Patrick Hachey, Roxbury High School Director of Choral Activities and Lead Teacher for the Performing Arts Grades 7-12, has been a music educator for 26 years, and is currently in his 23rd year of teaching at Roxbury High School in Succasunna, NJ. Patrick holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance degree from Indiana University at Bloomington. While studying at IU, he served two years as the assistant director of the world renowned Singing Hoosiers and was a founding member of the well-known men’s a cappella group, Straight No Chaser. In 2011, Patrick was awarded the Singing Hoosiers Alumni Council Distinguished Alumni Award.

Before coming to Roxbury Township, Patrick held choral directing positions at Pequannock Township High School, Pompton Plains, NJ, and Hanover Park High School, East Hanover, NJ. During his time at Roxbury High School, he has conducted Classic Sounds Honors, Roxbury Chorale, Broadway Theatre Show Choir, Sensation, Revelation, Melodies, Glee Club, Madrigals, Concert Choir, Freshman Treble Choir, and the Eighth Grade Chorus at the district’s middle school. Under his direction, Roxbury Melodies, the select treble choir, was selected as a performance ensemble for the 2014 ACDA Eastern Division Conference in Baltimore. In 2019, the Classic Sounds Honors performed at the National Association for Music Education Eastern Division Conference in Pittsburgh. Classic Sounds was also selected to perform at the 2022 ACDA Eastern Region Conference in Boston.
In addition, Patrick serves as Drama Advisor at Roxbury High School, directing both the Fall Drama and the Spring Musical, and has a studio of private voice students. Still active as a lyric baritone in the New York metropolitan area, he has vast experience in solo performance, including classical art song, opera, musical theater, jazz and pop styles.

Patrick was the guest conductor of the 2006 & 2012 Sussex County High School Honors Choirs, the 2008 NJ Region I Mixed Choir, and the 2013 NJ Region II Women’s Choir. In 2017, he was selected to conduct the NJMEA All-State Mixed Choir. Most recently, he conducted the 2026 NJMEA All-State Treble Choir. Patrick is a sought-after choral clinician throughout the Northeast, having adjudicated in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey, and served 15 years as Treasurer for the New Jersey American Choral Directors Association Executive Board.