Phyllis Byrdwell leads the 100-voice Gospel Choir in songs from the Gospel tradition.
Program
Anthem of Praise - Richard Smallwood
Amazing Grace - Arr. Marcus Pettit
Again I say Rejoice - Israel Houghton/Aaron Lindsay
While You Wait - Joe Pace
I Will Sing Praises - Richard Smallwood
Soloist: Alexandra Rameau
I Am Your Song - Jonathan Nelson
My Joy - Rev. Alvin Slaughter
Soloist: Isaiah Ikeda
The Joy Medley - Richard Smallwood, arr. Marcus Pettit/Tye Triplett
Soloists: Ryan Kapsandy, Mitchel Pepper, Soledad-Mayorga-Maldonado
Psalm 8 - Richard Smallwood
Soloist: Elena Liu
Celebration - Kool and the Gang
UW Gospel Choir
SOPRANO
Dulgunn Uuganbaatan
Annie Liu
Maria Oommen
Alysha Lopein
Alex Billingsley
Ave Dimond
Avalon Whitten
Soledad Mayorga-Maldonado
Corrie Zhai
ALTO
Elene Liu
Kelsey Zane
Sola Feldheger
Diane Chapel
Salome Muruts
Shreya Sumanth
Juliette Hale
Kelly Xie
Haruba Milano
Isla Kim
Jieun Jang
Ashley Jang
Anna Kim
Araceyle Rodriquez-Mitchell
Kaycee Fehme
TENOR
Kyle Orth
Isaiah Ikeda
Santy Gomez
Aiden Shek
Tyan Knight
Carmela Stewart
Michel Pepper
Kayah Corpis
Violet Fitzgerald
Owen Carang
Evan Pham
Deryn Bagley
Bouba Katompa
BASS
Bronislaw Andrus
Sihyeon Song
Ryan Kapsandy
Matthew Young
Matthew Gohar
Mark Alexander
Joshua Rolfe
Alexander Beck
Gabriel Wan
Ciaran McNeely
Quinnan Mack
Yin Pai
Austin Shin
Ryan Lahagu
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.