Composers

While serving as Assistant Professor of Music and staff arranger at Troy State University and Auburn University in his home state of Alabama, Jim penned the only official publication of the Alabama State Song for band and chorus, and served as arranger and Music Director for the Miss Georgia Pageant. More than 85 arrangements were published with Hal Leonard Publishing Company for augmented stage band, called the "Studio Lab Band Series."Jim played lead trumpet for the Auburn Knights Orchestra, Billy Butterfield, June Christy, Warren Covington and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and Fred Waring's "Kid From Home."  His works have been performed at gatherings of the Music Educators National Conference, National Bandmasters Association, American Bandmasters Association, and  Western International Band Conference. Jim is a member of Phi Beta Mu National Music Honorary and American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. He now resides in San Antonio, Texas, where he continues to write for several well-known publishing companies, including commissions for concert bands over the United States. His works may be reviewed on his website, www.jimmahaffey.com, and are featured on two cd recordings titled "New Horizons: Concert Music of Jim Mahaffey," and big band jazz "Live at the Radius: The Music of Jim Mahaffey."

Contact Jim Mahaffey at:  maclarkey 'at' yahoo.com