Ira Raibon

Lead vocalist and saxophone player for Fabulous Souls
Ira Raibon has been a Newport Beach/Irvine/South Orange County, USA, resident music teacher/writer/performer over decades. In 1974, as Woodwind Instructor he was an original faculty member of the now defunct, Newport Institute of the Arts in Corona Del Mar. His students have excelled in all areas and levels of music as major label recording artist, record industry executives, producers, engineers, concert artists and conductors, singers of all styles, Independent recording and performing artist, teachers and writers. 1980-1985, Mr. Raibon taught for the Saddleback School District, 4th-6th grade Instrumental classroom music and as Woodwind Clinician for the Mission Viejo High School Jazz Band which became the #1 high school jazz band in the nation 1984-85. In Laguna Beach, he taught Choir and Band at Thurston Middle School 1988-1990. 1990-1992 found him teaching classroom music at the historic Mission School in San Juan Capistrano.