The UW Gospel Choir (Phyllis Byrdwell, director) presents its Winter Quarter concert at Mount Zion Baptist Church, 1634 19th Ave., Seattle WA 98122. With the Mount Zion Baptist Church Choir.
Program
Hosanna! Hosanna! - Glenn Burleigh
Isabella Pope, soloist
Healing - Richard Smallwood
Smile - Kirk Franklin
Free At Last - arr. Byrdwell
Felisha Barnes, soloist
I'll Tell It! - Donnie Harper
Isaiah Ikeda, soloist
Joined by the Mount Zion Choir
The Praise Dancers
Total Praise - Richard Smallwood
Hallelujah Chorus (Soulful Celebration of the Messiah by Handel) - Adaptation by Quincy Jones
Musicians
Phyllis M. Byrdwell - director, keyboard
Tony Mobley - bass guitar
Fred Byrdwell - percussion/drums
Dr. Patricia Hunter - percussion
Thank you
Thank you to the choir of the Mount Zion Baptist Church for joining us in this performance!
Gospel Choir
SOPRANO
Soledad Mayorga-Maldonado, MA Vocal Performance
Flaminia Zito, BA International Studies
Makayla Paulsen, Marketing
Cassandra Brittle, Pre-Sciences
Ave Dimond, Political Science
Maria Elizabeth Oommen, Informatics
Alexandra Rameau, MM Choral Conducting
Avalon Whitten, Food Systems, Health, Nutrition
Isabella Pope, International Studies, Dance
Zoe Vance, Dance, Vocal Performance
ALTO
Salome Muruts, Civil Engineering
Joann Kim, Community Member
Felisha Barnes, Community Member
Sola Feldheger, Public Policy
B Underhill-Reed, Astronomy
Juliette Hale, Political Science
Diane Chapel, Community Member
Valeria Truong, Chemistry
Shivali Tewari, Biology
Emily Do, Environmental Health
Madison Heid, CHID/Philosophy
Shreya Sumanth, Neuroscience/Physiology
Lydia Lee, Biology (Physiology)
Lyra Moscuzza
TENOR
Michael Pepper, BA Music Theory
Timon Ngugenphuoc, Business Administration
Finnli Plentemoli, Linguistics
Tyan Knight, International Studies
Carmela Stewart, Food Systems, Nutrition, Health
Isaiah Ikeda, Medical Laboratory Sciences
Deryn Bagley, Marine Biology
Owen Varang, Materials Science/Engineering
Kayah Corpus, Plant Biology
Paxton Hebblethwatte
BASS
Bryan Zhao , CS/BS
Ryan Kapsandy, BM Bassoon Performance
Mark Alexander, Community Member
Gabriel Wan, Community Member
Foster Patterson, Music Education
Drew Theran, MM Trumpet Performance
Aidan Maynard, Public Health/Global Health
Matthew Young, Community Member
Hoang Le, Biochemistry
Ciaran McNeely, Informatics
Director Biography
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.