Timothy M. Powell

Dr. Powell is an accomplished violist, conductor, and composer.  He is the Director of Choral and Vocal Studies at Lee College and directs the Lee College Chorale and the Baytown Community Chorus.  Dr. Powell holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Conducting from the University of South Carolina, where he studied conducting with Larry Wyatt and voice with Walter Cuttino. In 2002, Powell was awarded a William J. Fulbright research grant for study in Bulgaria.  His research project studied the original manuscripts of Bulgarian composer Dobri Hristov with the intention to produce the first international performance edition of Hristov’s Liturgy No. 1 of St. John Chrysostom.  Prior to joining the Lee faculty, Dr. Powell served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN where he directed the Rhodes Singers, the Rhodes Orchestra, and the semi-professional Rhodes Master Singers Chorale  in his role as Conductor  in Residence for the 2004-2005 Season.  He was the Director of the Honors College Choir at the University of South Carolina from 2001-2002, a 2002 Fellow in the prestigious South Carolina Conductor’s Institute and the 1999 National Choristers Guild Scholar.  He received his Bachelors degree in Church Music (cum laude), and his Masters degree in Church Music from Belmont University,where he studied conducting with Timothy W. Sharp and Robert Gregg, viola with Monisa Angell, and composition with John Arnn.  Dr. Powell is a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda Music Society, The College Music Society, The Texas Music Educator's Association, and the American Choral Director’s Association.