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George Irving Shirley (born April 18, 1934) is an American operatic tenor, and was the first African-American tenor to perform a leading role at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Early lifeShirley was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He earned a bachelor's degree in music education from Wayne State University in 1955 and then was drafted into the Army, where he became the first Black member of the United States Army Chorus.[1] He was also the first African American hired to teach music in Detroit high schools.[2][2] CareerAfter continuing voice studies with Therny Georgi, he moved to New York and began his professional career as a singer. His debut was with a small opera group in Woodstock as Eisenstein in Strauss's Die Fledermaus in 1959,[2] and his European debut in Italy as Rodolfo in Puccini's La bohème.[1] In 1960, at 26, he won a National Arts Club scholarship competition,[3] and the following April he was the first Black singer to win the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions scholarship competition.[4] Shirley is the first Black tenor and the second Black male to sing leading roles for the Metropolitan Opera.[5] He sang there for 11 seasons. Shirley has also appeared at The Royal Opera, London; the Deutsche Oper Berlin; the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires; the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam; Opéra de Monte-Carlo; the New York City Opera; the Scottish Opera; the Lyric Opera of Chicago; the Washington National Opera; the Michigan Opera Theatre; the San Francisco Opera; and the Santa Fe Opera and Glyndebourne Festival summer seasons, as well as with numerous orchestras in the United States and Europe.[9] He has sung more than 80 roles.[6] He was on the faculty of the University of Maryland from 1980 to 1987, when he moved to the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, where he was Director of the Vocal Arts Division. He currently serves as the Joseph Edgar Maddy Distinguished University Professor of Music, and still maintains a studio at the school.[1] Awards and recognitionShirley's recording of Ferrando in Mozart's Così fan tutte won a Grammy Award.[1] He has three times been a master teacher in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Intern Program for Young NATS Teachers, and taught for ten years at the Aspen Music Festival and School.[6] Shirley produced a series of programs for WQXR-FM radio in New York on Classical Music and the Afro-American[5] and hosted a four-program series on WETA-FM radio in Washington, D.C. called Unheard, Unsung.[7] Shirley has been awarded honorary degrees by Wilberforce University, Montclair State College, Lake Forest College, and the University of Northern Iowa.[5] He is a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity.[5][7][8] Shirley is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and was named a Signature Sinfonian in 2013, an award recognizing exceptional accomplishment in that brother's chosen field.[9] In 2015, Shirley received the National Medal of Arts, bestowed upon him by US President Barack Obama,[10] and in 2016, he was a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Opera Association at their annual convention.[11] Discography[Composer: work (other singers; ensembles; conductor), label, recording or publication date.]
References1. ^1 2 3 Randye Jones, "George Shirley (b. 1934)", Afrocentric Voices, retrieved June 10, 2014. 2. ^1 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2205&dat=19810303&id=DdEmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ygIGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1377,617171 "Surviving Odds to Become a Star: George Shirley"], Baltimore Afro-American, March 3, 1981, p. 17. 3. ^[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B03E4DC1431EF3ABC4D52DFB767838B679EDE "Tenor Gets $500 Award; George Shirley Wins National Arts Club Competition"], The New York Times, November 15, 1960. 4. ^Allen Hughes, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0DE5DA133DE733A25754C0A9629C946091D6CF "George Shirley, Tenor, Wins 'Met' Auditions and a Contract"], The New York Times, April 7, 1961. 5. ^1 2 3 4 "George Shirley: Tenor and Narrator", Ann Summers International, {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716162528/http://www.sumarts.com/roster/shirley.html |date=July 16, 2011 }}. 6. ^1 George Shirley: Joseph Edgar Maddy Distinguished University Emeritus Professor of Voice, University of Michigan, retrieved June 10, 2014. 7. ^1 2 "George Shirley", Opera Music Theater International, retrieved June 10, 2014. 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://delta-omicron.org/index00.html |title=Welcome |work=delta-omicron.org |accessdate=23 September 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127130549/http://delta-omicron.org/index00.html |archivedate=27 January 2010 |df= }} 9. ^Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, [https://www.sinfonia.org/operations/awards/signature-sinfonian/ "Signature Sinfonian"]. Retrieved September 12, 2015. 10. ^Perfect Pitch: Highest Honor. Retrieved January 12, 2016. 11. ^[https://www.noa.org/about_us/lifetime-achievement.html NOA Lifetime Achievement Award], National Opera Association. Retrieved January 18, 2018. External links
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