Mary Kay Gray, Jamey Haddad and their daughter Georgia James Haddad at the
Lebanese Syrian American Junior League 2010
As I see it, my main job is to empower students with
How important is the support of your wife Mary
believing in themselves, which starts with loving
Kay in allowing you to pursue your career as a
yourself no matter how much talent you have. I
musician?
continually see tremendously talented artists who fail
as humans and subsequently never reach the level that
Yes, my wife is the real superstar around here! First
their artistry requests of them. To my way of thinking
off her role as a devoted mother to our daughter
so many people get it backwards. It is not until they
Georgia has allowed me to travel. Mary Kay's insight
fail miserably in life and in music that their egos can
into the students and student life can account for my
step back and let the universal language and the
becoming a much better teacher. Mary Kay has had
power of vibration help guide them in life and music.
an illustrious career – besides being a wonderfully
Also with all this talk of world music and the open
talented musician herself, she was the Director of
market of sampling and mixing sounds, there comes a
Admissions at Interlochen Academy for the Arts, then
point where I think an artist has to consider what is
the professional Children’s School in NYC, the Dean
really the role of a musician or artist in society.
of Admissions at the Juilliard School for 11 years,