Courtney Powers is the Music Director at South Philadelphia High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Originally from a small rural town Leon, Kansas she began playing French horn in middle school. She graduated from Berklee in 2007 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education and from Villanova in 2015 with a Master of Arts in Education. Courtney is a VH1-Save the Music grant facilitator, 2019 Give a note grant Semifinalist- 2020 Grant winner and a 2020 Grammy Music Educator Semi Finalist and 2021Quarterfinalist