Lacey Hays was born and raised on a farm in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. At the age of 9 she began playing the trumpet. Professionally, Lacey has enjoyed a career in numerous settings. She has played with the Wichita Grand Opera in Kansas, the Teatro Verdi in Italy, and the Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra in Mexico.  As a member of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas since 2005, Lacey has performed at numerous national and international music festivals throughout the world with the including:  The 7th International Music and Arts Festival at the Vatican, Campos do Jordão in Brazil, Musica Riva Festival in Italy, Young Euro Classic in Berlin, Menton Music Festival in France, Great Waters International Music Festival in New Hampshire, Music Festival for Peace in Chicago, Le Domaine Forget, Le Festival Bel Canto in Quebec and many others. She studied at Interlochen in Michigan and The Aspen Music Festival in Colorado. She has also performed at Spoleto USA in South Carolina. She has proudly been a part of the Alfredo de Saint Malo Music Festival of Panama since its inception.

Lacey has played under the baton of Placido Domingo, Gustavo Dudamel, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Marco Boemi, Helmuth Rilling, Larry Rachleff, Julius Rudel, and Itzhak Perlman.  She has Bachelor Degrees from The University of Oklahoma and a Master of Music from Rice University in Houston.  Currently she and her husband live in Dallas, Texas where Lacey teaches private trumpet lessons and music classes at Mountain View College with colleagues Isaac Casal and Victor Soto, both of Panama.