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George Andrews

Los Angeles, California

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Andrews, George Composer, musician, and music teacher, died on August 9, 2004, after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease. Born in Winnipeg, Canada in 1927, he came to this country in his early twenties, later becoming a citizen. He studied music at Boston University and the Berklee College...

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Mr. Andrews was the director of our South High School (Torrance, CA) wind ensemble, marching band, and jazz band, in which I played first trombone for all four years of high school. Because he was so good at composing, I took two music theory classes on how to write 4-part traditional (hymn) music and do jazz music arrangement. Of the four Torrance high schools, our bands blew the others away musically, and we proved that at a combined four high school band concert held at El Camino...