Jayme Hayes is the Director of Bands at Mayberry Cultural and Fine Arts Magnet Middle School in Wichita, KS. She earned her bachelor's degrees in Tuba Performance and Music Education from Wichita State University, and her master's degree in Band from the American Band College in Ashland, OR through Sam Houston State University. Hayes has taught Band, Choir, and Orchestra throughout her career, but has spent most of her time teaching 5-12 Band. She received the Kansas Bandmasters Association’s Outstanding Young Bandmaster Award in 2016 and was selected as a 2022 40 under 40 Yamaha Music Educator. Hayes is the SCKMEA Middle School Honor Band Co-Chair, the SCKMEA Music Advocacy Co-Chair, and the KBA Middle School Honor Band Co-Chair. Hayes has been the clinician for various honor bands around the state and also hosts her own summer band camp for her current and past students at Mayberry Middle School. She has presented clinics around Kansas and Iowa for music educators and loves to learn from her colleagues new ways to inspire her students to be their best selves and love music.