Alon Ilsar is an Australian drummer, composer, sound designer and instrument designer. He is co-designer of a new interface for electronic percussionists, the AirSticks. His diverse projects include Belvoir Theatre’s ‘Keating! the Musical,’ Sydney Theatre Company’s ‘Mojo,’ Scottish production for deaf and hearing audiences ‘Kind of Silence,’ Meow Meow with the London Philharmonic, Alan Cumming, Jake Shears, Eddie Perfect, Tim Minchin and Lance Horne. Alon is completing a PhD in instrument design through the University of Technology, Sydney. In 2016 he was the artist in residence at Brooklyn College’s PIMA in New York working on new collaborations with Trevor Dunn, David Grubbs, Jim Black, Briggan Krauss, Darren Solomon, Kyle Sanna, Dana Lyn and Hannah Cohen of Neshamah Dance Company.