Declan Hayden is a drummer & percussionist based in New York City. He currently holds the Percussion chair for the Les Misérables US Tour. From 2021-2025 he performed in Europe and North America with STOMP. Other recent performance engagements include orchestras like the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, as well as contemporary music and arts organizations like Art Bath NYC and EMAS Kansas City.
Declan has guest lectured at the New York University Broadway Percussion Seminar, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, the University of South Florida, Western Oregon University, and High Point University.
Declan studied percussion with Rusty Burge and Jim Culley at UC-CCM.