Originally from Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Aaron Hunt now resides in Knoxville, Tennessee. He has had his music performed throughout the United States and Eastern Europe, with his international premiere in Tbilisi, Georgia in 2016. Aaron has written works for VolOpera, The University of Tennessee Graduate String Quartet, The Dolce String Quartet, The Tennessee Tech Percussion Ensemble, Corey Martin, Samvel Perikhanian, and various university ensembles. He is the winner of the 2020 Dennis Kam Student Composition Prize for his work “If it Bends, it Breaks” for mixed ensemble. His works have been performed at various conferences and festivals, such as College Music Society, Society for Music Theory, and The University of Tennessee Contemporary Music Festival. Aaron holds a BM in Performance with an emphasis in Music Composition from Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee. He is currently pursuing his MM in Music Composition and a certificate in Music Theory Pedagogy from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he holds a graduate teaching assistantship with the Theory/Composition department. Aaron has studied with composers Dr. Andrew Sigler, Dr. Greg Danner, and Dr. Yoomi Paick.