Submitted by Humanities Web Project on August 25, 2010 - 12:00am
The Seattle music community suffered a major loss on July 31 with the untimely death of conductor George Shangrow. Born and raised in Seattle, he attended Roosevelt High School and the University of Washington, where he studied conducting with Samuel Krachmalnick and harpsichord with Sylvia Kind. School of Music alumnus Melinda Bargreen remembers George Shangrow in a recent tribute in the Seattle Times.