Born and raised in the San Gabriel Valley, Soli Jones (they/them) is a performer, music educator, and arranger. Soli holds a BM in oboe performance from the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at Cal State Long Beach where they received the Cole Scholarship and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2019. Soli also received an MM from UCLA in oboe performance in 2021 and was selected for the Max H. Gluck Fellowship, performing in educational chamber music concerts across Los Angeles. As a student, Soli has studied with Victoria Sabonjohn, Jessica Pearlman-Fields, Joe Stone, Claire Brazeau, and Dr. Jonathan Davis. As an educator, Soli has experience teaching oboe group classes, coaching woodwind sectionals, chamber music, and ensembles, as well as private lessons on oboe, flute, piano, and ukulele. Soli is an oboe Teaching Artist with the LA Phil's Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA). Across Los Angeles and Orange County, Soli performs on oboe, English horn, and the electric wind instrument (EWI). Soli enjoys performing in large ensembles, chamber ensembles, and for musicals.