Dr. Robert Hayden is a founding member of Musica Dolce. During his professional music career, he has performed with the U.S. Air Force Band, the Georgetown, Annapolis, and Baltimore Symphonies and spent six years touring the United States and Canada while leading his own five piece musical ensemble. He holds music degrees from Ithaca College and Catholic University, as well as a DMD degree from the University of Connecticut and a post doctoral orthodontic certificate from Emory University. He has recently retired from an active orthodontic practice in Westerly and Block Island.