THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents
The Capital Children’s Choir Suzanne Rita Byrnes, Director Nicholas Petryk, Accompanist CCC Interns Crystal Berner, Caelynn Christensen Samantha Sermons, and Aubrey Williams 2040 Field Experience Students (Dr. Springer) Sean Barnette, David Butler, Michael Haves, Evan Jewsbury Annie Lane, Bowdi Miller, Gabe Ortiz, Isaiah Ramsey Delaney Reilly, and Anna Urbine Volunteers Music Education: Caroline Wheeler
Monday, December 5, 2022 6:30 p.m. | Opperman Music Hall
To Ensure An Enjoyable Concert Experience For All… Please refrain from talking, entering, or exiting during performances. Food and drink are prohibited in all concert halls. Recording or broadcasting of the concert by any means, including the use of digital cameras, cell phones, or other devices is expressly forbidden. Please deactivate all portable electronic devices including watches, cell phones, pagers, hand-held gaming devices or other electronic equipment that may distract the audience or performers. Recording Notice: This performance may be recorded. Please note that members of the audience may at times be included in this process. By attending this performance you consent to have your image or likeness appear in any live or recorded video or other transmission or reproduction made in conjunction to the performance. Health Reminder: The Florida Board of Governors and Florida State University expect masks to be worn by all individuals in all FSU facilities. Florida State University provides accommodations for persons with disabilities. Please notify the College of Music at (850) 644-3424 at least five working days prior to a musical event to request accommodation for disability or alternative program format.
Nice to See You
Garnet Choir
Traditional
There’s a Spider on the Floor
Bill Russell
Down by the Bay
Traditional
Peter Rabbit
Traditional
Big Bass Drum
Folk Song
One Small Voice
Jeff Moss
Mixing Up the Batter
Traditional
Goodbye Song
Traditional
A Little Bird
Nino Precioso Tongo
Gold Choir
Combined Choirs
Sean Barnette & Bowdi Miller, percussion
Ring Bells
Valerie Crescenz
Traditional Nicaraguan Folk Song arr. Rosephanye Powell Polynesian Folk Song arr. Greg Gilpin arr. Susan Brumfield
Neville, Cecily, & Clara Dean, bells Amanda Dean, director Bandyrowe
arr. Susan Brumfield
Banaha
Congolese Children’s Song
Winter with You
When the Busy Day is Done
Seminole Choir Abigail Sage, cello
Combined Choirs
Pinkzebra
Jon Foster & Tom Chapin
GARNET CHOIR Addison Butler, Gilchrist Elementary Alaysia Crawford, Woodville Elementary Meelah Day, SASC Ryder Dulak, Sealey Elementary Mia Guan, FSUS Lyra Hirai, Homeschool Harrison Hunt, Hawks Rise Elementary Savannah Hunt, Hawks Rise Elementary Nathaniel Lee, Leon County Virtual School Penelope Looke, SASC Brooks Madden, Gilchrist Elementary Marly Meikenhous, FSUS Aubrey Peoples, Holy Comforter Ellie Rogers, Gilchrist Elementary Madeline Register, FSUS Bithia Rosales, Greensboro Elementary Susmit Riddho Saha, Kate Sullivan Elementary Saige Soans, FSUS Bellamie Talbot, Creative Child Preschool Matthew Williams, Jr., Roberts Elementary Grace Xu, Gilchrist Elementary Charlotte Yeoh, Homeschool
GOLD/SEMINOLE* CHOIR Rafael Collins*, Hawks Rise Elementary Estella Driscoll-Knight, SAST Naomi Dsouza*, Hawks Rise Elementary Maya Duarte, SASC Ember Franklin, Capital Preparatory Afton Gray*, SAST Alexa Guo, Glichrist Elementary Mason Guo, Glichrist Elementary Elliott Huffaker*, Hawks Rise Elementary Markus Jackson*, Cobb Middle Cambria Knox, SASC Naomi Lee*, Leon County Virtual School Piper Looke, SASC Pengxi Lu, Hawks Rise Elementary Madeline Martin, SASC Alexa Meikenhous, Gilchrist Elementary Kameron Mitchell*, FSUS Eamon Morton Murray, SAST Golda Morton Murray*, SAST Natalie Rassam*, Hawks Rise Elementary Annelise Rohrer*, SAST Emily Vanderhoof*, Gilchrist Elementary Cadence Walker, Sealy Elementary Geqi Xu, Gilchrist Elementary Isaac Zhao, Hawks Rise Elementary
ABOUT THE CAPITAL CHILDREN’S CHOIR The FSU Capital Children’s Choir is a community outreach program for children in Kindergarten through eighth grade. The FSU College of Music sponsors CCC; the program was first started in 1957 under the name Tallahassee Junior Chorus and was directed by Lois Laverne Schnoor (later Ballard). After several years of non-existence, the choir was reinstated as a children’s opera chorus by then teaching assistant Michael Braz (under the guidance of Dr. Clifford Madsen) in the summer of 1981 and later became the children’s choir proper. After another lag, faculty took the helm of the program. Many thanks to Dr. Judy Bowers and Dr. Kim VanWeelden for upholding CCC for a decade each! In time, the program evolved into be the ensemble standing before you today, which includes internship, field experience, and volunteer opportunities for college students. The aims of the program are to teach appropriate singing techniques and music to children in an enjoyable, safe, and noncompetitive atmosphere; we focus on process over product. Thank you to the Florida State University College of Music students who donate their time to work with the children and to the parents/grandparents/guardians who bring them to us every week! FSU CCC recognizes peer role models who agree to help whoever is in need. Gratitude is extended to the Dean of the College of Music, Dr. Todd Queen, and to all our community supporters. The FSU Capital Children’s Choir will resume on Monday, January 23, 2023. NEW MEMBERS WILL BE ACCEPTED STARTING IMMEDIATELY! Visit “FSU CAPITAL CHILDREN’S CHOIR” on Facebook for details. Have a safe and happy winter break!