George Skipworth:  

Four years at Whitman after graduation - Went to Peabody Inst. of Johns Hopkins, Juilliard, toured as a concert pianist for seven seasons, returned to northwest, taught at U of Oregon, taught at UNLV, helped start the two opera companies there - Joined Opera Memphis as Conductor, Principal Cond. of Tenn. Opera, Nashville, coach for Metropolitan, City Opera, Baltimore, Detroit, Indianapolis, San Francisco, Seattle opera companies - Sang thirty five roles, most of concert and recital rep for bass voice - Princ. conductor of Dublin Int. Symph. Fest (Mahler 5), Aegean Verdi Fest., returned to school, Doctorate at UCLA - moved to Italy, Princ. conductor of Sinfonia Dell'Arte in Florence, professor at Umbra Institute - Toured Russia, Ukraine in recital and as conductor/composer - Conducted the National Symph., Orch. in Kiev, a series of recitals in Moscow - current professor at Lewis & Clark College, Portland - on sabbatical in Cambridge, MA and finishing Master of Liberal Arts at Harvard in Government. - Met Barbara in 1974 - didn't see her again for 27 years, found her again in deepest darkest Pennsylvania (even though she's Austrian from high in the Alps) - Married 3 months later, lived in Italy together. Daughter Brianne is knockin em dead in grad school, U of Tenn. She's ..... ok, ALMOST perfect. Married a great g...Expand for more