Phyllis Byrdwell leads the UW Gospel Choir and students in her Ethnomusicology Gospel Music seminar courses in an an end-of-year performance.
Program
Anthem of Praise - Richard Smallwood
I Am Your Song - Jonathan Nelson
Karamu (Celebration) - John P Keer
O Happy Day - Edwin Hawkins
Markus Teuton, soloist
Be Your Word - Joe Pace
The Lord Is My Light - Andre Crouch
Kalia Hobbs-Rutz, soloist Better- Hezekiah Walker
Psalm 8 - Richard Smallwood
Elene Lin, soloist
Wonderful Is Your Name - Hezekiah Walker
Emmanuel - Christmas Carol
Do Not Pass Me By - Rickey Dillard
Musicians
Phyllis M. Byrdwell, Director
Keyboard Anthony Mobley
Bass Guitar Fred Byrdwell
Drummer Dr. Patricia Hunter
Percussionist Kalia Hobbs-Rutz
ALTO
Lucy Brandt - Ethnomusicology
B. Underhill-Reed - Astronomy
Rebecca Neil - Community Member
Mel Madsen - Community Member
Haley Chavez - Ethnomusicology (Ph.D.)
Elene Liu - Ethnomusicology
Hal Yacuk - Philosophy
Anna Kim - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Shelly Hayworth - Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Aidan Moeck - Visual Communication Design
Aliya Fischels - Civil Engineering
Rachel Kim - Psychology
Peyton Ray - Flute
Alex Alsabih - Psychology
Diane Chapel - Community Member
Galena Truong - Chemistry
Carina Wu - Pre-Nursing
Shreya Sumanth - NeuroScience
Juliette Hale - Law & Justice
Helen Young - Music Education, MA
Monica Hoyt - Psychology
TENOR
Skip Gomez - Community Member
Violet FitzGerald - Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Charlotte FitzGerald - Art
Tyan Knight - International Studies
Kayah Corpus - Botany
Malia Callier - Plant Biology
Timon Nguyen Phua - Business Administration
Michael Lim - Music Education
Alexander Trias - Community Member
Carneka Stewart - Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health
BASS
Gabriel Wan - Community Member
Drew Theran - Trumpet Performance
Raziel Spinoza Holguin - Community Member
William Zhong - Microbiology
Sam Buisch - Psychology
Ryan Kapsandy - Bassoon
Mark Alexander - Community Member
Matthew Young - Community Member
Hoang Ce - Biochemistry
Isaac Carlson - Engineering
Dillon Pham - Finance
Ciaran McNeely - Informatics
Markus Teuton - Ethnomusicology (Ph.D.)
Ash Snow - Ethnomusicology and Math
SOPRANO
Eva (Yutong) Liu - Political Science
Lyra Moscuzza - Physics (Teaching Track)
Ave Dimond - Political Science
Kiki Wen - Ethnomusicology
Alva Taing - Sociology
Minh Thi Butler - Oboe
Zoe Vance - Dance & Voice Performance
Soledad Mayorga- Maldonado - MMA Voice Performance
Avalon Whitten - Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health
Cassandra Brinklee - Pre-Sciences
Lilian Nguyenphua - Neuroscience
Lena Nguyen - Undeclared
Penny Crichton - Ethnomusicology
Emily Colombo - Music Education
Biographies
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.