YOUNGSTOWN Past and present Dana School of Music students said goodbye Saturday to Stephen Gage during an outdoor concert at Youngstown State University.
However, Gage who is retiring after 28 years as a professor of conducting and director of bands and orchestra at Dana School of Music made it clear they haven’t seen the last of him.
“I’m going to be back around whether any of you like it or not,” Gage told the musicians after he conducted the YSU Wind Ensemble and about 20 alumni members who surprised him on stage for a performance of John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever.”
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Stephen Gage greets the audience before conducting the Youngstown State University Wind Ensemble for the last time as director of bands and orchestra at the Dana School of Music. Gage is retiring after 28 years at YSU.
YOUNGSTOWN Past and present Dana School of Music students said goodbye Saturday to Stephen Gage during an outdoor concert at Youngstown State University.
However, Gage who is retiring after 28 years as a professor of conducting and director of bands and orchestra at Dana School of Music made it clear they haven’t seen the last of him.