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Gospel Choir

Gospel Choir

Phyllis Byrdwell leads the 100-voice gospel choir in songs of praise, jubilation, and other expressions of the Gospel tradition.

Masks are required in all indoor spaces on the UW campus, and patrons must show proof of vaccination or recent (within 72 hours of the performance) negative COVID-19 test for entry to live events at Meany Hall. Enhanced sanitation measures and touchless ticketing are among other safety measures in effect for 2021-22. Details of these policies and procedures are at: https://artsevents.washington.edu/covid-protocols 


Program

WORSHIP THE LORD/ I GET EXCITED-----------------------arr. by Phyllis Byrdwell

WHILE YOU WAIT.............................................................. Joe Pace (b. 1965)

LORD, WE GLORIFY YOU..........................................Edwin Hawkins (1943-2018)
soloist: Lynnet Mitchell

YOU ARE MY STRENGTH.............................William Murphy (b. 1973)
soloists: Boon Huish, Sunshine Zhao

SING PRAISES...........................Jonathan Alvarado

EMMANUEL (COME LET US ADORE HIM).......................Norman Hutchins (b. 1962)

(IT WILL GET) BETTER.........................Hezekiah Walker (b. 1962)
soloist: Angela Burgess

TOTAL PRAISE.................................................Richard Smallwood (b. 1948)


UW GOSPEL CHOIR

SOPRANO

Sunshine Zhao, Education,

Communities & Organizations

Margaret Josephson, Pre-Sciences

Kyli Lora, Communications

Becca Vu, Pre-Health

Nicole Burnett, Communications

ALTO

Hayeun So, English

Cathy Zerg, Cinema & Media Studies

Amy Wang, Cinema & Media Studies

Nicole Wong, Business

Anna-Maria Peltomaeki, Finnish

TENOR

James Zheng Cao, Mathematics

Eric Gagliano, Civil Engineering

Zhudin Zheng, Economics

Jackson Brown, Information School

Jeter Arellano, Computer Science

Herojing “Jack” Zhang, ACMS

Should Hao Quek, Pre-Sciences

Boon Huish, Spanish

BASS

Abe Wu, Bioengineering

Yining Li, Economics

Adrian Dinh, Computer Science

Ethan Mah, Microbiology

MUSICIANS:

Phyllis M. Byrdwell, Director & Keyboard

Anthony Brown, Percussion

Tony Mobley, Bass Guitar

Ben Hagan, Keyboard


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.

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