Hank Fellows performed his songs and spoke to the audience about songwriting, creativity, and following one's dream, on Memorial Day in western Minnesota, May 2011. At the local Memorial Day ceremony, the children's chorus sang Hank's patriotic song "One Heart, One Voice".


A New Jersey children's chorus performed "The Men Who Built America" and "The Spirit of America," May 2018. As the invited guest, Hank spoke to the students and audience about the hard-working people from many different lands who built America with their toil and sweat.


Hank Fellows was a featured speaker at the 2018 Jersey City 9/11 Memorial Ceremony, honoring the 38 residents who died on 9/11/01. Hank spoke about his own family's experience on that day, and the need to teach the legacy of 9/11 to future generations. To view Hank's speech, and many other videos, go to Hank's "Videos" page on this website.


Hank Fellows with the 4th & 5th Grade Choir that performed his song "The Spirit of America" at their Veterans Day event at a Chicago-area elementary school, Nov. 2017.

Hank Fellows (right) accepting a Citation from the New York City Council, Sept. 10, 2006, for his "continued generosity and devotion to the remembrance of September 11th."

Hank Fellows spoke about the need for collaboration in music education, at a Spring Concert in New Jersey where three of his songs were performed, April 2014. To view the video of Hank's speech, click here.


Hank's song "Gloucester, Always Gloucester" was featured in the Discovery Channel documentary "Sacred Cod" about the New England fishing industry, April 2017.


A Massachusetts Church Choir performed "6,000,000" as part of their Holocaust Remembrance Day service, April 2018.


Fifth and Sixth graders in Scotland County, Missouri sang "One Heart, One Voice" for their Veterans Day ceremony, Nov. 2015.


Hank Fellows (back row, center) with school and county officials, and the 3rd Grade class that sang "One Heart, One Voice" at a Veterans Day 2007 ceremony in central Texas.


At the Veterans Day program at a Chicago-area elementary school, Hank held a "master-class" in songwriting for the 4th & 5th Grade Choir that had performed "The Spirit of America" at the event, and sang his songs "The Spirit of America" and "God Protect the Children" for the students, Nov. 2017.


Hank Fellows taking his curtain call after the "Follies" show near Tampa, March 2018, where Hank was the soloist on his song "One Heart, One Voice," backed by the Senior Community Chorus.


Hank's inspirational song "Lay Me Down" was performed by a Sanctuary Choir in central New Jersey, June 2014.


Hank's song "Gloucester, Always Gloucester" was performed at the Mayor's Inauguration in the City of Gloucester,
Mass. on Jan. 1, 2016.


A New Jersey public school chorus performed "6,000,000" at a Kean University ceremony for Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 2014.


Hank Fellows (center), with Gary Nye (left) and John Guarini, the two co-chairmen of the 9/11 Memorial Committee of Jersey City, photographed on 9/11/2016. Hank's songs have been performed at the Jersey City 9/11 commemoration each year since 2006, to honor the 38 Jersey City residents who were killed at the World Trade Center. Hank Fellows also serves as a member of this 9/11 Memorial Committee.


Pianist/vocalist Sid Cherry performed "Halfway to Heaven" and "The Spirit of America" at the Bronx, NY 9/11 Day of Remembrance, while three dancers from the Uptown Dance Company interpreted the songs in dance, Sept. 2012.


At the annual Holocaust commemoration at Kean University (New Jersey), April 2018, a Youth Choir performed "6,000,000" as part of the observance of the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising during World War II.

On Sept. 14, 2017, Hank Fellows received a Citation of Merit from Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., citing the inclusion of Hank's songs "The Spirit of America" and "Halfway to Heaven" in the annual Bronx 9/11 Day of Remembrance since 2003, honoring the 144 Bronx residents who died in the Twin Towers on 9/11/01. Pictured here are Hank and his wife Lorna, with the Borough President.


The Southern Arizona Women's Chorus performed Hank's song "The Spirit of America" at the annual D-Day Ceremony held in Normandy, France, June 6, 2016, to commemorate the Allied landing on the Normandy beaches on June 6, 1944, during World War II.


Hank performed his song "One Heart, One Voice" with a senior community chorus near Tampa, Florida for three sold-out performances of their annual "Follies" show, March 2018. Hank also spoke to the audience about New York City's courageous recovery from the devastation of 9/11.


A New Jersey Fifth Grade chorus of over 100 students performed three of Hank's songs, "6,000,000," "Carry On," and "The Spirit of America" at their Spring Concert. Hank was the invited guest at the Concert, and spoke to the students and audience about the need for collaboration in musical performances between the composer, the musical director, and the performers, April 2014.


A Senior Community Chorus and a High School Show Choir performed "The Spirit of America" at the "Follies" show near Tampa, Florida, March 2018.


During his visit near Tampa, Florida, March 2018, Hank conducted a Songwriting Workshop, explaining the basics of writing, producing, marketing, and performing one's own songs. At key points in his Workshop, Hank performed three of his own songs, and then took questions from the audience.


Hank spoke at the Veterans Day ceremony at a Middle School in northern Georgia, Nov. 2008. The Middle School Chorus sang "My Coat of Many Colors" and "Halfway to Heaven" at this ceremony.


Hank was the guest of honor at a school Christmas program in central Wisconsin, Dec. 2011, where the student chorus sang "The Spirit of America".


Pianist/vocalist Sid Cherry performed "Halfway to Heaven" and "The Spirit of America" at the Bronx, NY 9/11 commemoration, Sept. 2016.


Hank Fellows with the elementary school chorus that performed "God Protect the Children" at a southern Connecticut school's Scholarship Fund Breakfast, May 2014.


Hank was master of ceremonies at the 9/11 ceremony in Bronx, New York in Sept. 2010. Hank's 9/11 songs "The Spirit of America" and "Halfway to Heaven" have been performed at official 9/11 ceremonies in all five boroughs of NYC, and by choruses across America.


Vocalist Daniel Siford performed "The Spirit of America" and "One Heart, One Voice" at a US Coast Guard ceremony where a new volunteer flotilla was chartered, Nov. 2014.


A Church Choir in central Illinois performed "Halfway to Heaven" on Sept. 11, 2011, to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.


Hank Fellows with retired Fire Chief Alexander Santora (FDNY) and his wife Maureen at the Queens, NY 9/11 remembrance ceremony, Sept. 2015, where Hank's songs were performed. The Santora's son, Christopher, at the age of 23, was the youngest firefighter to die at the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.


Hank Fellows with choral director Anita Davidson, whose church choirs and school choruses have performed "The Spirit of America," "6,000,000," "Carry On," "Lay Me Down," and most recently, "The Men Who Built America," in May 2018.