Aida de Arteaga

Upright Bass and Bass Guitar

Aida was a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts/NEA in Jazz and studied in NYC under Rufus Reid. She holds a degree in Expressive Arts from Sonoma State University, studied with Barry Green and the International Society of Bassist, in the Julliard Bassist program under Gary Kan, as well as with Mel Graves from Sonoma State University.  Aida has played with the Napa Valley Symphony for twenty years to date as well as being the Arts Administrator for the California Department of Corrections, where she has developed a fine arts program for San Quentin State Prison; supervising and developing a program with outside visiting artists.  For this endeavor she received a California Arts Grant to support the formation of a Big Band at San Quentin.  She has taught privately in the Sonoma area and at Stanford University’s Jazz program.