2019 TMEA All-State Program

TENNESSEE ALL-STATE SSAA CHOIR
Rosephanye Powell, Conductor | Delana Easley, Piano | Kelly Davenport, Ensemble Coordinator
Program to be selected from the following:
Dies Irae............................................................................................................................................................. Z. Randal Stroope
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child.......................................................................................................Rosephanye Powell
The Moon Is Distant................................................................................................................................................ David N. Childs
I Want to Die While You Love Me.....................................................................................................................Rosephanye Powell
I Carry Your Heart with Me.................................................................................................................................... David C. Dickau
Still I Rise..........................................................................................................................................................Rosephanye Powell
Rosephanye Powell, Conductor
Dr. Rosephanye Powell has been hailed as one of America’s premier women
composers of choral music. She serves as a Charles W. Barkley Endowed Professor
and Coordinator of Voice Studies at Auburn University. Dr. Powell travels the country
and internationally serving as a composer-in-residence, workshop clinician, conductor,
and adjudicator for solo vocal competitions/auditions, honor choirs, choral workshops
and festivals. Dr. Powell holds degrees from The Florida State University (D.M.),
Westminster Choir College (M.M), and Alabama State University (B.M.E).
Recent commitments include: Delaware All-State Mixed Choir, conductor; West Virginia
All-State Mixed Chorus, conductor; Boston Children’s Chorus (MA), conductor, composerin-residence;
Festival Disney Choral Festival, clinician and adjudicator; Hillsborough
County SSA Honor Choir (FL), conductor; Oklahoma All-State High School Women’s Choir,
conductor; Kansas All-State High School Women’s Choir, conductor; North Carolina
High School SATB Honor Choir, conductor; Georgia All-State Senior Women Chorus,
conductor; the Middle Tennessee Vocal Association Treble Honor Choir, conductor; the World Choir Games (OH),
adjudicator; Melbourne International Singers Festival (AUS), conductor, composer-in-residence; the Italian Feder
Gospel Choirs Workshop (Milan, Italy), conductor, composer-in-residence.
Delana Easley, Piano
Delana Easley has recently retired from the University of Tennessee at Martin where she
served as Collaborative Pianist for the Department of Music. During her highly successful,
seventeen-year tenure, she accompanied the university choirs, coached and accompanied
undergraduate vocal and instrumental students, and collaborated with faculty soloists,
chamber ensembles, and guest artists in recital. Particularly rewarding for Mrs. Easley was her
work with the Jackson (TN) Symphony Orchestra’s integrative medicine and outreach program.
Other engagements included serving as musical director for productions by the University of
Tennessee at Martin’s Vanguard Theater and the local community’s Masquerade Theater. She
served thirty-two years as pianist for First United Methodist Church in Union City, Tennessee,
and served as Program Director for the Obion County Concert Association. Mrs. Easley now
resides in Smyrna, Tennessee, with her husband John Easley. She serves on staff at Stewarts Creek High School and
remains in-demand as a collaborative pianist, chamber music coach, and concert pianist in the Middle Tennessee area.
PERSONNEL
Soprano I
Marielle Alexander.........Chattanooga Center for Creative Arts
Caroline Bailey.............................. Marshall County High School
Elaina Barnett....................................Cocke County High School
Hanna Biskner..................................................... Nashville Notes
Meher Boghani........................................Collierville High School
Eden Bollschweiler.................................... Maryville High School
Amanda Cunningham..................................... University School
Raelynn Davis...............................................Smyrna High School
Claudia DellaSantina.............. Gatlinburg-Pittman High School
Madilynn Gomez.......................................Arlington High School
Sarah Grubb.......................................... Greeneville High School
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2019 TENNESSEE All-State Ensembles