MusicUNTOLD will include I Dream A World by
choral composer Dr. Rosephanye Powell to Free FREEDOM CONCERT of May
24, 2015 in Los Angeles to celebrate 150th anniversary of End of Civil
War and 13th Amendment Abolition of Slavery. The work features the
words by Langston Hughes that inspired Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. This is an anthem for all those who believe in human
rights, in peace and hope for a better tomorrow.
John Malveaux
first met Dr. Powell in 2009 when she received the “Living Legend
Award” presented by California State University African Diaspora Sacred
Music Festival in Los Angeles and he attend a choral performance of her
music at Auburn University. She was listed in the first edition of the
international publication Who Is Who in Choral Music. And, she has been included in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and Outstanding Young Women in America
in recent years. Dr. Powell is a member of the American Society of
Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), the American Choral
Directors Association (ACDA), the College Music Society (CMS), the
National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and the Music
Educators National Conference (MENC).
John Malveaux
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