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Pianist Jennifer Hayghe has been sought after as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher throughout the United States and in Central America, Europe and Asia. She earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees from the Juilliard School where she was the last student of the legendary artist-teacher Adele Marcus. During her studies, Hayghe won every award possible for a Juilliard pianist to receive, including the William Petschek Debut Award, resulting in her New York City recital debut at Alice Tully Hall. The New York Times stated that “(Hayghe) displayed a well-schooled technique, a lively and engaging personality and remarkable stamina” in her playing, while a critic from The Washington Post wrote: “I have heard very few piano recitals—including those by internationally famous performers—that were as thoughtfully chosen or played with a more assured technical control or a finer sense of the varied styles of the chosen composers. (Hayghe) knows how to create and sustain an atmosphere through subtle variations of tone and phrasing.”

Hayghe has performed and taught at universities and colleges across the country. She has also appeared as a concerto soloist with orchestras throughout the United States including the National Symphony Orchestra, the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra. Hayghe has performed in multiple major chamber music series—including Bargemusic in New York and the Garth Newel Center for Music series in Virginia—and has been a festival artist for Colorado MahlerFest for the past seven years. She has taught chamber music throughout the United States and in Central America, and from 2020 to 2023 she taught and performed as a soloist and chamber musician at the Brancaleoni International Music Festival in Piobbico, Italy.

In demand as a clinician and master class teacher, Hayghe has served as a featured artist at music teachers’ conventions in New York, Louisiana, Texas, Missouri, Alabama, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and Virginia. She has given master classes at universities and colleges throughout the country including the Manhattan School of Music, the New York University Piano Master Class Series and Mannes College of Music Pre-college. Hayghe has also been a presenter and panelist at multiple College Music Society and Music Teachers National Association national conferences.

Currently chair of the Roser Keyboard and Piano Area at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Hayghe was formerly an associate professor of piano at Ithaca College and the Barineau endowed professor of piano at Louisiana State University. She lives in Erie, Colorado, with her husband, Robert McGaha, and her son.

Jennifer Hayghe is a Steinway Artist.

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