Joel Ross Hastings, a resident of Tallahassee, Florida, died on May 26. He was 46. Born July 22, 1969, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, he spent his childhood in North Bay and Windsor. He earned degrees in organ (BM) and piano (MM, DMA) from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. At the time of his death he was on the piano faculty at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Hastings performed in venues across North America and Europe and made a number of recordings. He had served as organist at churches in the Windsor and Detroit areas, and was the organist at First Baptist Church of Ann Arbor for eleven years.
Joel Ross Hastings is survived by his wife Charise (Harrison) Hastings, his parents John and Sharon (Stewart) Hastings, his brother Ian (Meaghan) Hastings, his nephew Joseph Henry Hastings, and his niece Willa Grace Hastings.
