Shelley Hirsch (born June 9, 1952 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American vocalist,[1] performance artist, composer, improviser, and writer. She won a DAAD Residency Grant in Berlin 1992, a Prix Futura award in 1993,[2] and multiple awards from Creative Capital, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts,[3] the New York State Council for the Arts, four from NYFA and six from Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center.[4] She was a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition in 2017.[5]