Jamie Hafner

Jamie Hafner is Director Emeritus of Bands at The University of Toledo and Director Emeritus of Education at the Brevard Music Center. He is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, music honorary fraternity and Phi Beta Mu, national bandmasters honorary fraternity. He is an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, national music fraternity and Kappa Kappa Psi, honorary band fraternity. He is past president of the Mid American Conference Band Directors Association and has degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He has been an Honorary Fellow in Conducting at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Michigan.

Professor Hafner has performed as a tubist with the United States Military Academy Band at West Point, the Savannah Symphony, the Toledo Symphony, The University ot Toledo Faculty Brass Quintet, and the Brevard Music Center Orchestra. He is a founding member of the International Tuba-Euphonium Association and has been commended by that group for his service as a teacher and performer.

As a conductor, Professor Hafner has earned the praises of composers Ulysses Kay, Vincent Persichetti, Robert Ward, Karel Husa, Fisher Tull, Martin Mailman, Ron Nelson and others for his interpretations of their music for band. In 1974, Professor Hafner received the University of Toledo's Outstanding Teaching Award, an honor which he holds in high esteem.

Mr. Hafner is also a member of the National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians and maintains a shop specializing in the repair and restoration of quality wind instruments.