Dr. Christopher Hayes from Ohio University
An active performing artist, Christopher Hayes has appeared at national and international events including the Newport Music Festival, Music Educators National Conference, International Trombone Association conference, and the International Trumpet Guild conference. He has performed and/or presented master classes at many universities including Indiana University, the Eastman School of Music, University of Louisville, University of Michigan, and the University of North Texas. Hayes is principal trombonist with the Ohio Valley Symphony and, as a member of the Ohio University School of Music faculty brass quintet “OhioBrass”, he has performed throughout the region, including appearances at the Music Teachers National Association conference and Ohio Music Educators conference.
In demand as a clinician and adjudicator, Hayes’ affiliations include serving as educational clinician for the Conn/Selmer company. He has presented research at two Music Educators National Conferences, at the College Band Directors National Conference, and has published several articles in the International Trombone Journal. Hayes is also the past chairman of the annual International Trombone Week, which promotes the trombone through a series of performances around the world during the first week of April. Last year, this event included over 700 trombonists in 12 countries.
In the summer, Hayes has served on the faculties of the Steven Foster Music Camp in Richmond, Kentucky and the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan. In 2007, he spent two weeks performing concerts at venues around Austria as part of the 31st annual Classical Music Festival.
Hayes has an extensive background as a conductor at the university level. In addition to his trombone duties, Hayes served as Associate Director of Bands at both Murray State and Eastern Kentucky Universities. He has appeared as a guest conductor at colleges and festivals around the nation, and has been widely sought as a clinician and adjudicator.
Prior to his appointment at Ohio University in 2000, Hayes held similar teaching positions at Eastern Kentucky University and Murray State University. Dr. Hayes completed his undergraduate study at the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, NY and at the University of Louisville, completing the BM in trombone performance and BME in music education. He earned the MM in trombone from the University of Louisville and completed his Ph.D in music education at the University of Missouri.
Chris and his wife Michele have been married for 18 years. Michele teaches elementary music in their home town of Athens, Ohio, and is an active performer on horn. Their son Peter is 8 years old and enjoys third grade, playing the piano, and anything related to Star Wars. Michele and Chris’ second child, Benjamin was born in 2001. He was born 10 weeks premature and died from complications due to his prematurity when he was 16 months old. Since his death, Michele and Chris have been volunteers for the March of Dimes whose mission is to find the cause and a cure for premature birth. The team they founded in Ben’s memory is consistently one of the top family teams in the nation.
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