Orchestras 

www.bayorchestra.com
October 9, 2019
Dear Parents and Students,

Start spreading the news! October 30th is Day For Strings, and the 20th Anniversary of our biennial
day-long celebration of playing music in the orchestras of Bay Village! This year we are lucky enough
to be welcoming Dr. Stephen Gage from Youngstown University as our guest clinician. Dr. Gage will
work with our students during the day and will lead them in an evening concert featuring the music of
BROADWAY! This is always a memorable experience and one we hope your family will enjoy.

Please familiarize yourself with the schedule. Students are required to attend the after-school
rehearsals as well as the concert:

Schedule 
In-School Clinics:
5th Grade Session at BMS
7:45 - 8:15
6th Grade Session at BMS
8:20 - 9:10
7th & 8th Grade Session at BMS
9:20 - 10:50
HS Orchestra Session at BHS
11:40 - 12:40
HS Orchestra & Chamber Winds - Phantom Rehearsal
12:45 - 1:30
Chamber Orchestra Session at BHS
2:30 - 4:00
After-School Events:
4:30 Westerly Rehearsal at BHS
4:45 3rd, 4th & 5th Grade String Rehearsal for "Blues"
5:00 Student Attendance and Tuning
5:15 ALL STUDENT Rehearsal at BHS Auditorium
5:45 Pizza Dinner for students in the Cafeteria
6:20 Students Report to Homerooms for Final Tuning
7:00 p.m. Concert

Attire 
Standard Concert Dress with optional Broadway or musical theatre character accessories. There will
NOT be time for the students to change clothes at the school, so they should arrive at the evening
rehearsal fully dressed for the concert.

Food Assignments 
Please bring an item as described below. Pizza will be provided, but we rely on donations to feed our
200 students before the concert!
Grades 5 & 6 Desserts (finger foods—NO NUTS, please)

Grade 3, 4 & 7 Apples, Bananas, Grapes, Bags of Pre-Popped Popcorn

Grades 8, 9 & 10 Bottled Water

Grades 11 & 12 Paper Plates & Napkins

Food and beverage donation should be dropped off in the high school cafeteria when your student is
dropped off. Be sure to put your name on your dish for easy return.
Volunteer Needs 
Dinner Crew
Set-up Crew (4:00 – 5:30 p.m.)
Servers (5:00 – 6:20 p.m.)
Clean-up (6:00 – 7:00 p.m.)

Chaperones (2 per grade level)

Rehearsal & Dinner (4:00 – 6:30 p.m., includes pizza dinner)
Pre-concert & Concert (6:00 – 8:30)

Auditorium Crew*
Auditorium Staging (3:15 – 4:30 p.m.)
Stage Tear-down Crew (after the concert)

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us. We appreciate your support and look
forward to an exciting day with our students and their families!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Singler, Mr. Awad and Dr. Gilbert
carrie.singler@bayschoolsohio.org 440-941-2135
mark.awad@bayschoolsohio.org 440-617-7645
ann.gilbert@bayschoolsohio.org

About our Guest Clinician 

Stephen Gage has served as instrumental music coordinator, professor of conducting, and director
of bands at Youngstown State University’s Dana School of Music since 1993. He holds degrees from
the University of Illinois, the Eastman School of Music, and State University of New York at Fredonia.
He has studied conducting with Harry John Brown, Donald Hunsberger, David Effron, Roy Ernst,
James Keene, H. Robert Reynolds, and Paul Vermel. He is the Edward Zacharias Memorial
chair/conductor of the Youngstown Symphony Youth Orchestra and began serving as assistant
conductor of the Dana Symphony Orchestra in 2006. Stephen Gage has written numerous
publications on conducting, rehearsal techniques, and literature, and is an active wind band and
orchestral guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator of international repute.

Day For Strings is generously funded by the Bay Music Boosters.