Remembering Dr. Lacey E. Powell Jr.
A great servant of
music education, Dr. Lacey E. Powell Jr. left behind a legacy for all Alabama music educators.
Carl Hancock AMEA President, 2014-2016
Beta Mu, national honorary bandmasters fraternity. In addition, he was state chairman of the College Band Directors Association and the American School Band Directors Association. Lacey also served as a member of the Alabama Alliance for Arts Education Board and was named Director Emeritus.
Dr. Powell has been honored with induction in the Alabama Bandmasters Hall of Fame (1995), Troy State University Distinguished Alumnus of the Year (1993), Troy State University Outstanding Music Educator (1992), AMEA Outstanding Music Educator (1993), Outstanding Educator of America (1971), and AMEA Hall of Fame (2008). Dr. Powell, a former chairman of the editorial board of Ala Breve, the official publication of the Alabama Music Educators Association, has published articles in the Ala Breve, The Instrumentalist, Music Educators Journal, and School Musician-Director.
Dr. Lacey E. Powell Jr. served as Professor of Music at the University of South Alabama and was the former Executive Director for the Alabama Music Educators Association. He served as president of the Alabama Music Educators Association for two terms, the Alabama Bandmasters Association, and the Rho chapter of the Phi
Dr. Powell received his bachelor’s degree from Troy State University, master’s from VanderCook College of Music, and a Ph.D. from the University of Alabama, with additional study at Northwestern University. He was an active clinician and conducted all- state and regional honor bands in numerous states and has appeared as an adjudicator,
consultant, clinician, and speaker. Dr. Powell was a member of the 43rd Division Army Band during the Korean Conflict, played with the Mobile Symphony for seven seasons, and was a charter member of the Mobile Symphonic Pops Band. He served on the board of directors for the Symphony Concerts of Mobile. During his career at Georgiana High School, Andalusia High School, and Davidson High School, his bands were awarded only superior ratings at state contests.
Lacey was the first director of bands at the University of South Alabama. Prior to joining the University faculty in 1965, he was the supervisor of music for the Mobile County Public Schools. As part of the Alabama Bicentennial Celebration, Dr. Powell was director of the “Marching 200,” the official Alabama bicentennial marching band, which performed on three national telecasts. Dr. Powell was a member of the Music Educators National Conference, later known as the National Association for Music Education, the Alabama Music Educators Association, Alabama Bandmasters Association, National Band Association, Alabama Alliance for Arts Education, Phi Beta Mu, and Phi Mu Alpha.
In January 2016, the Alabama Music Educators Association renamed the Outstanding Music Educator Award to the Lacey Powell Outstanding Music Educator Award in his honor. The award is presented annually to honor those music educators who have set high standards for our profession, and who give all of us inspiration and direction.
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