Ann Rachlin

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Ann Rachlin MBE (born c. 1934), is a pioneer of music appreciation for children in the UK, and the founder of "Fun With Music". A gifted storyteller, she began teaching music appreciation in London before creating "Fun with Music". She is a published author of children's books and an authority on Ellen Terry, the great Victorian actress, and her daughter Edith Craig. She is a Fellow of Grey College, University of Durham. Rachlin was born in Leeds, England in 1933, as Ann Lyttleton. She is the widow of the American conductor and pianist Ezra Rachlin, who died in 1995. She has two daughters and one son, children of her first marriage to Neville Ziff (divorced) and five grandchildren. Her children are: Jan Ziff, journalist and broadcaster, Trisha Ziff, curator and photographer, and Max Ziff. Most of her family were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe (except for one of her paternal great-great-grandmothers, an English-born convert to Judaism). Her work came to public prominence in 1987 when Prince William joined Ann's classes and was followed a year later by his brother, Prince Harry. They remained with Ann for four years until they went to boarding school. She has taught the children or grandchildren of other celebrities, including Yehudi Menuhin's grandson, Judi Dench's daughter, Spike Milligan's daughter, and Julian Lloyd Webber's son, among the 260 pupils who attended her weekly sessions in London. Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, King Constantine and Queen Anne-Mari

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