Background
Powell, Robert Jennings was born on July 22, 1932 in Benoit, Mississippi, United States.
Powell, Robert Jennings was born on July 22, 1932 in Benoit, Mississippi, United States.
Bachelor of Music in Organ and Composition, Louisiana State University, 1954; Master in Sacred Music, Union Theological Seminary, 1958.
Assistant organist Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, 1957-1959. Organist, choirmaster St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Meridian, Mississippi, 1959-1965. Director music St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, 1965-1968.
Organist, choirmaster Christ Church, Greenville, South Carolina, since 1968.
Fellow American Guild Organists, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Married Nancy Crain; children: Lynn, Mark, David.