David Hayes (born May 15, 1963 in Framingham, Massachusetts) is an American conductor. Hayes was educated at the University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music (BM cum laude, musicology) and the Curtis Institute of Music (Diploma in Orchestral Conducting) where his teacher was Otto-Werner Mueller. In addition, he studied viola with Richard Rusack at Hartt and conducting with Charles Bruck at the Pierre Monteux School in Hancock, ME. David Hayes serves on the Board of Directors of Chorus America, the national service organization for choruses.