Eudice Shapiro

Eudice Shapiro (1914 – September 17, 2007) was a violinist and violin professor.

Eudice Shapiro, a violinist, chamber musician, recording artist and USC faculty member since 1956, died Sept. 17, 2007 at her home in Studio City. She was 93 and had been teaching at the USC Thornton School. Shapiro was born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1914.

Education

She 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 in Rochester, N.Y., and with Efrem Zimbalist at the Curtis Institute of Music 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.

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, ISBN 0300127340