THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents
“Songs of Travel: Wanderlust, Adventure, & Homecoming”
Choral Union
Graduate Choral Conducting Studio
Yuliia Billa, Augusto Girotto, Isiah Maxey, Jeremy Moore
Steven Olson, Sarita Olson-Gustely, Ruth Springer Colby White, and Harold Wright, conductors
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
7:30 p.m. | Opperman Music Hall
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PROGRAM
“Wanderlust”
Wild Forces
Jake Runestad (b. 1986)
Locus Iste Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Hold Fast To Dreams
Muie Rendera
Susan LaBarr (b. 1981)
“Adventure”
Benjamin Ketts, soloist
Domine ad adjuvandum me festina
Brianna Tejada Texeira, soprano; Allyson Andaluz, alto
Samual Stevenson, tenor; Yasha Foster, bass
Travlin’ Shoes
C.A. Fonseca (1933–2006)
G. B. Martini (1706–1784)
Faith Zimmer (b. 1962)
Mo Ghile Mear arr. Desmond Earley (b. 1974)
Samual Stevenson and Zachary Magner, soloists “Homecoming”
Draw Us Near
Joel Thompson (b. 1988)
The Ground Ola Gjielo (b. 1978)
Stand In That River Moira Smiley (b. 1976)
Kiley Berkery, soloist
Ta na Solbici
Samo Vovk (b. 1989)
Hymn to the Garnet & Gold
Here’s a hymn to the garnet and the gold, ringing to the sky. Here’s a song for the men and women bold, sing with heads held high. Striving e’er to seek to know, fight for victory. Alma mater, this our song to you echoes F. S. U
Burgin String Quartet
Masayoshi Arakawa, violin; Ioana Popescu, violin
Jeremy Hill, viola; Angelese Pepper, cello
Elizabeth Lajenesse, piano; Shiloh DeFabia, percussion
Choral Union Personnel
Soprano
Madeleine Baker
Kristen Beck
Yuliia Billa
Haley Bolam
Addison Burton
Karen Ellis
Caroline Evans
Lilian Hathaway
Isabelle Jocelyn
Isabelle Kieft
Taylor Klein
Riley Murray
Abigail Odom
Nicole Passananti
Rachel Sasser
Harmoni Stanford
Amber Swanner
Brianna Tejada Texeira
Annabelle Wellschlager
Madison Zuel
Alto
Allyson Andaluz
Jordyn Anderson
Mack Baderschneider
Kiley Berkery
Natalie Carmical
Makayla Gomez
Frances Gonzalez
Sarita Gustely
Emma Knapp
Sandra Leis
Sydney Levy
Isabella Martinez
Jennifer Perez-Aguilar
Sophanise Pierre
Lizbeth Pulles
Elizabeth Rey
Ruth Springer
Tenor
Matthew Barranco
Mason Herron
Hunter Lent
Zachary Magner
Jeremy Moore
Steven Olson
Samuel Stevenson
Nguyen Tri Thong Truong
Daniel Vallejo
Richard White
Harold Wright
Bass
Zachary Copeland
Yasha Foster
Augusto Girotto
Ian Javelosa
Benjamin Ketts
Isiah Maxey
Logan Willians
Henry Zheng