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John Michael Hayes began his musical career as a Texas All-State
Euphoniumist, graduating from Plano Senior High School in 1979. Mr.
Hayes won the position of Second Trombone in 1982 with the Fort Worth
Symphony Orchestra while completing his Bachelor of Music Degree
in Trombone Performance at the University of Texas – Arlington.
In 1996, Mr. Hayes was promoted to the position of Assistant Principal
Trombone, the position he holds with the FWSO today. Mr. Hayes received
a personal leave of absence from the FWSO to earn a Masters of Music
Degree in Trombone Performance from Northwestern University studying
with the foremost brass instructors of the modern era. His teachers
include Frank Crisafulli, Professor of Trombone at Northwestern and
section trombone with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Arnold Jacobs,
Principal Tuba with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and renown expert
on the human respiratory system; Edward Kleinhammer, Bass Trombonist
with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Vincent Chicowitz, former section
trumpet with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and considered North
America’s foremost expert in brass pedagogy; and John Kitzman,
Professor of Trombone at Southern Methodist University and Principal
Trombone with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Hayes has performed with the critically acclaimed Millar
Brass Ensemble of the Alice Millar Chapel in Evanston, Ill.
and has performed with the Arlington Symphony Orchestra, Civic
Orchestra of Chicago, Dallas Chamber Orchestra, Dallas Symphony
Orchestra, Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra and Shreveport Symphony
Orchestra. Mr. Hayes can also be heard on the current Fort Worth
Symphony Orchestra recordings “The Cliburn: Playing On
The Edge”, “Carmina Burana” and award winning “A
Prairie Portrait” and on Southwestern Seminary Oratorio
Chorus recordings “Deo Gratias” and “ The
Majesty Of Christmas”. Mr. Hayes continues to perform
as a Dallas / Fort Worth freelance soloist, recently performing
Arthur Pryor’s virtuoso solo for trombone “The Blue
Bells Of Scotland” with the Legacy Christian Academy Band
of Frisco, Texas.
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