About the Director
Dr. Curtis Everett Powell
Dr. Curtis Everett Powell was graduated from the Alabama School of Fine Arts in 1979. He studied with prominent music professors at Talladega College, Alabama State University, the University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music (New York), Howard University in Washington, DC, Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the University of Oklahoma at Norman, and the University of Mississippi.
Prior to his appointment as Director of Choral Activities and Musical Director of the University Choir at Delaware State University, Powell served on the music faculty at Lane College, North Carolina A&T State University, and Prairie View A&M State University.
He has also served as Coordinator of Music Ministry at the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church in Birmingham and Music Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr International Chapel at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.
He holds membership in and has participated in many professional organizations in his field. A member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated (AΦA), the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), the National Association for the Study and Performance of African American Music (NASPAAM), the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM), the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), and Phi Mu Alpha (Professional Music Fraternity).
He is listed in several biographical publications, some of which include: Who’s Who in Entertainment, Personalities of the Americas, Personalities of the South, International Men of Achievement, The Society of Young American Professionals, and the Who’s Who in American Education.
He was trice selected as one of the Outstanding Young Men of America and is now serving on the National Nominating Committee for the Outstanding Young Men of America Awards. During 1990, Powell received a Proclamation of the Community Leaders of America for his outstanding service to the music profession.
He served on the Board of Directors for the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham – the first alumnae to serve on the Board of Directors and recently served on the Board of Directors for the Jackson (TN) Symphony Orchestra.
In 1989, he traveled with a special Choral Directors Tour of Italy as part of the Arts Development Agency in Princeton, New Jersey. During January 1995, Powell traveled on a tour of China and in January 1998 toured the United Kingdom. While in Texas, Powell served as the Texas Chair of the Committee on Ethnic and Multicultural Perspectives for the American Choral Directors Association. During 1999 and 2003, respectively, he participated in a tour of Senegal and Ghana, West Africa.
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