Michael Shawgo is the Director of Music and Organist at Second. Michael is from Central Illinois, where he received he Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance from Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, as a student of Dr. David Gehrenbeck. He has also studied under J. Marcus Ritchie at the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta and Dexter Bailey in Chicago. He is a member of the American Guild of Organists, the Organ Historical Society, the American Theatre Organ Society, and Phi Mu Alpha fraternity.

Reading: Grant Williams by Giancarlo Stampalia

Watching: Downton Abbey

Listening: 20s and 30s blues & jazz, opera