Phyllis Byrdwell leads the 100-voice gospel choir in songs of praise, jubilation, and other expressions of the Gospel tradition.
PR O GR AM
DO NOT PASS ME BY ................................................................ JAMES CLEVELAND (1931-1991)
Alexander Ok, soloist
I WANT TO BE READY ........................................................................................arr. Ted Hunter
Kalia Hobbs, soloist
MORE THAN ANYTHING .........................................................................BYRON CAGE (b. 1952)
STEAL AWAY ............................................................................................... arr. Phyllis Byrdwell
KARAMU (Celebration) .................................................................. HEZEKIAH WALKER (b. 1962)
HE WILL ANSWER .................................................................................................. BYRON CAGE
Kevin Tu, soloist
HOSANNA .................................................................................................... HEZEKIAH WALKER
I’LL TELL IT ...................................................................................................JAMES CLEVELAND
Benjamin Johnson & Katherine Van Bebber, soloists
STRANGER................................................................................... DONALD LAWRENCE (b. 1961)
from the movie SISTER ACT II:
JOYFUL, JOYFUL........................... LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827), arr. Roger Emerson
Carolyn Dawson, soloist
MY JOY .......................................................................................... ALVIN SLAUGHTER (b. 1955) Ben Hagan, soloist
Musicians
Phyllis M. Byrdwell, Director, Keyboard
Wadie Ervin, Bass Guitar
Anthony Brown, Percussionist
Patricia Hunter, Percussionist
Ben Hagan, Keyboard
Teaching Assistants
Carolyn Dawson Marissa Williams Kalia Hobbs
DIRECTOR BIO
Phyllis Byrdwell
Phyllis Byrdwell, director of the UW Gospel Choir, is Minister of Music at Mount Zion Baptist Church of Seattle and also a music educator for Lakeside School. She has conducted several seminar workshops on Gospel music throughout Washington state and nationally, and served as a songleader for the Baptist World Alliance conference in Birmingham, England in 2005.
Byrdwell was inducted into the Washington Music Educators Association's Hall of Fame in 2002 and serves on the Seattle Symphony Board of Directors.
A School of Music alumna, she holds a bachelor's degree in music and bachelor's and master's degrees in music education.