August 2, 2016
The Willis C. Patterson Research Award is named for the bass-baritone, educator, and scholar most responsible for the international current-day interest in African American Art Song. Achievements in publication, score editing, film-making, and other...
August 2, 2016
The Adams-Owens Prize is named for two giants of African American Art Song composition, H. Leslie Adams and Robert Owens. Recipients are acknowledged as having achieved a high level of distinctinion particularly in art...
August 2, 2016
The George Shirley Performance Award is presented in honor of one of the world's leading operatic stage artists. It acknowledges high achievement in the field of African American Art Song via international performance and/or...