George Shirley Vocal Competition

African American Vocal Repertoire

2024 GSVC Winners

With a historic number of applicants this weekend, we are proud of all who competed. Thank you for helping us honor, our founder, George Shirley on his 90th birthday by showing him his legacy in action. We want to congratulate all of the winners of this year’s competition cycle.

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2024 GSVC in Review

Media content from the 2024 GSVC coming soon. Stay tuned.

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Donate

We appreciate your continued to support the George Shirley Vocal Competition. Your donation will help support aspiring young vocalists, rising composers and the preservation of the African American vocal repertoire with tax-deductible donations to the GSVC.

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About George Shirley

George Shirley’s illustrious career has spanned more than five decades and has included national and international recognitions. He has dedicated his life’s work to giving voice to the powerful African American vocal repertoire. Mr. Shirley’s vision provides the mission for the George Shirley Vocal Competition.

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2023 GSVC Winners

Congratulations to all of our High School, Collegiate, Pre-Professional and International performers and composers! View the YouTube playlist of the 2023 GSVC:  Placement Prizes High School Division Sarah Wright, Soprano, […]

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Song must reflect meaning, emotion, and truth. In order to successfully impart these elements to our audience in performance, we must already have secured our ability to do so without losing control of ourselves and being overcome by our emotions. In order to move our audience to the brink, we must be able to dip into our sea of experience without being inundated in the flood.

-George Shirley