Rosephanye Powell

Recent Premieres and Commissions by Rosephanye Powell

Mar 16, 2022 | News

Recent commission and premiere highlights include: Love Will Find A Way (SATB) premiered by the Metropolitan Youth Chorale of New York at Lincoln Center, NY; Get Busy (SATB) premiered and conducted by the composer at Carnegie Hall, NY; A Christmas Medley (SATB), commissioned and performed by multi-Grammy award-winning Chanticleer; When I Sing (SSA), commissioned by the American Composers Forum CHORALQUEST series; I Want to Die While You Love Me (SSAA), composed for the ACDA Women’s Choirs Commission Consortium; Gospel Trinity (SATB), commissioned by the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology and the Arts/Fuller Theological Seminary (CA) and premiered at the Lincoln Center, NY; With What Shall I Come (SATB), composed for the St. Olaf Choir celebration of the 25th anniversary of Dr. Anton Armstrong, conductor, and premiered at Carnegie Hall; and The Cry of Jeremiah, a four-movement sacred work for narrator, chorus, organ and orchestra, commissioned by the American Guild of Organists, premiered at the Lincoln Center, NY; Arise Beloved, commissioned by OurSong (Atlanta, GA) one of four works premiered as part of the group’s choral cycle “And Nature Smiled,” performed at the internationally-acclaimed Spivey Hall; Christmas Give, a suite of five songs for SATB and orchestra, composed for the Baltimore Choral Arts Society Christmas CD “Christmas at America’s First Cathedral” released by Gothic Records; and Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit, arranged for The Sofia Chamber Choir “Vassil Arnaudov”- Bulgaria, Southeastern Europe.

Rosephanye Powell Commissioned for America250 in Collaboration with the U.S. Army

Join us in celebrating composer Rosephanye Powell, who is writing new music for America’s 250th anniversary in collaboration with the United States Army.

Rider University Honors Rosephanye Powell with Honorary Doctor of Music Degree

During its 160th Commencement ceremony, Rider University awarded distinguished composer, conductor, educator, and alumna Rosephanye Powell an honorary Doctor of Music degree on May 17, 2025, at CURE Insurance Arena.

Still I Rise: Rosephanye Powell and a Choral Declaration of Strength

On November 23, 2025, the world will witness a concert at Lincoln Center unlike any other–Still I Rise!, a powerful gathering of voices, women, and communities determined to rise above adversity with dignity and strength.

Rosephanye Powell Awarded 2025 Raymond Brock Memorial Commission

Rosephanye Powell honored with the 2025 Raymond Brock Memorial Commission. This prestigious award will have her new work premiered at the American Choral Directors Association’s 2025 National Conference in Dallas, Texas.

Celebrate Us! Music for Treble Choir

Calling all female singers and choral ensembles! Mark your calendars for November 23, 2025—an unforgettable celebration of women, by women, in the heart of New York City. Don’t miss this extraordinary choral event!

Dr. Rosephanye Powell is ecstatic to share the thrilling news of being invited to serve as composer-in-residence with Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) from Nov. 20-24. She will present a spectacular concert of original choral works, featuring a captivating program of compositions for women’s voices.