SHIRLEY, Constance Jeanette

SHIRLEY, Constance Jeanette American pianist, teacher and composer, Los Angeles. Her father was a baritone soloist and her mother a concert pianist and soprano soloist. She graduated with an A.A. from the Los Angeles Junior College and a B.Mus and an M.Mus from Chapman College, Los Angeles. She made her first public appearance as a pianist at the age of four, having studied under her mother. She studied composition with Dr. Mary Carr Moore (q.v.) and Arnold Schonberg, orchestration with Dr…