Jillian Patricia Pirtle (born 1983) is an American soprano, historian, nonprofit executive, and former beauty pageant winner.
[7][3] Pirtle has performed in operas, plays, and musicals including Porgy and Bess, La bohème, Gianni Scicci, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Hair, The Mikado, Little Shop of Horrors, and Love's Labour's Lost, and Funny House of a Negro.
On June 26, 2023, Pirtle performed at the 132nd Continental Congress of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.[9] Pirtle is the chief executive officer of the Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society.
Following over $500,000 in flood damages that resulted after a basement pipe burst at the museum in 2020, Pirtle secured donations from private donors, the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, and the Daughters of the American Revolution to assist in covering the costs.
[16] In March 2024, Pirtle organized the Faith, Music and Community event as a collaboration between the Marian Anderson Museum and Tindley Temple United Methodist Church.