MEET OUR TEAM

Maestro Elaine Rinaldi & Orchestra Miami at the Banyan Bowl

Elaine Rinaldi, Founder and Artistic Director of Orchestra Miami, is a Miami native who has chosen to return home and reinvest in her community. Under her artistic supervision and direction, Orchestra Miami has performed high quality classical music concerts to literally thousands of people through its annual Free Outdoor Concerts and introduced over 25,000 school children to classical music through its collaboration with the MDCPS & Carnegie Hall Link Up Education Concerts.

In addition to her work with Orchestra Miami, Rinaldi is much in demand as an opera conductor. Her recent engagements have included debuts at Mezzano Romantico Summer Festival (Fiera di Primiero, Italy) leading performances of Suor Angelica/Gianni Schicchi and at the Tri-Cities Opera leading sold-out performances of Don Giovanni. To learn more about Elaine, click here!

Ravenna Maera

Company manager

Filipina-American soprano Ravenna Maer began her musical career as a cellist, studying in the local Magnet School system and continuing into college as a Cello Performance major at Florida International University. While there, she made the difficult decision to switch her focus to vocal performance instead and made the change to major in Opera Performance at New World School of the Arts. Ravenna is a long-time member of the chorus of Florida Grand Opera, as well as the soprano section leader and soloist at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral of Miami.

Ravenna has performed with Orchestra Miami several times throughout the years, most recently as Mama Bear in their Family Fun Series production of “Goldie B. Locks and the Three Singing Bears,” and as a member of the chorus in “The Road of Promise.” In addition to her work as a musician, Ravenna is an experienced paralegal and office manager with 12 years’ experience, specializing in retirement accounts and local real estate. When not on stage or assisting Orchestra Miami, she can usually be found outside in the Miami heat on a bicycle or a run trail, training for triathlons and other endurance sports.

Stephanie Jaimes

Director of Education & Outreach

Stephanie Jaimes is a classically-rooted cellist based in Miami who has performed alongside big-name artists such as Björk, Andrea Bocelli, Shakira’s 2020 Super Bowl Halftime show and many more. She is the founder of the event company Miami Vice Music, previously the Director of Events for the Washington Avenue Business Improvement District, and currently serves as the Director of Education and Outreach for Orchestra Miami.

Along with her passion for performing music, Stephanie is an educator, a Teaching Artist, and advocate for social/emotional learning through music.

During her brief residency in New York, Stephanie worked as a Teaching Artist for the Youth Orchestra of St. Luke’s (YOSL) which provided music instruction to at-risk youth in the Hell’s Kitchen area. In addition to teaching, Stephanie also assisted in coordinating YOSL’s involvement with Carnegie Hall’s PlayUSA grant. Stephanie was a Conductor and Teaching Artist for the El Sistema organization Miami Music Project for over 5 years where she taught orchestra and cello to the young students of Little Haiti and Liberty City. In 2021, Stephanie developed her own educational summer program called Cello Fun Fest, geared towards beginning and intermediate young cello students in the Miami Area with a focus on contemporary string playing. Stephanie now serves as Assistant Faculty at the contemporary string program Mike Block String Camp, and as a band coach at Miami Girls Rock Camp.

Luis Iran Reyes

Director of Public Relations

Luis Iran Reyes is an Integrated Creative Director with more than 20 years of experience, working for top-level brands, in the advertising area, specializing in conceptualization, graphic development, and digital marketing, in his native Venezuela. At the same time, he developed a career as a music producer and music video creator for numerous local artists. He has been based in Miami since 2019 and currently serves as Director of Public Relations and Design for the Orchestra Miami.

Mariangel Rivero

Administrative Assistant

Mariangel Rivero is a third-year Computer Science student at Florida International University. She was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, but moved to Miami when she was 14 years old. Her love for arts made her choose a career where she could discover an infinite world of possibilities and combine two of her favorite things in the world: sciences and arts. She currently serves as an Administrative Assistant for Orchestra Miami and loves spending her time watching people enjoy the music.

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