G.F. Skipworth
Dr. Skipworth has toured much of the world as a concert pianist, symphonic/operatic conductor, vocalist and composer. He has also worked extensively as a political speech-writer, comedy writer and academic. His work on the Supreme Court and general government at Harvard School of Extension Studies has paralleled his arts life, and he takes considerable interest in Native American cultures as they interact with the American justice system. His ten published novels include: Shindaheen, Fire & Iceland, Three Roads to Waitsburg, Airna of Karapin, Stormfield-Tales from the Hereafter, The Simpering, North Dakota Literary Society, Sharpshooters of Simpering, North Dakota, Dancing With Rita and Rat-ta-tap! Dancing With Ellie. An upcoming release is entitled, The Miracle of Lady Jane McCrae.
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BA-Whitman College, MM - Peabody Institute/Johns Hopkins University, MLA-Harvard Extension (Government-abt), DMA - University of California Los AngelesInterests
Arts, operatic-concert vocal coaching, classical piano, symph./operatic conducting, composition, writing, novels, government, Supreme Court, American history, Native culture & American justice system, motorcycles, sailing, Oregon Ducks - college footballMotto
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Passion Yachts of PortlandReview of a Portland Marina for the first-time sailboat buyer
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The Amazing KZ 400Description of the greatest motorcycle I ever owned.
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The Conductor's ScoreThe general formatting of a symphonic conductor's score
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Best Restaurants in the Greater Washington AreaA review on a prestigious Washington, D.C. restaurant
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Basics of FugueThe basic construction of Fugue and Canon
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The Ducks Are Coming - or Are They?A preview of the Pac 10 leader as football season approaches
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Augmented Sixth Chords in Major KeysHow to construct Augmented Sixth Chords from the major scale
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Specialty Chords: The Neapolitan and Neapolitan 6thHow to build the exotic sounding Neapolitan and Neapolitan 6th chord from the major scale.
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Tonic, Sub-Dominant and Dominant Chords: IV, V, IThe fourth step in the study of beginning Music Theory
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Relative Minors and the Circle of FifthsThe third step in beginning the study of Music Theory
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The Major Scales in the Circle of FifthsThe second series of basic steps to learn in first-year Music Theory
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The Major and Minor ScalesA step by step guide to learning the basics of beginning music theory
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A Day in the Life of My Guardian AngelA child's view of what his guardian angel must go through every day
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Going Back to SchoolGoing back to school as an older person. What to do and watch out for
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July 4th MemoriesAn Independence Day celebration that sticks out in the memory
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Near-Miss Norman: A War StoryWWII memories of a couple from rural Oregon
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Independence Day in the Walla Walla ValleyLocal celebrations of July 4th in southeastern Washington state -
Eubie Weeb, War Hero, and the US Naval Academy Band, 1918An alleged true story told at a social gathering about 19th century war heroes and service bands
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Does Your Son Need a Sports Idol?Memories of childhood role models from the sports world
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WIMPeldon: Adventures in Adolescent Tennismemoirs of the teen years and new sports
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Sorority Flag FootballCollege memories of coaching sorority flag football - an eye opener.
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Extra! Extra! Card Shark Nun Wins Town - Goes CourtingA teenage nun wins a town in North Dakota and parlays it into an empire
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Valkyries and SonsA Valkyrie/human relationship produces a son she just can't get. Volume 4 of "Fables of the Carpailtin Campfire"
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Updates for Retirees Considering MexicoNotes taken on a recent drive into Baja in search of the perfect retirement.
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For Mothers Before Football Season: The Male BrainWhat's going on in the male football brain, and can you do anything to stop it?
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On the golf course with dad: For the love of the gameGolf and Father's Day memories.
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The Hanging of Danny BugelA short story of the west based on the style of Twain's incomplete Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
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Saving Robin Hood: When Children's Theater Goes BadIn the spirit of Christmas Story, a child recalls his worst theatrical nightmare
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Backroads of America by MotorcycleEverything that could go wrong on a motorcycle vacation trip - and then some.
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Missing the BeanieMemories of my favorite automobile from the days when practical didn't always come first.
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The Trouble with TenureCollegiate tenure's usefulness is widely debated in terms of faculty incentive and institutional safeguards. However, the gross inadequacies of the internal decision process may be more costly to an academic institution than it may ever know.
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Scriptures of PerspectiveScriptural excerpts that offer perspective and inspiration.
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In the Footsteps of CaesarA few recollections of seeing Rome for the first time