Born in Evergreen, Alabama, Mrs. Winston was an alumna of American University in Washington, D. C., the city of her youth. She also studied at Washington College of Music.
She was a professional opera singer, and the youngest member of the Washington Chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters. While still in Washington, she was the regular soloist at the renowned Rev. Peter Marshall's New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Later, she sang in Constitution Hall, New York's Carnegie Hall, and had major roles with the Metropolitan Opera Touring Company as well as appeared in "Oklahoma" on Broadway. Also, she was the regular soloist at Marble Collegiate Church in New York which was pastored by the acclaimed Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. The major portion of her career was as a mezzo soprano with the New York City Opera. However, she performed in many of the major venues of that profession. After she received a contract from the Metropolitan Opera, she retired from her professional career and accepted a teaching position in opera with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the early 1960's. It was there that she met and married Patrick H. Winston, a debonair gentleman with the same surname as her own family's. After they divorced some years later, she moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia, headquarters of the Edgar Cayce Foundation, where, for over 20 years, she lectured on his work both there and nationwide, one of the organization's most dynamic speakers. She wrote "Music as the Bridge" which discusses Cayce's comments on music and the arts, and their roles in transforming attitudes and emotions. She also taught voice to selected private students.
Mrs. Winston left an endowment in Conservation to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in memory of her father, Robert Alonzo Winston. In honor of her mother, the artist Naomi Rabb Winston, she endowed an annual scholarship fund for young visual artists which is administered by the National Society of Arts and Letters. The NSAL also awards the annual Shirley Rabb Winston scholarships in voice.
She was a professional opera singer, and the youngest member of the Washington Chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters. While still in Washington, she was the regular soloist at the renowned Rev. Peter Marshall's New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Later, she sang in Constitution Hall, New York's Carnegie Hall, and had major roles with the Metropolitan Opera Touring Company as well as appeared in "Oklahoma" on Broadway. Also, she was the regular soloist at Marble Collegiate Church in New York which was pastored by the acclaimed Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. The major portion of her career was as a mezzo soprano with the New York City Opera. However, she performed in many of the major venues of that profession. After she received a contract from the Metropolitan Opera, she retired from her professional career and accepted a teaching position in opera with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the early 1960's. It was there that she met and married Patrick H. Winston, a debonair gentleman with the same surname as her own family's. After they divorced some years later, she moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia, headquarters of the Edgar Cayce Foundation, where, for over 20 years, she lectured on his work both there and nationwide, one of the organization's most dynamic speakers. She wrote "Music as the Bridge" which discusses Cayce's comments on music and the arts, and their roles in transforming attitudes and emotions. She also taught voice to selected private students.
Mrs. Winston left an endowment in Conservation to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in memory of her father, Robert Alonzo Winston. In honor of her mother, the artist Naomi Rabb Winston, she endowed an annual scholarship fund for young visual artists which is administered by the National Society of Arts and Letters. The NSAL also awards the annual Shirley Rabb Winston scholarships in voice.
Born in Evergreen, Alabama, Mrs. Winston was an alumna of American University in Washington, D. C., the city of her youth. She also studied at Washington College of Music.
She was a professional opera singer, and the youngest member of the Washington Chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters. While still in Washington, she was the regular soloist at the renowned Rev. Peter Marshall's New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Later, she sang in Constitution Hall, New York's Carnegie Hall, and had major roles with the Metropolitan Opera Touring Company as well as appeared in "Oklahoma" on Broadway. Also, she was the regular soloist at Marble Collegiate Church in New York which was pastored by the acclaimed Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. The major portion of her career was as a mezzo soprano with the New York City Opera. However, she performed in many of the major venues of that profession. After she received a contract from the Metropolitan Opera, she retired from her professional career and accepted a teaching position in opera with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the early 1960's. It was there that she met and married Patrick H. Winston, a debonair gentleman with the same surname as her own family's. After they divorced some years later, she moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia, headquarters of the Edgar Cayce Foundation, where, for over 20 years, she lectured on his work both there and nationwide, one of the organization's most dynamic speakers. She wrote "Music as the Bridge" which discusses Cayce's comments on music and the arts, and their roles in transforming attitudes and emotions. She also taught voice to selected private students.
Mrs. Winston left an endowment in Conservation to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in memory of her father, Robert Alonzo Winston. In honor of her mother, the artist Naomi Rabb Winston, she endowed an annual scholarship fund for young visual artists which is administered by the National Society of Arts and Letters. The NSAL also awards the annual Shirley Rabb Winston scholarships in voice.
She was a professional opera singer, and the youngest member of the Washington Chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters. While still in Washington, she was the regular soloist at the renowned Rev. Peter Marshall's New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Later, she sang in Constitution Hall, New York's Carnegie Hall, and had major roles with the Metropolitan Opera Touring Company as well as appeared in "Oklahoma" on Broadway. Also, she was the regular soloist at Marble Collegiate Church in New York which was pastored by the acclaimed Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. The major portion of her career was as a mezzo soprano with the New York City Opera. However, she performed in many of the major venues of that profession. After she received a contract from the Metropolitan Opera, she retired from her professional career and accepted a teaching position in opera with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the early 1960's. It was there that she met and married Patrick H. Winston, a debonair gentleman with the same surname as her own family's. After they divorced some years later, she moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia, headquarters of the Edgar Cayce Foundation, where, for over 20 years, she lectured on his work both there and nationwide, one of the organization's most dynamic speakers. She wrote "Music as the Bridge" which discusses Cayce's comments on music and the arts, and their roles in transforming attitudes and emotions. She also taught voice to selected private students.
Mrs. Winston left an endowment in Conservation to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in memory of her father, Robert Alonzo Winston. In honor of her mother, the artist Naomi Rabb Winston, she endowed an annual scholarship fund for young visual artists which is administered by the National Society of Arts and Letters. The NSAL also awards the annual Shirley Rabb Winston scholarships in voice.
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