Steve Aho has become one of Los Angeles’ busiest and most sought-after musicians of his generation. His playing has appeared in feature film soundtracks, national TV broadcasts such as The Jay Leno Show, PBS Great Performances, Canada AM, The Dr. Phil Show, TV commercials, national sports broadcasts, audio sample libraries, and numerous album projects. Equally comfortable playing drums, vibraphone, percussion, or keyboards, he has worked with such musical luminaries as Tony Bennett, John Williams, David Foster, Andrea Bocelli, Natalie Cole, Reba McEntire, Katherine Jenkins, Charice, BeBe and CeCe Winans, Tom Scott, Joe Chiccarelli, Peter Asher, Chad and Jeremy, Nathaniel Kunkel, Michael Lloyd, Neil Sedaka, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Patti Austin, and Michael Feinstein.

Steve's musical career has taken him to perform in five continents and in 49 U.S. states. He plays drums and serves as music director for Warner Brothers recording artist William Joseph, with whom he has toured with Il Divo, Katherine Jenkins, and Josh Groban, and has recently begun working with the Canadian pop/opera group Destino . Well versed in many different styles of music, he has performed worldwide with jazz vocalist Monica Mancini and spent a two-year tenure touring with Engelbert Humperdinck. In recent years he also performed regularly with Peter and Gordon, a British-invasion duo comprised of producer Peter Asher and now-deceased vocalist Gordon Waller. In addition to touring for approximately four months each year with various artists, he has performed for the Academy Awards and the Emmy Awards.



Steve began graduate school as a teaching assistant at the University of Miami in 1999. While living in Miami, he played and recorded with many of the area’s top Latin, pop, and jazz artists and also performed regularly with the Florida Philharmonic, Florida Grand Opera, Miami City Ballet, Palm Beach Opera, Palm Beach Symphony, Palm Beach Pops and New World Symphony. UM provided him with the opportunity to share the stage with such notables as Kenny Werner, Michael Brecker, Dave Liebman, Byron Stripling and Jiggs Whigham. Steve also developed an active playing and recording career outside of the university, including a one-month international tour with the Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble of Tokyo, a week-long residency at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, an extended tour in Germany, and continuous work with various Detroit-area jazz musicians.

Steve was appointed to the percussion faculty at the University of Miami in 2001. Besides teaching percussion, drum set, and jazz improvisation at the University of Miami, he served as an adjunct faculty member at Florida Memorial College for two years.