Justin Aramati received his Master of Music degree in Music Education from The Boston Conservatory in May 2006 as a member of the first graduating class in this degree program. At this time, he was invited to become a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society. While at The Boston Conservatory, Mr. Aramati created the first annual Music Education Awareness Day, a Boston Conservatory event which helps students of music performance learn what they may need should they choose to teach, and also aids in the recruiting of students for the Master of Music in Music Education degree program. He also designed word-processor templates which music teachers can use to help plan their rehearsals; these templates were adopted by the Music Education Department at The Boston Conservatory, and are now a required part of assignments given to master’s students. Before getting his master’s degree, Mr. Aramati graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor of Music degree in Clarinet Performance.

As a music teacher, Mr. Aramati has worked extensively in the Preparatory School at the New England Conservatory. He currently serves as the Assistant Conductor of the Junior Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble alongside director (and Lexington music teacher) David Samour; he has held this position since April 2004. Before beginning in this capacity, Mr. Aramati was also called on several times by both the Junior and Senior Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensembles for clarinet sectionals and coaching. In addition, Mr. Aramati served as Woodwind Coach for the Festival Youth Orchestra during the summers of 2002 and 2003. Outside of N.E.C., Mr. Aramati is also active as a private clarinet teacher.

As a clarinetist, Mr. Aramati has performed extensively throughout the United States and Europe, including multiple guest appearances with the United States Air Force Band of Liberty. Mr. Aramati has recorded with various ensembles for Mode Records, and has participated in United States- and World-Premieres of new music. Perhaps most notably, Mr. Aramati was invited to participate in a concert given as part of a birthday celebration for the influential contemporary composer John Zorn, a performance at which Zorn himself was present.

Mr. Aramati first came to Lexington High School with his fellow Boston Conservatory music education students in February 2005 to learn about the school’s excellent music program and to observe the program’s faculty. Later that fall, Mr. Aramati returned to Lexington as a student teacher under Jeffrey P. Leonard, David Samour and Daniel Riley. In 2006, Mr. Aramati applied for the newly available position of Band Director at LHS and was subsequently hired.

To work in the art of music at a school with such a strong Fine and Performing Arts Department, alongside a remarkably talented and supportive faculty, in a community that supports the arts is a dream-come-true for this musician and teacher. Most of all, though, Mr. Aramati is thrilled to work with the dedicated and intelligent students that populate the ensembles and classes around him. It is for them that he is here.