Chad Hughes

Chad “Sir Wick” Hughes, PhD is currently the Director of Bands at Morehouse College was born in Detroit, Michigan, graduating from Cass Technical High School. Dr. Hughes studied composition under James Aikman, Erik Santos, Bright Sheng, Curtis Curtis-Smith, Dinos Constantinides, Craig Weston, and Pulitzer-Prize winning composer William Bolcom. His compositions and arrangements have been premiered and performed by the Boston Symphony, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Morehouse College, Graceland University, Indianapolis Pops Symphony, University of Memphis, University of Michigan, Alcorn State University, Bowling Green State University, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Clark Atlanta University, Baker University, and Montana State University.

Dr. Hughes has been commissioned by Weston Sprott, Acting Principal Trombonist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Kenneth Thompkins, Principal Trombonist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. As an adjudicator and clinician, Hughes has been active in the state of Michigan, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, and Tennessee. 

Dr. Hughes is a Conn Selmer trombone artist (Bach).