"Character is the backbone of our human culture, and music is the flowering of character."
      ---Confucius

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, and over 20 students are professional vocalists in opera and other performing genres.
• Voice lessons are based on classical bell canto training and technique but branch out to the student's interests in musical theatre, jazz, pop, etc..
  

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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.

Saxophone techniques are based upon classical training.


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. 

Piano lessons cover all the basics with classically based training in keys/scales, rhythm, form, and theory but also branching out into other genres of music.  

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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.

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For information on lesson rates, times and availability
please go to the CONTACT page and submit an inquiry. 

The studio policy is below.

DLJH Musical Enterprises ~ Studio Policies

INVOICES

• Lesson Pricing:
  • four (4) 30-minute lessons a month @ $80
  • four (4) 45-minute lessons a month @  $115
  • four (4) 60-minute lessons a month @  $150
• PAYMENTS:
  • You may pay your invoice in cash or checks made out to Darin Haas
    • You can leave the invoice payment with Darin (or “the jar” on the bookcase)
    • Payments can also be mailed to: Darin Haas, 3159 Shroyer Road, Kettering OH 45429
  • Invoice payments are due the last lesson/day of the month for the next month to secure lesson slots
  • Example: March’s invoice would be due the end of February 

MISSED LESSONS & RESCHEDULING LESSONS

• PLAN AHEAD:
  • If you know ahead of time you will be missing a lesson please make all efforts to trade with another student or to work with Darin early on.
• EXCUSED/UNEXCUSED LESSONS:
  • The day of lessons or the evening before: illness, bad weather, other emergencies are considered for rescheduling the missed lesson
    • You may reschedule or utilize your Plus10
  • Any unscheduled events with school, sports, etc. the day of the lesson are not considered excused absences;  school music/theatre directors are often guilty of this
    • Your previously mentioned Plus10 takes care of these unforeseen situations
• HOW TO RESCHEDULE:
  • You can trade on the private studio page on Facebook, with other students. 
  • You can also use your Plus 10 as outlined earlier. 
  • If you have difficulty getting another student to trade, please contact Darin
• MUSICALS, SHOWS:
  • If you are auditioning for a musical you will need to list your lesson time as a conflict.
  • When it gets closer to the tech/dress rehearsals naturally lessons will need to be rescheduled.
  • Students need to stay on top of communication with directors/stage managers for leaving rehearsal early for your scheduled lessons, or arriving later.​
    
    • The Studio will not make adjustments to accommodate students who do not list the lessons as a conflict. Theater directors should not request conflicts if they are not going to honor them. Muse Machine and several area high schools have been marvelous in making these concessions. If there are issues, parents should communicate with the director.
      

PLUS 10

• Each student will have an additional 10 minutes added to each lesson. 
• The 10 minutes will be additional time allotted in case of future missed lessons rather than needing to make them up - The Studio is over 60 students and sometimes finding an open slot or someone with whom to trade is difficult. 
• Example: four weeks of lessons the student will have accumulated 40 additional minutes - if the student is ill, you can elect to use your Plus 10 and miss that week, or trade with another student. 
• It’s basically a security plan for any abruptly missed lessons. 

5th WEEK

• 5th week -- if there are more than 4 lesson days (5 lesson days) in any month one (1) of those days will be taken off. 
• Darin will let The Studio know which 5th-week days will be “off.”
• The invoice amount will always remain the same.

Communication

• Invoices: Rita |  dljh-me@twc.com
• Scheduling & lesson questions:  Darin | dljh@twc.com
• Darin’s cell phone:  937-305-6872
  • Please do not text Darin with scheduling items
  • Please use email for any communication since Darin frequently deletes text messages
  • Please text if you are running late or there is a last minute emergency where you cannot make your lesson; an unscheduled lesson is not an emergency

DIRECTIONS...

If you come from I-675:

1. 1. Take the Dorothy Lane exit
   2. Head WEST on DOROTHY LANE
   3. Go past 
      1. The Greene
      2. Woodman Drive (UDF, Speedway, Kroger on corners)
      3. Wilmington Pike (Captain D's, drugstore on corners)
      4. Orchard Park Elementary on left (just before your turn)
   4. SHROYER ROAD - turn LEFT (Speedway on corner at light)
   5. Go past side streets: Lewiston, Cushing
   6. At ROCKHILL, turn RIGHT
   7. At DELAINE (stop sign) turn LEFT
   8. Veer to the LEFT as you enter Fairmont High School's parking lot
   9. Drive toward the exit onto Shroyer Road and park
   10. Darin's house is right there: 3159 Shroyer Road; white corner fence

If you come SR48

1. 1. Once you enter Kettering (after Centerville) you will come to a light at David Road (David Cemetery to your left and a Walgreens on the corner)
   2. At the next light, turn RIGHT onto SHROYER ROAD
   3. Go past:
      1. Kroger and Towne & Country Shopping Plaza
      2. Light at Stroop Road
      3. Light at Schuyler & Storms (the middle school is between each light)
      4. Light at Lincoln Park Blvd
      5. Fairmont High School (on left)
   4. Stay in the LEFT LANE as you pass the high school - Darin's house is immedialy after the high school
   5. Get into turn lane at ROCKHILL- just after the high school
   6. At Rockhill, turn LEFT
   7. At DELAINE (stop sign) turn LEFT
   8. Veer to the LEFT as you enter Fairmont High School's parking lot
   9. Drive toward the exit onto Shroyer Road and park
   10. Darin's house is right there: 3159 Shroyer Road; white corner fence

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