Dr. Alex Hayashi currently teaches at the University of Hawaii as the Lecturer of Oboe. He has taught at and conducted masterclasses throughout the country, including Western Michigan University as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Oboe, the University of Michigan as Visiting Professor, and the University of Arizona, University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory, University of Southern Mississippi, and Bowling Green State University. During the summers, Dr. Hayashi guest teaches and conducts masterclasses in Japan and serves on the oboe faculty for the Hawaii Youth Symphony Pacific Music Institute.
As a performer, Dr. Hayashi is well-versed in large ensemble, chamber music, and solo settings on both oboe and English horn. While based in Honolulu, he performs with Chamber Music Hawaii as the oboist for the Spring Wind Quintet and has also performed with the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra as acting associate principal oboe. In addition to orchestral and chamber performances, he has appeared as a guest soloist with ensembles including the University of Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, the West Point Band, the Rochester Symphony Orchestra (MI), and the WMU Symphony Orchestra. Additional performance credits include Arizona MusicFest, the Detroit Opera Theatre, the Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra, the Las Vegas Philharmonic, the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, and the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Hayashi has also performed internationally at festivals and competitions in Japan, Austria, Switzerland, and the British Isles. In 2017, he was invited to the 4th Barbirolli International Oboe Festival and Competition, where he received the Jennifer Elstub Memorial Prize for his performance of the York Bowen Oboe Sonata. He is a regular member of the TAD Wind Symphony, a wind band based in Tokyo, Japan, led by Takayoshi "TAD" Suzuki.
In 2018, Dr. Hayashi released his debut album, JAPONICA, featuring Japanese works for oboe and piano with University of Michigan faculty member Dr. Matthew Thompson. The album is available through Equilibrium Records. Dr. Hayashi and Dr. Thompson performed a selection from JAPONICA at the 2018 International Double Reed Society Conference held in Granada, Spain.
Dr. Hayashi is also a Certified Personal Trainer (NASM) at Anytime Fitness in Kailua, Hawaii. He is dedicated to integrating music with fitness, specializing in injury prevention and healthy lifestyles for performing artists. Through personal training, he works to promote physical longevity and wellness within the musical community.
Dr. Hayashi’s primary teachers include Dr. Nancy Ambrose King, Dr. Stephen Caplan, and Susan Ochi-Onishi. He holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2011) and both a Master of Music (2013) and Doctor of Musical Arts (2016) from the University of Michigan.
Dr. Alex Hayashi is a Marigaux Artist and performs on a 2001A model.