Michael Hawes is a Bass-Baritone Singer and Trumpet player living in Chicago, Illinois. Michael is the Music Director at St. Cornelius Church in Chicago, where he leads Music from the keys as Cantor, Choir Director and Trumpeter. He is a member of Axiom Brass; an award winning touring Brass Quintet based in Chicago, recent performances have taken them across the country, to the Dominican Republic, Canada and Mexico. He sings frequently with The Crossing in Philadelphia, the Clarion Choir of New York City, Skylark Vocal Ensemble, The Saint Tikhon Choir, Artefact Ensemble, and Seraphic Fire of Miami. As a trumpet player, he has also performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Music of the Baroque Orchestra in Chicago, and the National Symphony of Taiwan. Recent performances have taken him to Taiwan, Russia, the Dominican Republic, France, England, Canada and all across the United States. In 2019 he was honored to sing the role of Priest in the premiere of Benedict Sheehan’s GRAMMY®-nominated Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Find out more about Michael Hawes at michaelhawesmusic.com.