Dr. Paul Hayes

Paul Hayes is a diverse percussionist, playing in a variety of musical settings including: orchestral, concert band, jazz, percussion ensemble, world percussion and church music. He currently resides in Memphis, TN and is a D.M.A student at the University of Memphis, where he studies with Dr. Bill Shaltis, pursuing his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Percussion. He is a current member of the World Percussion Committee for the Percussive Arts Society. He performs as one half of Unfiltered Duo, a percussion and clarinet duet with Amy Humberd, as well as performing various freelance gigs in the Memphis area.

Formerly, Hayes resided in Knoxville, TN where he was the Percussion Professor at Pellissippi State Community College. While there, he taught percussion lessons and directed the percussion ensemble. He was also an instructor at School of Rock where he taught drum set lessons, directed the Rock 101 performance group, and taught their beginning and intermediate drum set camp.

Paul has performed with various orchestras throughout North Central Illinois and East Tennessee. He holds both a Masters and Bachelors of Music in Percussion performance from Lee University where he studied with Dr. Andy Harnsberger and Richard Henson. Paul has also studied World Percussion with Yshai Afterman.