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Beth Morgan
Drumline Instructor

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​Beth Morgan is a professional percussionist and music educator in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Currently, she is the Band Director at Carl Sandburg Middle School  in Fairfax County. She is also the percussion director at Hayfield Secondary School and the Front Ensemble instructor at West Springfield High School.

Ms. Morgan earned her Bachelors of Music in Music Education from James Madison University. There she studied percussion with Bill Rice and Joshua Smith. She earned her Masters of Music in Percussion Performance from George Mason University. While at Mason, she studied with John Kilkenny, John Spirtas, and Joe McCarthy. Ms. Morgan has also studied with Al Merz, Bill Messerschmidt. and Dan Helm. She was a participant in the Leigh Howard Stevens Summer Seminar and the Alan Abel Percussion Seminar.

Ms. Morgan maintains an active performing career as an orchestral and rudimental percussionist. She performed with the City of Washington Pipe Band from 2010 to 2013.  She is currently a tenor, snare, and bass drummer with MacMillan United Pipe Bands and the Northern Virginia Firefighters Emerald Society Pipe Band. She was a member of the 2015 MacMillan Grade 3 band that won the North American Pipe Band Championships in Maxville, Ontario. Ms. Morgan also performs with the Fairfax Wind Symphony and the Fairfax Chamber Players.Her professional affiliations include the Virginia Music Educators Association, National Association of Music Education, Percussive Arts Society, and the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association. Currently, Ms. Morgan resides in Washington, DC. 

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Amy Sesay
Color Guard Instructor

Amy Sesay has served as the color guard instructor at Hayfield since 2020. Under her instruction, the Marching Hawks Color Guard has won numerous caption awards. Ms. Sesay also instructs the award-winning Hayfield Winterguard, who recently placed first in the Scholastic Regional A1 class at the Atlantic Indoor Association Championships in Spring 2023.
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Stefan Griffin
Drumline Instructor

Stefan “Griff” Griffin has been performing for audiences all over the world for 20 years as a percussionist, drummer and band leader. Trained in both the classical percussion and drum set idioms, he has had the honor of performing for millions of people, spanning the shores of Cape Verde to the streets of Italy, and from the illustrious Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Scotland to being a featured performer as a jazz soloist on drums in Times Square for NY Fleet Week. Mr. Griffin was the winner of the 2006 Rowan University Orchestra Soloist competition, culminating in his performance of Keiko Abe’s “Prism Rhapsody for Marimba and Orchestra” with the Rowan University Orchestra and members of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Mr. Griffin is a veteran of the United States Navy music program, in which he was an active duty sailor from 2009-1015. He graduated from the Naval Music School with honors and the illustrious “Instructor Qualification”, and currently has the highest performance score for percussion in the school’s history. He was Navy Band Northeast’s “Blue-Jacket of the Year” and was the band leader for the jazz group “The Bluejackets” while stationed with Navy Band Great Lakes, which has the distinction of being the first Navy Band to make the “trending” page on Twitter for their performance at the “Jazz on the Green” festival in Omaha, NE for an audience of over 11,000.

Mr. Griffin obtained his Masters (M.M.) in Percussion Performance from the University of Rhode Island, where he studied with Dr. Kyle Forsthoff.  He obtained his BA in Music from Rowan University, where he studied with Dean Witten and Jim Miller.

Stefan is the Percussion Caption Head and Arranger/Composer with the award winning Hayfield Secondary School Marching Band and Indoor Percussion Ensemble, and teaches K-6 General Music at Mount Vernon Woods Elementary School, both in Alexandria, Virginia.

When not performing, he loves spending time with his beautiful daughter, running, and weight training.

hayfield Secondary School
​7630 Telegr
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Alexandria, VA 22315

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    • 2024-2025 >
      • Hawk Flight (AUG 15)
      • Tag Day (AUG 24)
      • vs. West Springfield HS (AUG 29)
      • Parent Preview (Sep 13)
      • vs. Annandale HS (Sep 13)
      • Woodgrove Classic (Sep 21)
      • Herndon Showcase (Sept 28)
      • Football vs. Falls Church (Oct 4)
      • Football vs. Edison (Oct 10)
      • Homecoming Parade (Oct 25)
      • Football vs. Riverdale Baptist (Oct 25)
      • VBODA Marching Assessment (Oct 26)
      • Football vs. Justice (Oct 30)
      • Marching Banquet (Nov 12)
    • 2023-2024 >
      • MH Seniors and Sectionals 2023
      • MH Individual Photos 2023
      • Band Camp - Week 1 (31JUL-4AUG)
      • Band Camp - Week 2 (7-11AUG)
      • Band Camp - Pool Party (9AUG)
      • Hawk Flight (17AUG)
      • Tag Day #1 (19AUG)
      • Pre-Game Rehearsal (25AUG)
      • vs. West Springfield HS (25 AUG)
      • vs Annandale (08 SEP)
      • vs. Chantilly & 8th Grade Night (14 SEP)
      • vs. South County HS (22 SEP)
      • Herndon Showcase of Bands (30 SEP)
      • vs. Edison (6 OCT)
      • Homecoming vs Mount Vernon (13 OCT)
      • VBODA Marching Assessment (21 OCT)
      • Liberty VMBC State Championship (28 OCT)
      • Hayfield Farms Halloween Parade (29 OCT)
      • Tri-M Trunk-or-Treat (30 OCT)
      • vs. Lewis-Senior Night (3 NOV)
      • 2023 Marching Band Banquet (8 NOV)
      • HS Winter Concert (5 DEC)
      • Spring Concert (MAY 21)
      • Spring Banquet (MAY 28)
    • 2022-2023 >
      • 05/23/2023 Spring Concert
      • 04/29/2023 Anything Goes (Pit)
      • 04/20/2023 Spring Marching Band Experience
      • 03/25/2023 Winterguard Competition at South County
      • 03/04/2023 VBODA Band Assessment Concert
      • 02/18/2023 Winterguard at Mount Vernon
      • 02/16/2023 HS Pre-Assessment Concert
      • 02/16/2023 MS Pre-Assessment Concert
      • 02/07/2023 Pep Band and Winterguard
      • 02/04/2023 Winterguard Comp Patriot
      • 02/04/2023 All District Band
      • 12/14/2022 Winter Band Concert
      • 11/10/2022 Marching Band Awards Banquet
      • 11/05/2022 Home vs. Edison - Senior Night
      • 10/29/2022 JMU Parade of Champions
      • 10/28/2022 Trunk or Treat
      • 10/25/2022 Fall Band Concert
      • 10/23/2022 Hayfield Farms Halloween Parade
      • 10/22/2022 VBODA
      • 10/17/2022 Tri-M Induction Ceremony
      • 10/15/2022 Loudon Invitational
      • 10/07/2022 Homecoming
      • 09/24/2022 Colgan Classic
      • 09/23/2022 Away Game Vs West Springfield
      • 09/16/2022 Home vs. Marshall
      • 0​9/09/2022 Home vs Falls Church
      • 08/27/2022 Tag Day 2
      • 08/26/2022 Home vs. Lake Braddock High School
      • 08/23 and 08/24/2022 Band Practice
      • 08/20/2022 Tag Day 1
      • 08/18/2022 Hawk's Flight
      • 08/16/2022 Marching Band Practice
      • 08/2022 Band Camp Week Two
      • 08/2022 Band Camp Week One
    • 2021-2022 >
      • 05/19/2022 Spring Concert
      • 04/21/2022 Hayfield Band Experience
      • 03/31/2022 Friends & Family Performance
      • 02/19/2022 Drum Line 1st Competition
      • 02/18/2022 Baltimore trip
      • 02/17/2022 Pre-Assessment Concert
      • 02/05/2022 All District Band
      • 12/10/2021 Tiny Tots Concert
      • 12/09/2021 Hayfield Band Winter Concert
      • 12/03/2021 Caroling at Hayfield Elementary
      • 11/09/2021 MB Awards Night
      • 10/30/2021 Trunk or Treat
      • 10/28/2021 Band Practice
      • 10/26/2021 Fall Concert
      • 10/24/2021 Hayfield Farms Halloween Parade
      • 10/23/2021 VBODA
      • 10/22/2021 Homecoming vs. Lewis
      • 10/16/2021 JMU Parade of Champions
      • 10/15/2021 Home vs. Annandale High School
      • 10/04/2021 Tri-M induction ceremony
      • 10/02/2021 Competition South County
      • 09/25/2021 Competition Colgan Classic
      • 09/24/2021 Home Vs. West Springfield
      • 09/02/2021 Home vs/ South County
      • 08/28/2021 Tag Day 2
      • 08/21/2021 Tag Day 1
      • 08/19/2021 Band Camp Cook Out
      • 08/2021 Hawk Flight
      • 08/11/2021 Band Camp Pool Party
      • 08/2021 Band Camp Spirit Week
      • 08/2021 Band Camp
    • 2020-2021 >
      • 05/01/2021 Hayfield Band Experience
  • Boosters
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