John Hegner is an accomplished musician, composer, songwriter, producer, and engineer.John began his journey in music with piano lessons at age 6 and composed his first song at age 12. He attended high school at the renowned Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan. John continued his musical training at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and Berklee College of Music in Boston. He was staff composer for three years at Editel/Boston and operated John Hegner Music for ten years in New York City.In 2003, he returned to the Midwest to build his recording studio, Starbell Hatchery. In its beautiful and serene rural setting, John has focused on his songwriting and solo piano composition, while exploring collaboration between music and other art forms. He continues to produce sound recordings for established and upcoming artists.John composed the score for the feature film, Macbeth in Manhattan, directed by Greg Lombardo, and for the short feature, Caught in Time, directed by Abigail Zealey-Bess.