Jason Aiello is the Director of Sinfonia and a cello coach for Elemental Strings. He is currently in his fifth year of teaching orchestra and piano at Santa Monica High School. Jason graduated with honors from UCLA in 2006, as the recipient of the Joyce Fahlman Fellowship. While at UCLA, Jason studied music education with Dr. Frank Heuser, cello with Antonio Lysy, and did his student teaching at Santa Monica High School. Currently, Jason is serving as president-elect on the board of the California Orchestra Directors Association, where his primary responsibilities have included creating and maintaining the CODA website and auditioning high school cellists for the CODA Honor Orchestras and the CMEA All-State Orchestra.
