“It’s About Time” is designed for anyone whose work involves performance—instrumentalists and conductors alike. The objectives of this clinic are to provide attendees with practical approaches and effective practice strategies to strengthen their sense of pulse and time. Many of these exercises are also highly adaptable for use in the classroom. Participants will leave with immediately applicable tools that will help build rhythmic confidence and precision in their own musicianship.
Darren Lin
- Biographical Information
Captain Darren Y. Lin joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in July 2019 as a percussionist. He was appointed Assistant Director in July 2021 and commissioned to the rank of 1st Lieutenant in January 2022. He was promoted to the rank of Captain in September 2023 and appointed Associate Director in December 2023.
Capt. Lin is a 2009 graduate of Hershey High School in Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelor’s degree in percussion performance and a teacher’s certificate in 2014 from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; a master’s degree in percussion performance and literature in 2016 from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in New York; and pursued additional studies at the New England Conservatory in Boston. His principal percussion teachers were J. William Hudgins of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Burritt of the Eastman School of Music, and Joseph Gramley and Jonathan Ovalle of U-M. He also has studied conducting with Christopher James Lees, Michael Haithcock, and Rodney Dorsey. Prior to joining “The President’s Own,” Capt. Lin was the adjunct instructor of percussion at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pa., and performed frequently with the Buffalo Philharmonic in Buffalo, N.Y., the New Haven Symphony in Connecticut, and the New World Symphony in Miami.
As Associate Director, Capt. Lin’s responsibilities include conducting the Marine Band and Chamber Orchestra in their winter and spring concert series and summer concerts on the National Mall as well as at ceremonies in the national capital region and at the White House.