Early Life
What year and where was Powell born?
What is 1908 in Boley, Oklahoma
Who was Powell's very first piano instructor?
Which musical collection does "Drizzle" come from?
What is, Cycle of songs on Poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar
What award was Powell presented in 1998
The Wyoming Arts and Sciences Outstanding Alumni Award
How many divorces did Powell go through?
What is, 2
What major event occured in Powell's youth proving her musical prowess?
What is, winning a piano competition at 11 years old in 1919
Who was Powell's first collegiate mentor?
Who is, black pianist/composer R. Nathaniel Dett
What is the form of “Drizzle”?
What is through-composed
What type of music did Powell help popularize?
What is the song cycle
What tragic event occured in 1944 that changed Powell's life?
What is, the death of her 11 year old son Lemuel
Which close figure in Powell's life did not support her going into a career in music?
Who is, Calvin Bethel Powell, her father and a physician
Who gave Powell the encouragement to more seriously look into composition?
Who is Cortez Reece
“Drizzle” is arranged, specifically catering to which performing force?”
What is the voice
How many awards did Powell amass over her years as a composer and educator?
What is 11
Who did Powell raise as a single mother while working full time as a composer, student, and professor?
Who is, her daughter Janis-Rozena Peri, who grew up to be an amazing singer
Which was the first university that Powell held a faculty position?
What is, Arkansas, Agricultural, Mechanical, and Normal Collge(A.A.M.&N.)
Which civil rights activist had an immense influence on Powell's life and music as a whole?
Who is, Booker T. Washignton
What makes the text of this piece stand out from much of the other music written at this time?
What is it’s ties to black dialect to honor not only Perry’s background, but also Dunbar’s original poem.
Which historical figure was a friend and sponsor of Powells graduate studies?
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt
Which of Powells relatives was a former slave that taught her the importance of activism?
Who is her grandfather
Which two universities did Powell graduate from?
What is, University of Wyoming and Tuskegee University
What culture other than African American had the greatest amount of influence on Powells work?
Native American( particularly the folklore, language, and poetry)
What melody is the piano based on, and why is it significant?
What is the pentatonic scale, and it reflects the tediousness of unnecessary talking (the meaning of the poem).
In 1962 what civil rights activism group did Powell join?
What is the NAACP
Powells Opera was inspired by what historically sad event during the times of American Slavery?
What is The Underground Railroad