PATRICK HACHEY

Patrick Hachey, Director of Choral Activities and Lead Teacher for the Performing Arts Grades

5-12, has been a music educator for 25 years, and is currently in his 21st year of teaching at Roxbury High School. Mr. Hachey holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance degree from Indiana University at Bloomington. While studying at IU, he served two years as the assistant director of the world renowned Singing Hoosiers and was a

founding member of the well-known men’s a cappella group, Straight No Chaser. In 2011, Mr.

Hachey was awarded the Singing Hoosiers Alumni Council Distinguished Alumni Award.

Before coming to Roxbury Township, Mr. Hachey held choral directing positions at

Pequannock Township High School, Pompton Plains, NJ, and Hanover Park High School, East

Hanover, NJ.

During his time at Roxbury High School, he has conducted Classic Sounds Honors,

Roxbury Chorale, Sensation, Revelation, Melodies, Madrigals, Concert Choir, Freshman Treble

Choir, and the Eighth Grade Chorus at the district’s middle school. Under his direction, Roxbury

Melodies, the auditioned treble choir, was selected as a performance ensemble for the 2014 ACDA

Eastern Division Conference in Baltimore. In 2019, the Classic Sounds Honors performed at the

National Association for Music Education Eastern Division Conference in Pittsburgh. Classic

Sounds was also selected to perform at the 2022 ACDA Eastern Region Conference in Boston.

In addition, Mr. Hachey serves as Drama Advisor at Roxbury High School, directing both

the Fall Drama and the Spring Musical, and has a studio of private voice students. Still active as

a lyric baritone in the New York metropolitan area, he has vast experience in solo performance,

including classical art song, opera, musical theater, jazz and pop styles.

Mr. Hachey was the guest conductor of the 2006 & 2012 Sussex County High School

Honors Choirs, the 2008 NJ Region I Mixed Choir, and the 2013 NJ Region II Women’s Choir.

In 2017, Mr. Hachey was selected to conduct the New Jersey All-State Mixed Choir. He is a

sought-after choral clinician throughout the Northeast, having adjudicated in Pennsylvania,

Delaware, and New Jersey, and is currently the Treasurer for the New Jersey American Choral

Directors Association Executive Board.