Aaron Alon, D.M.A.Aaron Alon is the director of music at Lone Star College-University Park. Until 2017, he was a professor of music and lead faculty for the department of music, drama and dance at Lone Star College-CyFair, where he was named a 2014 Distinguished Faculty Member and a 2015-2016 Faculty Excellence Award winner. He was also the director of the composition program at the American Festival for the Arts (2008-2018) and has taught at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, Alvin Community College, Writespace Houston and several continuing education programs in the greater Houston area. His music has been performed in concert halls around the world, released on several CDs, and awarded numerous national and international composition honors. He is also active as a playwright, lyricist, musical theatre composer, director, producer and filmmaker. He wrote and directed the 2017 award-winning feature film musical BULLY. He is also a founding member of Thunderclap Productions, a production company dedicated to presenting new, lesser-known and underperformed plays, musicals and screenplays, and serves as president of its board of directors.