Elaine Ono has served at St. Matthew’s UMC since September 1999. She first started as the church organist and has served as the Music Director since 2009. She is a graduate from the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music and has studied in the Masters program in choral conducting at CSULA. She has been on at staff at Bell Gardens High School and staff pianist / music coach at Pasadena City College Music Department since 1994. She loves to travel, eat, dance, and spend quality time with her mom.