Jennifer Hayghe has performed in solo recitals and made orchestral appearances throughout the world, including the United States, Europe and Asia. Hayghe received her bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees from The Juilliard School, where she was the last student of the legendary artist-teacher Adele Marcus. 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.
Hayghe has performed and taught as a soloist and chamber musician at universities and colleges throughout the country as well as appearing as a concerto soloist with various orchestras throughout the United States. She has performed in major chamber music series, including Bargemusic in New York and the Garth Newel Center for Music series in Virginia, and has taught chamber music throughout the United States and Central America.
Hayghe is currently Chair of the Roser Keyboard and Piano Area at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Formerly an Associate Professor of Piano at Ithaca College and the Barineau Endowed Professor of Piano at Louisiana State University, she has given masterclasses at universities and colleges throughout the country as well as at the Manhattan School of Music, the New York University Piano Master Class Series and Mannes College of Music pre-college. Hayghe has been a presenter and panelist at the College Music Society and Music Teachers National Association national conferences and she has served as a featured artist at music teachers’ conventions in New York, Louisiana, Texas, Missouri, Alabama, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and Virginia. Hayghe is currently on the faculty of the Brancaleoni International Music Festival in Italy
Hayghe lives with her husband, Robert McGaha, and son William in Erie, CO.