Rosephanye Powell has been hailed as one of America’s premier women composers and the most performed African American female composer of choral music internationally. She serves as professor of voice at Auburn University, where she teaches courses in voice, vocal pedagogy, and vocal literature, and conducts the Women’s Chorus and Concert Choir. A graduate of the Florida State University, Westminster Choir College, and Alabama State University, she is in high demand as a composer and conductor. In addition to her choral works, Powell is known for her art songs and spiritual arrangements for solo voice and piano. Her numerous awards and honors include the 2025 Brock Commission, Honorary Life Member of NCCO (2023), the National Vanguard Award from the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. (2023), and the Luise Vosgerchian Teaching Award presented by Harvard University (2022).