Though Tullier, 33, has made a name for herself in Nashville as a singer-songwriter winning the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Foundation Sammy Cahn Lyric Writing Award in 2014 and having a song in the 2021 film, “The Mauritanian,” starring Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch and Shailene Woodley, her interest in music was first sparked right here in Annapolis.