Wednesday, May 21, 2014

National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS): 'George Shirley to be honored with NATS Lifetime Achievement Award'

George Shirley

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National Association of Teachers of Singing will honor George Shirley with Lifetime Achievement Award
http://www.nats.org/cgi/page.cgi/_article.html/What_s_New/George_Shirley_to_be_honored_with_NATS_Lifetime_Achievement_Award

John



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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