Marsha Chusmir Shapiro

I grew up in Miami Dade County, Florida where I had numerous opportunities to play my French horn in school and community bands and orchestras. Despite initially having great difficulty playing the horn, and having my director tell me that I was no good and to give up band, I loved playing that horn. My mother once commented that from the age of eleven she never saw me without the French horn in front of my face. Given time and effort I became a fine enough musician to earn …Read More