Ms. Powell is the recipient of a Gold Award in Music from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.Other awards include top prizes at the Primrose International Viola Competition, the Philadelphia Orchestra Greenfield Competition, the Johansen International Competition, and the Aspen Low Strings Competition.
An avid chamber musician, Ms. Powell has been invited on tours across the country with Musicians from Marlboro, Musicians from Ravinia's Steans Institute, and Curtis on Tour. Ms. Powell has collaborated with prominent artists such as Mitsuko Uchida, Arnold Steinhardt, Pamela Frank, Ida Kavafian, Peter Wiley, Miriam Fried, Jonathan Biss, Carter Brey, Steven Tenenbom, and Joseph Silverstein. As violist of the contemporary string and wind quintet Ensemble39, Ms. Powell is dedicated to commissioning new works by promising young composers.
As an orchestral musician Ms. Powell has served as Guest Principal of the San Diego Symphony and the Chicago Philharmonic, and performs frequently with the New York Philharmonic.
Ms. Powell is a graduate of the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music where she studied with Misha Amory and Roberto Diaz.
