Bella Shumiatcher was the founder and director of the Shumiatcher School of Music in Larchmont, New York, and a faculty member of the Juilliard School, her alma mater.
14 Facts About Bella Shumiatcher
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Bella Shumiatcher was born on February 9,1911, in Gomel, Russia, the youngest of 11 children of Judah and Chasia Shumiatcher.
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At age 10 Bella performed in a piano recital organized by the studio of John M Williams and Shaylor Turner; her niece, six-year-old Minuetta Shumiatcher, performed.
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In 1932 Bella Shumiatcher enrolled in a four-year course at the Institute of Musical Art, the predecessor to the Juilliard School, in New York City.
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Bella Shumiatcher completed the program in two and a half years, graduating in 1935.
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Bella Shumiatcher studied under Egon Petri, Ernest Hutcheson, Nadia Reisenberg, and Alfred Mirovitch at the Juilliard Graduate School.
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Bella Shumiatcher studied music education under Rosalyn Tureck and earned her teaching certificate at Columbia University Teachers College.
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Bella Shumiatcher was the featured pianist at a December 11,1938 concert at Carnegie Hall, performing a variety of musical styles.
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Bella Shumiatcher founded and directed the Bella Shumiatcher School of Music, a community music school in Larchmont, New York.
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Bella Shumiatcher was the soloist in a March 8,1974 concert at the same venue, and performed in a June 7,1976 concert.
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Bella Shumiatcher performed in a 1977 chamber music concert and a 1984 benefit recital, among others.
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Bella Shumiatcher was a faculty member of the Juilliard School for 35 years.
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Bella Shumiatcher was on the faculty of New York University and taught at the State University of New York at Purchase.
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Bella Shumiatcher had a son and daughter with her second husband, Hy Abbey.