchestral, chamber, and solo music performance has been a driving force in my completion of this research.
Details, methodology, and curriculum structure TBA upon research and thesis completion.
Pictured: Jennifer Walls (2021)