Sage
Sage (Gary Mitchell) has served as an
educator/special projects instructor for many
years in the New York City public school
system. Specializing in music, he organized,
wrote, arranged and produced various student
music and choral groups (incl. winner of New
York State Special Arts Festival Award) as well
as numerous other school and educationally
based projects. Gary is a graduate of Masters
programs including English, Education and
Music from Queens College, New York. He
pioneered courses in ethno-musicology as
well as the teaching of English through the
contemporary pop song lyric. This evolved into
a peace and awareness course which was
piloted in the schools under the name Project
X. Sage is also Owner/President of November
28th Productions (an independent production
company) and co-Founder of Humanifest Unity
(an organization that uses the power of
technology to promote goodwill). More recently
he acts as CEO of e1t1.com (each one teach
one) whose mission statement is to use media
to fight violence, racism, and promote media
literacy.
Lastly Sage is also the
songwriter/performer of recording artists Siren
& Sage. In collaboration with
partner/singer/producer Siren he has
developed an independent production
company which has developed internationally
aired music videos such as "Love Is The Key"
and “What Are We Going to Do About the
Hate.” Although they have produced dozens of
original projects, there are still over 100 songs
in the same vein composed but as yet
unproduced.
"Love Is The Key" engaged the contributions
of businesses, schools and local communities
as well as established artists/crews. The final
production was played on thousands of cable
TV and radio networks around the US in the
1990’s, (incl. CTV's Lightmusic and WNYC's
Video Music Box). Siren and Sage’s music
was also in regular rotation on MNET radio in
South Africa when Nelson Mandella was being
elected President in 1994 as well as on
Bohemia After Dark, the first music video show
syndicated/aired in Eastern Europe after the
Berlin Wall fell.
Sage is currently considering various
possibilities for future projects. He seeks to
continue utilizing his music/lyrics along with his
unique teaching experience with diverse
groups of young people to produce very rare
and valuable assets; serving as content
uniquely qualified for the digital format.
Sage Songs