Ken Haddix Associate Director of Bands - Professor of Trombone Studies BME, University of Louisville MM, University of Kentucky (Performance) DMA, Candidate, University of Kentucky 109 Foster Music Building • 521 Lancaster Ave. • Richmond, KY 40475-3102 • • EKU Phone: (859) 622-1429 • EKU Fax: (859) 622-1333 ken.haddix@eku.edu |
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Ken Haddix is Associate Director of Bands and
Professor of Trombone at Eastern Kentucky University where he
directs the "Marching Colonels", the "Colonel" Pep Band, the University
Concert Band, the trombone choir, and is in charge of the trombone
studio. He earned a Bachelor of Music in Performance from Indiana
University, a Bachelor of Music Education from the University
of Louisville, a Master of Music in Performance from the University
of Kentucky, and is currently working toward a Doctorate in Music
also at the University of Kentucky. Prior to his appointment at
EKU, Ken taught for ten years in the public schools in Kentucky.
He has also taught at Murray State University and Western Kentucky
University, respectively.
Ken has studied trombone with some of the finest teachers in the country including Lewis Van Haney, formerly with the New York Philharmonic; Keith Brown, formerly with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra; and Ed Anderson, formerly with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra. He has also had additional studies with Joseph Alessi, Charles Vernon, John Marcellus, Buddy Baker, and James Miller. He currently performs with the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, the EKU Brass Quintet, the Owensboro Symphony Brass Quintet, and has played with the Louisville Orchestra, the Lexington Philharmonic, the Evansville Philharmonic, the Bowling Green/Western Symphony, and the Lost River Cave Big Band. He has also performed with such artists as Doc Severenson, Allen Vizzuti, Jeff Tyzik, Roger Williams, Larnel Harris, B. J. Thomas, Jonell Mosser, and The Hollywood Brass, to name a few. He is an active member of the Kentucky Music Educators Association, has served on the Festival Commission of KMEA, was president-elect of the Third District Music Educator's Association, and is a member of the International Trombone Association, the College Band Director's National Association, and the Music Teacher's National Association. He is also a member of Phi Beta Mu and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He is active as a soloist, adjudicator, and is a clinician for the Bach/Selmer Corporation. This page has been visited
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