Eudice Shapiro (1914–2007) was a violinist, chamber musician and violin professor. Shapiro was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1914.

Education

Shapiro began studying violin with her father when she was 5, won her first prize when she was 10 and began her solo career with the Buffalo Philharmonic when she was 12. She studied with Gustave Tinlot at the

Eastman School of Music The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York. It was established in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman. It offers Bachelor of Music (B.M ...

in Rochester, New York, and with Efrem Zimbalist at the

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in Philadelphia.

Music career

She moved to Los Angeles in 1941 to begin playing in Hollywood studios for Paramount, United Artists and RKO. She was the first female concertmaster in any studio orchestra, beginning at RKO and Paramount.

Career as educator

She was on the

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faculty starting in 1956.

Later life

She died Sept. 17, 2007.

References

* Eudice Shapiro : A Life in Music, 50 Years of Teaching At USC, Evan Calbi, Publisher: USC / Thornton School of Music (2006), ASIN: B001KSRDRO * A Windfall of Musicians, Dorothy Lamb Crawford, Yale University Press, 2009, {{DEFAULTSORT:Shapiro, Eudice American violinists Jewish American musicians University of Southern California faculty Eastman School of Music alumni Curtis Institute of Music alumni 1914 births 2007 deaths Musicians from Buffalo, New York 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American Jews