​​​​​​​​​​​SESSION WORK I have a wealth of studio experience by playing on over 75 Midwestern albums. I offer session work (voice and violin) at a rate of $50, $60 or $70 per song or per hour. I also accept trades when relevant. *Note: $50 per song or hour is the standard union rate.

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ONLINE PRIVATE LESSONS (Violin, fiddle, voice, songwriting, circle singing, creative writing, musical play and improvisation): I offer a sliding scale rate of $15, $20 and $25 per half hour. $25, $30, $35 per 45 minutes, and $35, $40 or $45 per hour. I also accept trades when relevant.

 

PRIVATE LESSONS IN YOUR HOME (Violin, fiddle voice, songwriting, circle singing, creative writing, musical play and improvisation): I offer a sliding scale rate of $25, $30 and $35 per half hour. $35, $40, $45 per 45 minutes, and $45, $50 or $55 per hour. I also accept trades when relevant.

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SUPPORTING/BACKING MUSICIAN In addition to my solo project and my duo project Hearth & Hymn, I support two songwriters live: Elisabeth Pixley-Fink (vox, violin, bass) and Chris Bathgate (vox, violin, aux percussion). I occasionally support other songwriters or bands. My rates vary based on travel time and lead artist pay. Please email to discuss.

 

SESSION WORK REQUESTS Please send tracks 48 hours in advance. If I’ll be reading sheet music, please send 72 hours in advance.

 

WORK SAMPLES

 

Seth Bernard: Love Yourself (vox and violin)

Hearth & Hymn: We Are Alive (vox and violin)

Matt Jones: Sarah & Sullivan (vox and violin)

Samantha Cooper: “Snowsuit” (vox and violin)

Seth Bernard: Gorno’s Waltz (violin)

Chris Bathgate: Water (violin)

Maraj: And Danks (vox)

 

“There is nobody else I know that can deliver the peak vocal hook of a tune, immediately follow it up with an irresistible string part, and then show up in the google doc with detailed notes to help make it all shine in the mixing process!" 

 

— Seth Bernard

 

SESSION MUSICIAN CV

 

RELEASED ALBUMS:

1. CHARLIE MILLARD BAND, Pilot Boy, 2025

2. ELISABETH PIXLEY-FINK, Heartskin: 2025

3. BEN LAUREN, Hold Me Down: 2024

4. THE CRANE WIVES, Beyond, Beyond, Beyond: 2024

5. MATTIJANE BROOKS, What About Me, 2024

6. SETH BERNARD, Unrest And Rest: 2023

7. GITIS BAGGS, Having The Same Dream: 2023

8. MAX LOCKWOOD, Diamonds: 2023

9. TIMOTHY MONGER, Timothy Monger: 2023

10. JOE REILLY, Seeds: 2023

11. CHRIS BATHGATE, The Significance Of Peaches: 2022

12. SARI BROWN, Holy Broken Heart: 2022

13. SETH BERNARD, My Heart Is My Home: 2021

14. MONTE PRIDE, Even In Absence: 2020

15. STRAWBERRY HERITAGE, Light Magic: 2020

16. NICHOLAS JAMES THOMASMA, Rolling Home: 2020

17. PSYPIRITUAL, Kirlian: 2020

18. CAROLYN KOEBEL, Collected Works, Vol. 01: 2020

19. MAX LOCKWOOD, Max Lockwood (self-titled): 2019

20. ANNE ERLEWINE, Over The Bones: 2019

21. THE LASSO, The Sound Of Lasso: 2019

22. HEARTH & HYMN, Lullaby Bangers: 2019

23. ANGELA JOSEPHINE, Daylight, 2018

24. SETH BERNARD, Eggtones For Fun: 2017

25. CHRIS BATHGATE, Dizzy Seas, 2017

26. ANDY BAKER, One Fine Day, 2017

27. VERONICA MMARI EP, 2017

28. ​CHRISTOPHER SLOAN, Dreaming Trees: 2017

29. BRIAN KOENIGSKNECHT, From The Shallows To The Deep: 2017

30. CASSIDY BISHER, self-titled: 2017

31. MORGAN HANER, Transmitter Blues: 2017

32. SETH BERNARD, Eggtones Blues: 2017

33. FALLOW LAND, Pinscher EP, 2017

34. STEPLADDERS, Stepladders: 2016

35. CHRIS BATHGATE, Old Factory: 2016

36. JONATHAN TIMM, Fever Dream, 2016

37. THE GO ROUNDS: Don't Go Not Changing: 2015

38. WESTNEDGE HILL, Beat Brigade, 2015

39. MILO BIRCH, Stepping Up, 2015

40. BETH PATTERSON, Ponder Anew, 2015

41. SACRED STRAYS, Sacred Strays, 2014

42. JESSI CLAYTON, Lightwave: 2014

43. MECHELE PETERS, A Thousand Fields: 2015

44. TOM HYMN, Early Magic: 2015

45. MARAJ, Voyager: 2015

46. SILPHIUM BLOOMS, Pattern: 2015

47. MARAJ, EP1: 2014

48. MATT JONES, The Deep Enders: 2014

49. THE SOIL & THE SUN, Meridian: 2014

50. BOWHUNTER, The Right Hands 'Round: 2014

51. MICAH LING, Kingdom Come: 2014

52. THE GO ROUNDS, Purple Mountain Travesty: 2014

53. SETH BERNARD, Reconciliation & the Mystical Beyonda: 2014

54. MARK LAVENGOOD, No Part Of Nothin': 2014

55. THE LASSO, Golden Lasso: 2014

56. MATTHEW BARNEY, River Of Fundament Film: 2014

57. LINDSAY LOU & JOSH RILKO, Time & Luck, 2014

58. HEARTH & HYMN, Vol. 1: 2013

59. DOUBLE PHELIX SOUND, The Call Of Double Phelix: 2013

60. ELISABETH PIXLEY-FINK, Bloodroot: 2013

61. PATRICK CARROLL, Glow In The Dark: 2013

62. THE GO ROUNDS, Feathername: 2012

63. FIONA DICKINSON, Duende: 2011

64. GRAHAM PARSONS, Untitled: 2011

65. THE NEW GREEN, Elaborate Maps: 2010

66. THE NEW GREEN, Easily Made, Easily Broken: 2007

 

RELEASED SINGLES:

1. SAMANTHA COOPER, Snowsuit: 2021

2. SAMANTHA COOPER, Let The Wave: 2021

3. SALTBREAKER, Snowblind Single: 2020

4. JOE REILLY, The Great Awakening: 2020 

5. CHRIS DORMAN, Big Tiny Love: 2019

6. SAMANTHA COOPER, Old Man Winter: 2014

 

UNRELEASED ALBUMS:

1. SAMANTHA COOPER, OPEN FIELD

2. SAMANTHA COOPER, UNTITLED

3. COSMIQUE HYPNOTIQUE

4. JOEY SHULTZ, TBD

5. BREK ROSENGREN, TBD

6. ROBERT BLANKENHORN, TBD

7. BETH PATTERSON, TBD

 

GRANTS & ART RESIDENCIES: 

Michigan Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (2025 Mentor artist to Alex Belhaj, guitar)

Kalamazoo Arts Council Individual Artist Grant, 2019, 2017

ISLAND Artist Residency: Crosshatch Center For Art & Ecology, Apr. 2012, Oct. 2013

The Augusta Heritage Center Old Time Music & Dance Week Scholarship, 2010, 2011

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VIDEO:

Samantha Cooper - Let The Wave

Samantha Cooper - Snowsuit

Samantha Cooper - The Most Wonderful Time

Samantha Cooper - Old Man Winter

Pickathon Presents - Hearth & Hymn

Chris Bathgate - NPR Tiny Desk Concert 

 

LIVE PERFORMANCE:

Hearth & Hymn, Elisabeth Pixley-Fink, Seth Bernard, The Crane Wives, Hannah Laine, Gitis Baggs, Cosmique Hypnotique, The Lasso, Matt Jones & The Reconstruction, Fiona Dickinson & The Stone Flowers, Maraj, Anne Erlewine, Chris Bathgate, The Go Rounds, The Chordelias, Jessi Phillips, The Bowhunter String Band, The Rico Samwich String Band, The Earthwork Music Collective, The Double Phelix Collective, The New Green