George Shirley
National Association of Teachers of Singing will honor George Shirley with Lifetime Achievement Award
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April 29, 2014
George Shirley, a longtime NATS member and one of America's most
versatile tenors and enlightened musicians, will be honored during the
53rd NATS National Conference with the organization’s
Lifetime Achievement Award. Shirley has on a number of occasions served
as one of four Master Teachers for the NATS Intern Program, most
recently in June 2012 at Colorado State University in Ft. Collins. He
also remains in demand nationally and internationally as performer,
teacher and lecturer. Shirley originally joined NATS in 1981.
ABOUT GEORGE SHIRLEY
One of America's most versatile tenors and enlightened
musicians, George Shirley remains in demand nationally and
internationally as performer, teacher, and lecturer.
As performer, George Shirley has won
international acclaim for his performances with the Metropolitan Opera,
Royal Opera (Covent Garden, London), Deutsche Oper (Berlin), Teatro
Colòn, (Buenos Aires), Netherlands Opera (Amsterdam), L'Opéra (Monte
Carlo), New York City Opera, Scottish Opera (Glasgow), Chicago Lyric
Opera, San Francisco Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Glyndebourne
Festival, and Santa Fe Opera, among others. He was the first
black tenor and second African-American male to sing leading roles with
the Metropolitan Opera, where he remained for eleven years as leading
artist.
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