Sara Hickman
Sara Hickman, who was recently named Texas State Musician for 2010-2011 by the Texas State Legislature, has released and produced more than 15 albums, including a half dozen on major record labels. She has been a guest performer on at least 25 albums by other musicians, and had her music included in films, television and on national commercials. She had a #3 adult contemporary hit “I Couldn’t Help Myself”, hosted her own VH-1 special, performed twice on NBC’s “The Tonight Show”, produced an independent video, “Joy,” that won first place in the USA Film Festival and co-produced a PBS documentary entitled “Take It Like A Man.”
Hickman is an avid supporter of numerous charities and organizations benefiting children, the homeless and animals. She has been awarded the Humana Women Helping Women award for her generous work with such organizations as Safe Place , Habitat for Humanity, House the Homeless, the SPCA, the Race for the Cure, and many other animal and human rights organizations.In the early 2000s, she was the National Ambassador for Half Price Books, helping to promote literacy throughout the United States. Hickman is a current board member of AAIM (Austin Area Interreligious Ministries) and Folk Alliance International, and has served on numerous occasions on the Board of Governors of NARAS (The Recording Academy/The Grammys), as an advisory board member for ARTS, and the Honorary Chair for Humana’s Women Helping Women Awards Ceremony and Convention.
