May 2021

Today, I’m publicly committing to change my life circumstances over the next 18 months.

I’m publicly stating that I will sign a Pamphlet B contract as the Associate Music Director for the Broadway National Tour of a show that I genuinely admire and enjoy by the end of May 2021.

I will do this because it will radically change the course of my life for the better, affording me relationships, experiences, and financial security that will improve not only my life, but the lives of my wife-to-be and the rest of our family (including our new dog!).

In exchange, I will give everything I have, heart and soul, to maintaining and growing my physical health, vitality, and vigor; to honing my musical skills until I am a world-class pianist and conductor; to learning deeply about the styles and repertoire of musical theatre; to being genuinely likeable and friendly by passionately caring for and striving to serve others; to practicing financial discipline; to bravely trying new things, both musically and otherwise; and to striving mightily to become the best choice among great options.

For all these reasons and more, I commit to becoming the Associate Music Director on a Pamphlet B National Tour by May 31, 2021.

-Dean Balan

Graduate Study Rooms
Blegen Music Library
College-Conservatory of Music
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH

Dean Balan