Master of Music (M.M.)
University of Maryland
1994
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Faculty
Faculty
Angela Powell Walker
Assistant Professor
Department/Office
- Department of Music
School/College
- College of Fine Arts
Biography
Angela Powell is an assistant professor and coordinator of classical voice at the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard University, shaping the next generation of vocal artists within one of the nation’s premier historically Black institutions.
She is an American soprano and arts administrator known for her dual commitment to performance excellence and arts leadership. As a singer, Powell has built a career that bridges classical vocal repertoire, spirituals, and culturally significant works that highlight African American musical traditions. Her performances often reflect a deep respect for both European art song and the legacy of African American composers and arrangers, contributing to the continued vitality of this repertoire on the concert stage.
In addition to her performing career, Powell has held significant leadership and educational roles. She previously served as artistic director of the School for Creative and Performing Arts and as artistic director of The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati, where she developed educational programming, artistic development for young performers and produced/directed several productions. Her leadership roles have focused on expanding opportunities for emerging artists, strengthening arts education initiatives, and fostering programming that reflects diverse cultural voices.
Powell’s career represents a model of the artist-administrator: a musician who not only performed on the stages of the American, European and Southeast Asian music venues, but continues to perform and shape the cultural landscape behind the scenes. By combining artistic achievement with organizational leadership, she contributes both to the preservation of vocal traditions and to the advancement of equitable practices within the worldwide arts sector.
Education & Expertise
Education
Bachelor of Music (B.M.)
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
1990
Expertise
Vocal Technique
Vocal Pedagogy
Diction - IPA English, Italian, French and German
Opera Performance
Arts Administration
Classical Voice Literature
Academics
Academics
Undergraduate & Graduate Studio Voice
Diction
Vocal Literature
Pedagogy
Style Interpretation
Opera Workshop
Small Ensembles
Accomplishments
Accomplishments
Imagineers, Impresarios, Inventors: Cincinnati Arts and the Power of Her
Art School Network - MALITA program - Innovation of the Year award
Arts School Network - Exemplary School Designation
OTR award
2015 Member of Leadership Cincinnati Class 38
Board member, Master Chorale of Washington
United States Postal Service, Black Heritage Marion Anderson Postal Stamp
Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI), member
President of the Washington DC alumni chapter SAI
American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), member
Maryland State Art Council, Governor’s grant Top award
Poulenc Plus Competition, Semi-finalist
National Society of Arts and Letters, D.C. Chapter, First Place
Metropolitan Opera National Council Midwest District Auditions, First Place
Publications and Presentations
Publications and Presentations
Performance Experience
- Matilda – Ms. Phelps (Children’s Theater of Cincinnati)
- Peter and the Wolf - Narrator (Cincinnati Pops Orchestra)
- Help, Help, the Globolinks - Madam Euterpova (Cincinnati Opera Outreach)
- Hansel & Gretel - The Witch (Cincinnati Opera Outreach)
- Die Zauberflöte - Pamina (Cincinnati Opera Outreach)
- Susannah - Susannah - Cover (Dayton Opera)
- Susannah - Mrs. Gleaton (Dayton Opera)
- Susannah - Susannah - Baltimore Municipal Opera
- Paul Lawrence Dunbar: Common Ground* - 2nd Soprano (Dayton Opera)
- Snow White - Evil Queen* (Maryland Opera Studio)
- Le Nozze di Figaro - Contessa (Maryland Opera Studio)
- Metropolitan Chorus - Bach, Mass in B Minor - Soprano Soloist
- American University - Beethoven, 9th Symphony - Soprano Soloist
- Master Chorale of Washington (MCW) - European Tour - Soprano Soloist
- Vatican City, Rome - Malotte, Lord's Prayer - Soprano Soloist
- Kennedy Center - Faure, Requiem - Soprano Soloist
- Kennedy Center - Donald McCullough, Holocaust Cantata*- Soprano Soloist
- Kennedy Center - Szymanowski, Stabat Mater - Soprano Soloist
- Kennedy Center - Brahms, A German Requiem - Soprano Soloist
- National Presbyterian Church - Donald McCullough, Let My People Go* - Soprano Soloist
- Washington D.C. Summer Sing - Mozart, Requiem - Soprano Soloist
- Paul Hill Chorale, Kennedy Center - Wilcox, Magnificat - Soprano Soloist
- Choral Arts Society of Washington, Kennedy Center; Handel, Dixit Dominus - Soloist
- Cincinnati Opera Outreach, Aronoff Theater - Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel - Witch
Cincinnati Symphony - Mozart, Don Giovanni 2nd Act Finale - Donna Elvira
* World Premiere