Dr. Christopher Hayes currently serves as Chair of the Music Division of the UMKC Conservatory. Prior to that appointment, he served in various roles at Ohio University including three years as Associate Dean of the College of Fine Arts, ten years as Director of the School of Music and twelve years as Professor of Trombone.
As an administrator, he has been selected to represent Ohio University at the Mid-American Conference Academic Leadership Program, has completed the Management Development Program at Harvard University, has presented at the National Association of Schools of Music Conference, and is a past President of the Ohio Association of Music Schools.
As a performer, he 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 universities including Indiana University, University of Louisville, University of Michigan, UNLV, the Eastman School of Music, and the University of North Texas. Hayes has performed as an orchestral musician with the Columbus Symphony, West Virginia Symphony, Lexington Philharmonic, Owensboro Symphony and others. As a member of the Ohio University School of Music faculty brass quintet "OhioBrass", he performed extensively, 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 five National Association for Music Education national conferences, at the College Band Directors National Conference, and has published several articles in the International Trombone Journal.
Hayes founded the OHIO Summer Music Camp and has served on the faculties of the Steven Foster Music Camp in Richmond, Kentucky the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Michigan.
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-Columbia.
