Iranian-American conductor Arian Khaefi is Director of Choral Studies at San Diego State University where he directs the choral program and the graduate choral conducting program. In 2017, Khaefi was appointed as Director of the Cornish American Song Institute Choral Scholars Program in the United Kingdom through Oxford University. In 2022 he was appointed Sally and Einar Gall Music Director and Chorus Conductor of La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, and now helms the symphonic chorus through performances of canonic masterworks as well as commissions and new music. Khaefi is in demand as a clinician and guest conductor nationally and internationally.