Education

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=90 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000" background="13cfd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aaron Alon"><U><B><IMG SRC="3b77d140.png" border=0 width="125" height="20" ALT="Aaron Alon" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></FONT><B>   |    </B><A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biography"><U><B>Back to Biography</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Downloads"><U>Downloads</U></A>   |   <B>Education</B>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Professional Affiliations"><U>Professional Affiliations</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Statement"><U>Statement</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#888888" TEXT="#080000" background="13dd2b03.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="50015340.png" border=0 width="21" height="52" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="4fec3ac0.png" border=0 width="195" height="172" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="39400c00ezvtlc.png"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="558" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 367 WIDTH="552"><div> <B>Rice University's Shepherd School of Music</B></div> <div> D.M.A. in composition, expected May, 2009 (Coursework Complete)</div> <div> <I><B>Studies with Karim Al-Zand</B></I><I><B>, Anthony Brandt, and Shih-Hui Chen.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Cleveland Institute of Music</B></div> <div> M.M. in Composition, May 7, 2005.</div> <div> <I><B>Studies with Margaret Brouwer and Orianna Webb.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>The University of Chicago</B></div> <div> B.A. in Music, June 14, 2003.</div> <div> College and departmental honors.  Phi Beta Kappa.</div> <div> <I><B>Studies with Easley Blackwood, Jean Milew, and Marta Ptaszynska.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Additional Studies</B></div> <div> Studies with <A HREF="http://www.paulfergusonmusic.com/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.paulfergusonmusic.com/"><U>Paul Ferguson</U></A> in<B> jazz arranging</B> and <B>orchestration</B>.  </div> <div> Studies in <B>musical theatre composition</B> with former Broadway Producer Stuart Ostrow (Musical Theatre Lab, University of Houston) and The Writers’ Workshop (formerly known as New Tuners) at Theatre Building Chicago.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=167 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Rice University</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~musi/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~musi/"><U><B><IMG SRC="3b9414b0.png" border=0 width="65" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Cleveland Institute</B></div> <div> <B>of Music</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.cim.edu/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cim.edu/"><U><B><IMG SRC="395653c0.png" border=0 width="101" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>University of Chicago</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.uchicago.edu/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.uchicago.edu/"><U><B><IMG SRC="38b503d0.png" border=0 width="80" height="61" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>