DLJH Musical Enterprises was established in September 1984 at the start of Darin’s sophomore year of college at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

In the beginning it offered:

  • marching band arranging
  • drum-major training
  • woodwind director for marching band
  • vocal soloist

Within a few years DLJH Musical Enterprises also offered show choir arranging, acting in musicals, and directing musical theatre.

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As of 2002, DLJH Musical Enterprises, now located in Kettering, Ohio now offers:

  • Private lessons in
    • Voice
      • 32 former students have appeared on Broadway stages/national tours
      • Since 1992 many students have held lead roles in the Dayton Muse Machine productions
      • 19 are currently choral directors
      • over 20 students are professional vocalists in opera and other performing genres
    • Saxophone
      • 5 former students are band directors
      • Private saxophone students from The Miami Valley have served as soloists and section leaders in area schools since 1992: Beavercreek, Bellbrook, Centerville, Dayton Public Schools, Englewood, Kettering, Miamisburg, Oakwood, Springboro, Springfield, Waynesville, West Carrollton.
    • Piano
      • Piano students generally move on to voice or saxophone, participating in bands, choirs and orchestras
      • Many students go on to play in school jazz bands, or perform with praise groups at church
    • College Piano/Theory prep
      • 95% of all college bound students in music education/performance test out of the first or second semesters of music theory
      • 95% of all college bound students in music education/performance  test out of the first or second semester of piano
    • Field Commander & Student Leadership Training
      • Since 1991 there have been 80 students to serve as drum-majors in the Miami Valley
      • Students from area schools include: Fairmont, Centerville, Beavercreek, West Carrollton, Miamisburg, Northmont, Fairborn, Springboro, Oakwood
  • Musical Theatre
    • Director
      • director of 85 musicals
    • Music Director
      • musical director for 52 musicals
    • Conductor
      • conductor for 64 musicals
    • Choreographer
      • choreographer for 38 musicals
    • Playwright
      • LOVE IS ETERNAL: Abraham & Mary Todd Lincoln
      • THE BIRD LET LOOSE: Wilbur, Orville & Katharine Wright
        • with lyricist Gail Whipple & composer Leslie Law Merry
      • HE AIN’T HEAVY, HE’S MY BROTHER: Father Flanagan
      • MADONNA OF THE BACKWOODS: Nancy Hanks Lincoln
      • THE SORORITY
    • Composer
      • LOVE IS ETERNAL: Abraham & Mary Todd Lincoln
      • THE BIRD LET LOOSE: Wilbur, Orville & Katharine Wright
        • with lyricist Gail Whipple & composer Leslie Law Merry
      • HE AIN’T HEAVY, HE’S MY BROTHER: Father Flanagan
      • MADONNA OF THE BACKWOODS: Nancy Hanks Lincoln
      • THE SORORITY
    • Performer
      • Starred in 45 musicals such as
        • Joseph – JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (29 productions)
        • Curly – OKLAHOMA! (6 productions)
        • Rapunzel’s Prince – INTO THE WOODS
        • The Baker – INTO THE WOODS
        • Cornelius – HELLO, DOLLY!
        • Che – EVITA
        • Jesus – JESUS CHRIST, SUPERSTAR
        • Albert – BYE BYE BIRDIE (3 productions)
        • Stanislav – ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN
        • Biff – DEATH OF A SALESMAN
      • Television:
        • Gov. Evan Bayh’s “Christmas Message to Indiana”
        • Liberty Special, 1986
        • Ball State University – various programs & commercials
        • Fred Waring’s America
        • Dayton Public Access
    • Some scenic designer
      • MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS
      • OKLAHOMA!
      • SOUTH PACIFIC
      • BYE BYE BIRDIE
      • HELLO DOLLY
  • Arranger
    • Marching Band
    • Show Choir
    • Choral
    • Specialty/Theme Parks
    • Arranged for:
      • Ball State University Singers
      • BSU Symphony
      • BSU Marching Band
      • Kings Island Amusement Park
      • Holiday World Amusement Park
      • Northside High School, Muncie, Indiana
      • Elwood High School, Elwood, Indiana
      • Additional arrangements for bands/show choirs in Indiana & Ohio
      • Kettering Fairmont High School, Kettering, Ohio (Chorale, Show Choir)
  • Clinician/Guest Artist
    • Show Choir
    • Show Choir adjudication
    • Musical Theatre production assistance
    • Creative & Liturgical Worship Planning
    • Performance: vocal and/or acting
  • Adoption
    • Trainer for pre-adoptive courses
    • Trainer for on-going training for foster/adoptive licensing
    • Guest speaker advocating older child adoption and single parent adoptio

TRAINING:

  • From 5th to 12th grades studied with Dr. Cecil Leeson
  • Ball State University School of Music, 1983-1989
    • Emens Scholar
    • B.S., Music Education – Area Major (band, choir, orchestra, general music)
    • Conducting Endorsement
    • Principal Instruments:  Saxophone (Classical), Voice (Classical)
    • Secondary Instruments:  Piano, Percussion, Flute, Trumpet, Organ
    • First undergraduate to serve as an assistant conductor
    • Section leader & soloist in all major choral & band ensembles
    • Founder (as undergraduate) of BSU Children’s Chorus
    • Studied privately with following professors:
      • Mary Hagopian, voice
      • George Wolfe, saxophone
      • Douglas Amman, choral conducting
      • Timothy Brimmer, choral conducting
      • Stuart Scott, conducting, instrumental/vocal arranging
      • Wayne Dorothy, instrumental conducting
      • Joseph Scagnoli, instrumental conducting
      • Rodger McConnell & Leonard Atherton, general conducting courses
      • Larry Boye, voice, show choir arranging, show choir fundamentals
      • Fritz Mountford, show choir & entertainment
      • Jeff Hoover, orchestral arranging
      • Les Taylor, arranging for marching band, show choir
  • Choral Conducting & Programming:
    • Fred Waring – Fred Waring’s America
  • Musical Theatre Directing:
    • Joshua Logan
  • Theatre:
    • Terry Stump, scenic design
    • Kay Bosse, acting
    • Countless directors, stage managers, scenic designers, sound & lighting designers, etc. who have helped shaped my career

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

  • Conductor (non-musical theatre)
    • Conductor/Artistic Director of Centerville Community Band, 1992-1999
      • conducted numerous guest artists from throughout the Miami Valley
      • founded and established Celebrate America! concert for the Americana Festival
      • numerous special concerts
    • Guest conductor with
      • Waterloo Police Band from Canada
      • Westerville Community Band
      • Kettering Civic Band
  • Guest soloist with
    • Muncie Symphony Orchestra
    • Ball State Symphony Orchestra
    • Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
    • Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra
    • Miami Valley Orchestra
    • Kettering Civic Band
    • Guest vocalist for first performance of Dayton’s Schuster Center’s Hard Hat Concert