Celebrating Dr. George Shirley

Before Lead Tenor at the Metropolitan Opera … Before Professor Emeritus, at the University of Michigan … Carr Center Resident Artist, Dr George Shirley, broke the color barrier as the first African-American to be invited to join the prestigious U.S. Army Band. His...

The New Awakening Arts Competition

The Carr Center is proud to announce our first Arts Competition which will be open to students of the Detroit Metropolitan area. During these challenging times of Coronavirus, Black Lives Matter, Climate Change, Social Injustice and unrest, artists are often compelled...