Thursday, May 23rd marks our third annual Princess and Superhero Concert. The concert will feature music from classic films and tv shows including Moana, Batman, The Little Mermaid, The Avengers, Encanto, The Incredibles, Brave and Frozen! Kids are encouraged to to wear their favorite princess or superhero costume and will have a chance to join a costume parade, try playing a string instrument at our instrument petting zoo or conduct the orchestra from our "Maestro Zone"! Admission is free. Join us at Bay High School at 4:30 PM for this fun-filled tradition!
Join us on Monday, February 26th as our High School Rocket Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra members perform works by American composers Mark Williams, Brian Balmages, Leonard Bernstein and Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate evoking sounds of America, accompanied by projected art by American artists Johns, Waugh, Benton, Greenwood and Lokosh. Get dressed up, walk the red carpet and join us as the Bay Orchestras play the legendary soundtracks that have brought our favorite films to life! Black tie optional. Red carpet opens at 6:20pm. House opens at 6:40pm. Concert begins at 7:00pm. About Our Guest Artist/ClinicianSteven Huang has conducted orchestras and operas across the United States and throughout the world, including recurring guest conductor of the Ohio Valley Symphony, National Philharomonic of Moldova, and l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Ste. Trinité, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
At the age of twenty- one, he served as Music Director of the Bach Society Orchestra of Harvard University, where he received his undergraduate degree, as well as the Lowell House Opera, the oldest continuously running opera company in New England. From 2004-2020, he served on faculty as Director of Orchestral Activities at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He is currently the Music Director of the New Westchester Symphony Orchestra. Since 2000, Steven has visited Haiti numerous times to work with musicians as a conductor, pianist, cellist, and teacher. As faculty at L'Ecole de Musique Ste. Trinité, he has attended summer music camps in Leogâne, Port-au-Prince, Petionville, and Cange; in addition to guest conducting regular season concerts. He has also participated as faculty with L’Ecole de Musique Dessaix-Baptiste in Jacmel. As a faculty member at Ohio University, he has supported several Haitian musicians’ sabbatical education in the United States. Steven’s conducting experience is worldwide. He has held the position of Music Director of the University of Chicago Chamber Orchestra, Fortismere Symphony of London, the Central Illinois Youth Symphony, the Gilbert and Sullivan Players of Chicago, and the Bradley University Orchestra. He has guest conducted programs with the Boston Pops, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Brasov Philharmonic, the New Symphony Orchestra of Bulgaria; the Attergau Kultursommer Orchestra in Austria, in conjunction with the Salzburg Festival; the Jeunesses Musicales Festival Orchestra, and Pitesti Philharmonic in Romania; and the “Regina Vioara” International Violin Festival Orchestra in Moldova. Mr. Huang earned the Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Michigan as a student of Kenneth Kiesler. He twice received the Herbert von Karajan Fellowship for Young Conductors for study at the Salzburg Festival, and the Fulbright Fellowship for study at the National University of Music in Bucharest, where he was the student of Dumitru Goia. |
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