Richard Aaron serves as Professor of Cello at the University of Michigan and The Juilliard School. Previously he taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the New England Conservatory.  Mr. Aaron has given master classes around the world and across North America, including at such prominent music programs as Rice University, the Oberlin Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, Mannes College of Music, and The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. In addition to his time at the Heifetz Institute, Mr. Aaron has been on the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival since 2003, and has taught at many other summer music institutes including the Indiana University String Academy, Calgary Music Bridge, Peter the Great Music Festival (Groningen, Holland), Chautauqua Institution (New York), the Idyllwild Summer Program (California), and the Marrowstone Music Festival in Port Townsend, Washington. Mr. Aaron was a member of the Elysian Piano Trio at Baldwin Wallace College for 14 years, and continues an active chamber music performance schedule.