Background
Hayes was born on The Wirral, but moved at the age of two and a half to the village of Warkworth in Northumberland.
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Career
Hayes was a finalist in British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2 Folk Awards for three years in a row (2000-2002) and has been nominated for the 2015 Composer of The Year in the Scots Trad Music Awards. She learnt recorder, piano and the flute. Folk singer Sandra Kerr lived nearby and encouraged Hayes to listen to folk music
She also attend Folkworks summer schools and workshops in Newcastle upon Tyne.
After being a finalist in the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2 Folk Awards for three years in a row (2000-2002), she attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2005. There she was awarded a Masters in Music Performance (with distinction)
Hayes also plays in three classical chamber ensembles, two other folk groups, and tutors at summer schools for Folkworks Junior School, Tinto School, and at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Achievements
Membership
She is best known as a member of the indie-folk band Admiral Fallow, but is also a solo artist. In 2007 Hayes became a founding member of Brother Louis Collective, forerunner to Admiral Fallow, after meeting fellow band members in college.
