Professor Craig Hayes Presents United Music and Arts Conference 2022

RENOWNED CHOIR DIRECTOR, SONGWRITER AND RADIO PERSONALITY PROFESSOR CRAIG HAYES, EMBARKS UPON FIRST EVER MUSIC CONFERENCE 

UNITED MUSIC AND ARTS CONFERENCE COMES TO FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, JULY 11-14 

PHILADELPHIA, PA (Monday, June 27, 2022) – The name Craig Hayes has been ringing bells in the gospel music industry for well over 30 years, first as choir director for one of the East  coast choral gems, Craig Hayes and United Voices, and also as a sought after songwriter for artists such as Hezekiah Walker, Pastor David Wright, John P. Kee, Wilmington Chester Mass Choir and others. 

In addition to being a longtime board member of the Gospel Music Workshop of America, Director of Creative Arts at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Burlington, NJ and an award winning radio personality and Program Director at five time Stellar Award winning WIMG 1300 AM in Trenton, New Jersey, “The Professor”, as he is affectionately known, has decided to take all of his industry knowledge and share it with aspiring artists,  musicians, producers and songwriters with the first annual United Music and Arts Conference.

The conference will be taking place in the sunshine state, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida from Monday, July 11 through Thursday, July 14 at the Doubletree Suites by Hilton. 

Conference facilitators include a bevy of Grammy, Stellar, Dove, BMI and ASCAP winners that include: Craig Hayes, Stephen Hurd, JJ Hairston, Patrick Love, Brent Jones, Fred Jerkins,  Patrick Lundy, A. Jeffrey LaValley and Hezekiah Walker. 

Additionally, there will also be nightly performances from some of the nation’s top choirs and soloists like: Carnel Davis and Incorporated to Praise, Lucinda Moore, Thomas Ware, Larenz Johnson and Tampa Mass Choir, Anita Fowler, Montrae Tisdale & Friends Chorale, Lamont Sanders, Jay Williams and Total Praise, Derrick McAlister and Anointed Voices of Praise, JVR Music Group, David Walker and High Praise, Jessica Toni, Micah Lee, The Frierson   Brothers St.Thomas Gospel Choir, Corey Edwards and The Florida Fellowship Super Choir, Sensere, and a special event ALL WHITE live recording by the UMAC Conference Choir. 

Online registration is now open at umaconline.com 

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