[T1S1] birth in New York, NY; family moves to Los Angeles, CA; parents from Russia; education in music and pharmaceuticals at the University of California at Los Angeles; first marriage and divorce; employment as a lab technician; early family life; interest in music and poetry; second marriage to Lincoln Maazel, a professional singer; birth of son, Loren; moves to Paris for four years for husband's vocal study; return to Los Angeles for husband's career; opens a drug store upon return from Paris; Loren's musical studies and early conducting lessons; family moves to Pittsburgh for Loren's studies; his early conducting career; she becomes a volunteer for the Pittsburgh Symphony; working with Mrs. Benedum on the children's program for the symphony; discipline at home; travels to the International Festival of Youth Orchestras in 1972; her involvement with the reactivation of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony (PYS) in 1954; growth of PYS; her work with PYS for twenty years; recollections of her own musical training as a child.
