20231211_Childrens Choir

THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents

The Capital Children’s Choir Suzanne Rita Byrnes, Director Maia Saraeva, Collaborative Pianist; Nikki Howard, Flute Mackenzie Selimi, Percussion Coordinator CCC Interns Crystal Berner, Liam Dunn, MitchPaelle Quetant, Anna Urbine 2040 Field Experience Students (Dr. Belfast) Seaira Anderson, Kevin Borges, Reese Cooper, Alden Cruz, Tobias Deggans Sharavan Duvvuri, Jennifer Fuentes, Jack Marshall, Zach Martin, Braden Meyer Alex Mortier, Jennifer Perez-Aguilar, Isaac Roman, Mackenzie Selimi, Mogale Stewart School of Arts and Sciences at The Centre 2nd & 3rd grade students Caitlin Rivet - Principal Brittany Poirier - Assistant Principal of Curriculum Michelle Williams - Assistant Principal of Administration Dillard’s Polikarpov, SASC K-8 Music Director & Godby HS Assistant Band Director 2nd / 3rd grade teachers: Stephanie Riley, Amy Selover, Sam Mensinger, Rachel Zauche Kenzie Kangas, Sarah Descalsota, Cheyenne Hunt-Alderson, Amber Link, Selen Schaaf

Monday, December 11, 2023 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.

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

Hi, Hello, and How Do You Do?

Traditional

How Do You Do?

Traditional

Let Me Fly

Folk Song

Little Arrabella Miller

Folk Song

This Little Light of Mine

Folk Song

All the Little Ducks

Folk Song

The Birthday Song

Let’s Sing Together Channel

Goodbye

Traditional School of Arts & Sciences at the Center 2/3 Dillard’s Polikarpov, Director

Ah Poor Bird Canon

Traditional English/French Folk Song

Beautiful December

Amy F. Bernon Gold Choir

Snowflake Carol

arr. Steve Kupperschmid

Seminole Choir

A Cuckoo

Wayne Bisbee

Combined Choirs

In Dulci Jubilo

Greg Gilpin

The Snowflake

Mary Lynn Lightfoot

Song for a Pirate Child

Vijay Singh

Manx Lullaby

arr. Lori-Anne Dolloff

La laine des moutons (French Folk Song)

arr. Earlene Rentz & Suzanne Rita Byrnes

FSU CCC & School of Arts & Sciences at the Center Over My Head (traditional Spiritual)

arr. Adam & Matt Podd Zach Martin, bass

GARNET CHOIR Henry Blaiklock, SAST Kayden Caldwell, SASC Isabella Dankoski, SASC Kian Esfahani, SASC Emmett Fields, Cornerstone LC

Penelope Looke, SASC Jace Manley, SASC Lorelei Melendez, SASC Gabriel Muhammad, Trinity Catholic Josiah Parker, HMS

Gideon Parker, HMS Jenna Mae Postonate, Sullivan Elementary Nathaniel Valentine, De Soto Trail Elementary Charlotte Yeoh, Killearn Lakes Elementary

GOLD/SEMINOLE* CHOIR Addison Butler, Gilchrist Elementary Josiah Davis, North Florida Christian Wren Febres, SASC Lina Fields, Cornerstone LC Ella Francesca Garcia, HMS Afton Gray, SAST Alexa Guo, Gilchrist Elementary Mason Guo, Gilchrist Elementary Markus Jackson, Cobb Middle Cambria Knox, SASC Naomi S’ne Lee, LC Virtual School

Nathaniel Isidro Lee, LC Virtual School Quincie Lewis, Cornerstone LC Marcella Liko, SASC Piper Looke, SASC Jane Luke, SAST M. Austin Mann, W. T. Moore Elementary Parker Miller, SAST Eamon Morton-Murray, SAST Golda Morton-Murray, SAST Jovie Moser, Deerlake Middle School Arlo Milligan, SAST

Finley Grace Phillips, SASC Kayleigh Tucker, Raa Middle Bithia Rosales, Greensboro Elementary Hannah Smith, Raa Middle Emily Vanderhoof, Montford Middle Cypress Wagner, Cornerstone LC Archer Wright, SASC Geqi Xu, Gilchrist Elementary Grace Xu, Gilchrist Elementary

SASC - School of Arts and Sciences at the Center SAST - School of Arts and Sciences, Thomasville Road

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 goals 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.

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 grades 2-5. 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 22, 2024. NEW MEMBERS WILL BE ACCEPTED STARTING IMMEDIATELY! Visit “FSU CAPITAL CHILDREN’S CHOIR” on Facebook for details. Have a safe and happy winter break!