Juilliard mourns its go-to children’s teacher
mainShirley Givens has died, aged 86.
A favourite with young kids and parents alike, she taught the children of violinists Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman and Robert Mann, pianists Claude Frank, Lillian Kallir, Rudolf Firkusny and Jerome Lowenthal, and many more.
Shirley also taught at Peabody and Mannes and wrote a number of children’s books.
Fond memories?
She has left a wonderful legacy of theacing little ones
Thanks shirley
A much admired teacher at Mannes during my time there.