Aaron Lenhart has been teaching voice and acting for over 12 years in public schools and private studios throughout New York City, Los Angeles, and Atlanta. He holds a master’s degree from NYU as well as a bachelor’s in musical theater from Westminster Choir College.  

He has taught acting and musical theater at performing arts high schools in Los Angeles such as CHAMPS Charter High School of the Arts (where he also acted as Department Chair of Theater) and the Academy of Music and Performing Arts at Hamilton High School. He completed his student teaching at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in New York. His directing credits include: Rent, Twilight Los Angeles 1992 (CHAMPS Charter HS); Shrek, 13 the Musical, Legally Blonde, Once on This Island (VoiceworksNJ, Georgestreet Theater). He was music director for productions of Next to Normal and Spring Awakening for North Star Academy in Newark, NJ. Aaron was chosen as one of 20 arts educators and administrators in the state of California to serve on the Visual and Performing Arts Curriculum Frameworks and Evaluation Criteria Committee which revised the framework which will be used by performing arts teachers to create and implement arts curriculum throughout the state. While at NYU, Aaron was TA and Company Manager for Amy Cordileone’s course Acting: Pedagogy, Performance, and Technique. Other teaching experience includes: New York Theater Workshop and Jersey City Children’s Theater.  

Aaron is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association and has toured and performed in regional houses throughout the US. Credits include: Barefoot in the Park (New London Barn Playhouse); South Pacific (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina); Fairytale (NYMF, 45th St Theater, NYC); 12 Irish Tenors (Spirit Productions, UK); White Christmas (Cohoes Music Hall) Pajama Game (CLOC); Joseph and the…Dreamcoat (Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Theater). 

Aaron’s approach is centered on facilitating experiences where the student is empowered to create and express themselves at their fullest potential. His students have gone on to work in national touring productions and gained acceptance to some of the best college programs in the US such as: NYU, Julliard, Rutgers, Marymount Manhattan, and Boston Conservatory among others.