Fleming was a critic for the
Post starting in 1978. She also wrote liner notes and contributed to the
New York Times,
Stagebill, and
Playbill. She launched her career at
Hi-Fi Music at Home in 1958, and later served as an editor at
Musical America,
High Fidelity, and
American Record Guide.
"If anyone in our tightly knit classical music world was indispensable, it was Shirley Fleming," Sedgewick Clark, an editor at Musical America, told the Post. "Her passion for music and musicians, and her personal graciousness and good will were extraordinary."