A prize winner in the Orchestral Conducting Professional Division of the American Prize in 2013, Lehigh University Wind Ensemble Director and Visiting Associate Teaching Professor Darin Lewis has conducted at major venues throughout the Eastern United States, including performances at Alice Tully Hall, Columbia University, St. Bartholomew’s Church, Grace Church and the Alliance Française with the Little Orchestra Society of New York. He has toured England, France, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Argentina, Uruguay, and Germany with performances at major venues in Paris, Barcelona, Florence, Rome, Leipzig, Halle, London, Buenos Aires and Berlin. He has been a guest conductor with numerous ensembles and has been invited several times to conduct at the Music Educator’s Eastern Division Regional Conference. He has led workshops in Massachusetts, New York, California, and Connecticut. He is currently on the faculty of Lehigh University, a Minister at Trinity Lutheran Church, Robesonia, PA, and an Artistic Director of the Simpatico Chamber Ensemble. (www.simpatico-ensemble.com)