AIM CELEBRATES
BLACK HISTORY MONTH:  
A CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE SHIRLEY

AIM’s February Saturday Social will feature legendary tenor and former Montclair resident George Shirley. During a career that spans more than 60 years, Mr. Shirley has won national and international acclaim as a performer, teacher and lecturer. As a teacher, he was the first African American hired as a high school music teacher in his native Detroit. He continued to break down barriers as the first African American member of the US Army Chorus and the first African American tenor to perform a leading role at the Metropolitan Opera, where he was a soloist for eleven years. In appearances around the world, he has performed more than 80 operatic roles as well as oratorio, recital and concert literature and worked with some of the world’s most renowned conductors. 

Mr. Shirley will be interviewed about his long and illustrious career by Montclair resident Patrizia Cioffi, a soprano soloist and voice teacher. Mr. Shirley and Ms. Cioffi have known each other for many years. She studied with him early in her career; after she founded the New School for the Arts/NJ Opera Institute, he served for many years as its Artistic Director.   

We hope you will join us! Please click the button below to register, and you will receive the zoom link via email.

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