Nicholas C. Efstathiou

Nicholas C. Efstathiou is the Director of Bands at Jeff Davis High School, Hazlehurst, Georgia (2019-current). A native of Panama City, he has served as band director at Bay High School (2006-2019). Nicholas has earned his Music Education Specialist Degree from Piedmont University, Master's Degree, and Bachelor's Degree from Troy University. He is currently serving on the board of the Southeastern United States High School and Middle School Concert Band Clinic and Honor Bands at Troy University.

He has served as a motivational speaker, adjudicator, and clinician throughout the southeast. His high school groups have been selected to perform in Chicago's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Orange Bowl Parade, the Con Brio Music Festival in Whistler, Canada, and the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland. Nicholas' professional memberships include the Georgia Music Educators Association, NAfME, National Band Association, Music Educator National Conference, Florida Bandmasters Association, Kappa Kappa Psi, FarmHouse Fraternity, and Omicron Delta Kappa, among others. He was selected Bay High's Teacher of the Year for the 2009-2010 school year, elected to Bay District Schools Top Five Teacher of the Year, 2012 Top Ten of Best of Bay Most Influential Person, and the 2012 recipient of the Henshaw-Whitley Teaching Excellence Award.

Nicholas is married to Kelly Efstathiou, a Troy University graduate, who teaches private piano/music lessons and is a singer/songwriter for Kelly Alayna. Together, they have two children, Alayna and Ace.