The Capital Children’s Choir
Suzanne Rita Byrnes, Director
Maia Saraeva, Collaborative Pianist
Kendall Smith, Flute; Caitin Magennis, Percussion Coordinator
CCC Interns
Crystal Berner, Haylee Coogle, Jack Marshall, Mark Stevens
Choral Education Field Experience (Kevin Fenton)
Dorian Carr
Music Therapy Volunteer Teacher (Dianne Gregory)
Josie Frein
2040 Field Experience Students (Mark Belfast)
Allyson Andaluz, Karina Benton, Kiley Berkery, Noah Bryant, Calvin Fein, Xavier Gauthier
Kate Hatfield, Anna Leach, Caitlin Magennis, Izzy Martinez, Malik Mulino, Veronica Parodi
Maya Robertson, Kendall Smith, Kris Stottlemire, Amanda Vasquez, Marina Whitsell
Monday, April 29, 2024
6:30 p.m. | Opperman Music Hall
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.
Thanks are extended to Dr. Mark Belfast for sending us enthusiastic and helpful field experience students and to Dr. Ann Herrington for providing the elementary music lab experience for our students in 2-5 grades. The aim of the program is 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, to Dianne Gregory, Dr. Kevin Fenton, and Dr. Mark Belfast for supplying field experience students, to the choral department (Dr. Kevin Fenton and Dr. Hanawalt) for their support, and to all our community supporters.
The FSU Capital Children’s Choir will resume on Monday, September 9, 2024. NEW MEMBERS WILL BE ACCEPTED STARTING In July! Visit “FSU CAPITAL CHILDREN’S CHOIR” on Facebook for details, or visit music.fsu.edu/capital-childrens-choir.
Have a safe and happy summer break!
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.
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.
Garnet Choir
Hello Song Traditional
How Are You Today?
Josie Frein
The Old Grey Cat Folksong
My Elephant Folksong
Monter sur un éléphant French Folksong
Cherries Red Folksong
A Cowboy went Yodeling Traditional Camp Song
The Birthday Cake Let’s Sing Together
(adapted srb)
Goodbye Song Traditional
Gold Choir
Blue Waters of the North
Native North American melodies arr. Phyllis Wolfe
Jack Marshall, piano
Seminole Singers
Antonio Jay Brocker Combined Choirs
Red Bird Sandra Howard
Anamalia E. Reirdorff
I. Candy Lion
III. Turtle Tango
I Will Bring You Brooches Ruth Boshkoff Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
My Labrador Rug Laura Hawley
text provided by Canadian poet Lynn Andrews
music donated by Dianne Gregory
Wangolo Haitian Folk Song arr. Ruth Morris Gray
Geqi Xu & Barckot Melaku, soloists
Arlequin French Folk Song arr. Earlene Rentz & Suzanne Rita Byrnes
Sing Your Way Home Traditional
Sing your way home, at the end of the day. Sing your way home, drive the shadows away. Smile every mile for wherever you roam It will brighten your road, it will lighten your load, If you sing your way home.
GARNET CHOIR
Kian Esfahani, SASC
Emmett Fields, Cornerstone LC
Bria Granger, Killearn Lakes Elementary
Zoe Granger, Killearn Lakes Elementary
Wyatt Jensen, Buck Lake Elementary
Penelope Looke, SASC
Gabriel Muhammad, Trinity Catholic
Gideon Parker, Home Schooled
GOLD/SEMINOLE CHOIR
Veronica Armbrister, Gilchrist Elementary
Addison Butler, Gilchrist Elementary
Brooklyn Copeland, Home Schooled
Lina Fields, Cornerstone LC
Ella Garcia, Home Schooled
Ava Gonzalez, SAST
Afton Gray, SAST
Raina Hawkins, Sealey Elementary
Logan Herron, SASC
Markus Jackson, Cobb Middle
Cambria Knox, SASC
Naomi S’ne Lee, Leon County Virtual
Josiah Parker, Home Schooled
Henry Power-Blaiklock, SAST
Nathaniel Valentine, De Soto Trails Elementary
Charlotte Yeoh, Killearn Lakes Elementary
Nathaniel Isidro Lee, Leon County Virtual
Quincie Lewis, Cornerstone LC
Marcella Liko, SASC
Nicolette Lindamood, Home Schooled
Piper Looke, SASC
Jane Luke, SAST
Austin Mann, WT Moore Elementary
Barckot Melaku, Kate Sullivan Elementary
Eamon Morton-Murray, SAST
Golda Morton-Murray, SAST
Holly Niles, SAST
Jonah Niles, SAST
Maxine Pierre, WT Moore Elementary
Ruby Tang, McClay School
Clover Powalski, SAST
Wolf Specht, Sabal Palm Elementary
Joseph Willis, Home Schooled
Lottie Willis, Home Schooled
Geqi Xu, Gilchrist Elementary
SASC - School of Arts and Sciences at the Center SAST - School of Arts and Sciences, Thomasville Road