Dr. Rosephanye Dunn Powellhas
been hailed as one of America's premiere women composers of
choral music. She has an impressive catalogue of works published by
some of the nation’s leading publishers, including the Hal
Leonard Corporation, the Fred Bock
Music Company/Gentry Publications, and Alliance
Music Publications. Additionally, Dr. Powell has composed for the
Oxford
University Press (London) and is commissioned yearly to compose for
professional and community choruses, church choirs, university choruses
and secondary school choirs. Her work has been auctioned by
Chorus America and her compositions are in great
demand at choral festivals around the country, frequently
appearing on
the regional and national conventions of the American Choral Directors
Association, as well as Honor Choir festivals. Dr.
Powell's compositions include sacred and secular works for mixed
chorus, women's chorus, men's chorus, and children's voices.
An accomplished singer and
voice professor, Dr. Powell’s research has focused on the
art of the African-American spiritual, the art
songs of William Grant Still (dean of African-American composers), and voice care concerns for
voice professionals (specifically, music educators, choral directors,
and choral singers). She travels the country presenting lectures,
lecture-recitals, recitals, workshops and clinics on these subjects.
