THE
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents
Collegians
Kevin Fenton, Director and
Levana
McKenna Stenson, Conductor
Sarita Gustely and Isiah Maxey, Assistant Conductors
Elizabeth LaJeunesse, Piano with special guests
Swift Creek Middle School Treble Choir
Jenilee Curry, Director
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
7:30 p.m. | Opperman Music Hall
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PROGRAM
Collegians
Kevin Fenton, Director
Come and Go to that Land arr. Brandon Waddles ( b. 1988)
Tell My Father arr. Andrea Ramsey ( b. 1977)
Soloist: Caden Early
Wondrous Love arr. Paul Christiansen (1914–1997)
Soloist: Sam Stevenson
The Pasture
Cry of the Cicada
R andall Thompson (1899–1984)
Tobias Deggans ( b. 2004)
Read Your Mind arr. Connor Mickey ( b. 2004)
Soloists: Connor Mickey, Adam Nguyen, and Seaira Anderson
An Earth Song
Marques Garrett ( b. 1984)
INTERMISSION
Levana
McKenna Stenson, Director
We Contain Multitudes
Yo le canto Todo el Dia
David Brunner
Swift Creek Treble Choir
Jenilee Curry, Director
Never One Thing arr. Corie Brown
Soloists: Zoë Ashburg, Hayley Elmore, Mogale Stewart
Jill Katz, Ally Kelso, and Jordan-Taylor McIntosh
Descant: Emma Brock, Kai Jamison, and Stevens Roberson
Shiloh Ember DeFabia, cajon
Stabat Mater
I am the mother, I am the child
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
I. Stabat Mater (1710–1736)
VIII. Fac ut ardeat cor meum
Thule mama
Julie Cruz, Mother
Tori Joyce and Carlos Cordero, violin
Spencer Schneider, viola; Abbey Fernandez de Castro, cello
Soloists: Brooke Geller and Lily Noel
Shiloh Ember DeFabia and Bryden Reeves, percussion
Lisa Young
I am the salve, I am the sting
Sigue Ivette Herryman (b. 1982)
Dancers: Clara de Almeida Neves, Arden Ruby
Shiloh Ember DeFabia, congas; Bryden Reeves, claves
I am the ground, I am the sky
Silver Rain B.E. Boykin
Featuring the Swift Creek Treble Choir
Abigail Fernandez de Castro, cello; Bryden Reeves, piano
Flight arr Craig Carnelia/Ryan Murphy
Soloists: Themily Figueras and Kiley Berkery
Tori Joyce and Carlos Cordero, violin; Spencer Schneider, viola
Abbey Fernandez de Castro, cello; Josh Dennis, bass
I am my own, never one thing
No Time arr. Susan Brumfield (b. 1964)
Kiiriminna arr. Marie-Claire Saindon
Shiloh Ember DeFabia, frame drum; Sarita Gustely, egg shaker
Sikiriileke/Koloi arr. Sabelo Mthembu Levana and Collegians
Shiloh Ember DeFabia, djembe
TEXTS
Never One Thing
Words by May Erlewine
I’m the underbelly, I am the claw, never one thing, no, not one thing at all. I’m a street fighter, I’m a prayer for peace, I’m a holy roller, I’m a honey bee.
I am the truth, I am the lie, I am the ground, I am the sky. I am the silence, I am the call, never one thing, no, not one thing at all.
I am hope, I am defeat, I am broken, I am complete. I am the grace, I am the fall, never one thing, no, not one thing at all.
I am the beggar, I am the queen, I am the end, I am the means. I am the haller, I am the wall, never one thing, no, not one thing at all.
I am a victor, I am the loss, I am a profit, I am a cost.
I am the salve, I am the sting, never, no, never, no, never one thing.
I am a mother, I am the child, I am the meek, I am the wild.
I am the witch, I am a saint, I am alive, never one thing.
I am the lion, I am the swan, I am the full, I am the fawn. I am a woman, I am the ring, I am my own, never one thing.
Stabat Mater I.
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Stabat Mater dolorosa
Juxta crucem lacrimosa
Dum pendebat Filius.
Stabat Mater VIII
Fac ut ardeat
Fac ut ardeat cor meum in amando Christum Deum ut sibi complaceam
The grieving Mother stood weeping beside the cross where her Son was hanging.
Make me feel as thou has felt; make my soul to glow and melt with the love of Christ our Lord.
Thulele mama ya
Lisa Young
thulele mama ya don’t worry mama
Sigue
Ivette Herryman Rodríguez
Camina, caminante, sigue
Camina y no te pare, sigue
Cuando pase po su casa
No le diga que me bite,
Camina, caminante, sigue
Sigue y no te pare, sigue
No la mire si te llama, sigue
Acuérdate que ella es mala, sigue
Walk traveler, continue walking
Walk and do not stop, continue walking
When you pass by her house,
Do not tell her that you saw me, Walk traveler, continue walking.
Continue and do not stop, continue walking.
Do not look if she calls out for you, continue walking
Remember that she is bad, continue walking.
Silver Rain
Words by Langston Hughes
In time of silver rain
The earth puts forth new life again, Green grasses grow
And flowers lift their heads, And over all the plain
The wonder spreads
Of life, Of life, Of life!
In time of silver rain
The butterflies lift silken wings
To catch a rainbow cry, And trees put forth new leaves to sing
In joy beneath the sky
As down the roadway
Passing boys and girl
Go singing, too,
In time of silver rain when spring And life
Are new.
Flight
Words by Craig Carnelia
Let me run thru a field in the night, Let me lift from the ground ‘til my soul is in flight.
Let me sway like the shade of a tree, Let me swirl like a cloud in a storm of a sea.
Wish me on my way thru the dawning day. I wanna flow, wanna rise, wanna spill, Wanna grow in a grove on the side of a hill.
I don’t care if the train runs late, If the checks don’t clear, if the house blows down. I’ll be off where the weeds run wild, Where the seeds fall far from this earthbound town.
And I’ll start to soar.
Watch me rain ‘til I pour.
I’ll catch a ship that’ll sail me astray, Get caught in the wind, I’ll just have to obey ‘Til I’m flyin’ away…
Let me leave behind all the clouds in my mind. I wanna wake without wondering why, Finding myself in a burst for the sky. High!
I’ll just roll.
Let me lose all control. I wanna float like a wish in a well, Free as the sound of the sea in a shell.
I don’t know, but maybe I’m just a fool. I should keep to the ground. I should stay where I’m at. Maybe everyone has hunger like this, And the hunger will pass. But I can’t think like that.
All I know is somewhere, thru a clearing, There’s a flickering of sunlight on a river long and wide, And I have such a river inside.
No Time
Traditional Camp Meeting song
Rise, of fathers, rise. Let’s go meet Him in the sky. For we’ll hear the angels singing In that morning. Yes I really do believe that Just before the end of time We will hear the angels singing In that morning.
Rise, oh mothers, rise… Rise, oh sisters, rise...
No time to tarry here, No time to wait for you, No time to tarry here For I’m on my journey home.
Brothers, oh fare ye well. Brothers, oh fare ye well. Brothers, oh fare ye well, For I’m on my journey home.
Kiiriminna
Traditional Finnish
Täst se tullo sellanen joukko, jot ei suru paina. Ympäri maata kulkeneet, ja iloissii on aina.
Hei kiiriminna kaarimminna kiiriminna kairaa, Kiiriminna kaariminna kairaa.
Viispä meit’ on soriata likkaaku juhannuksen kukka.
Heiliä läksimme etsimään, ku entinen joutui hukkaan.
Hei kiiminimma…
Eipä tuo heilan vaihto tehnemiule yhtään pahhaa.
Jos sais heilan paremman ja vielä vähän rahhaa.
Hei kiiriminna…
Ei saa oll surunen, vaan Ilonen olla pittää. Jos ei ole hyvä olla, niin kehumalla lissää.
Hei kiiriminna…
Täst se tullo sellanen joukko, jot ei suru paina.
Ympäri maata kulkeneet, ja iloissii on aina.
Hei kiiriminna…
Here we come, a group that is not weighed down by sorrows. We’ve traveled around the land and always been joyful.
Hey kiiriminna kaarimminna kiirimiina kairaa, Kiiriminna kaariminna kairaa.
There are five of us handsome gals, pretty as the midsummer flowers. We’re looking for a new sweetheart ’cause the old one got lost.
Hey kiiriminna…
I don’t reckon I’ll be any worse off with a new beau, If I got a better beau and some more money!
Hey kiiriminna…
You must not look sad, but joyful. If you are not feeling good, then ‘lift your spirits by bragging’!
Hey kiiriminna…
Here we come, a group who is not weighed down by sorrows. We’ve traveled around the land and always been joyful.
Hey kiiriminna…
Sikirileke/Koloi
This song is a medley of two traditional Sotho folk songs. The first song is a story of two children playing and the other one falling into a pit. The other child is now explaining to the parents what happened. The second song is about a car that is moving at a very high speed and needs to be stopped, which is a metaphor for life that moves by so fast and the need to sometimes stop and appreciate the little things.
Tenor 1
Kevin Borges
Tobias Deggans
Caden Early
Carlos Guevara
Lucas Houston
Drew Shapard
Ruth Springer
Samuel Stevenson
David Torres
Colby White
Tenor 2
Julio Cesar Borges
Tyler Brown
Adam Fuller
Connor Mickey
Adam Nguyen
Chijioke Oparaji
Luke West
Collegians Personnel
Kevin Fenton, Director
Baritone
Seaira Anderson
Peter Arbogast
Jayden Benejam
Douglas Chaplow
William Coey
Jacob Da Costa
Yasha Foster
Augusto Girotto
William Holden
Jack Marshall
Connor McDonald
Christopher Molina
Cote Mulligan
Benjamin Reid
Jerimiah Tracey
Bass
Benjamin Ketts
Joseph Pinto
Sean Regan
Nicolas Repiedad
Ryan Ruby
Logan Williams
Henry Zheng
Soprano I
Amy Arredondo
Sydney Carter
Tyler Colgan
Julie Cruz
Emily Folsom
Julianna Gargiulo
Isabelle Gonzalez
Isabelle Jocelyn
Christina Karalis
Sophie Nagy
Anna Oppenheiser
Kendall Rinella
Elizabeth Rivera
Zoe Rue
Kendall Ruyle
Joanna Samuel
Lydia Shackelford
Gabriella Sierra
Rebecca Stewart
Elisabeth Strom
Madilyn Taylor
Levana Personnel
McKenna Stenson, Conductor
Sarita Gustely and Isiah Maxey, Assistant Conductors
Soprano II
Clara de Almeida Neves
Emma Anderson
Lexi Barton
Kristen Beck
Emma Brock
Cassidy Clarke
Rebecca Costa
Riley Craft
Caroline Evans
Anna Hilliard
Maggie Merrell
Mariah Moran
Sophonise Pierre
Taylor Phillips
Carolina Rivera Royo
Stevens Roberson
Arden Ruby
Haydyn Scrimgeour
Mogale Stewart
Monica Turner
Sarah Vanderford
Lorin Zamer
Alto I
Lauren Ankenbauer
Zoë Ashberg
Kiley Berkery
Jordan Blodgett
Sarah Boggs
Eve Cohen
Tiana Cole
Reese Cooper
Abbey Fernandez de Castro
Brooke Geller
Ava Griner
Nicki Howard
Kai Jamison
Jackie Jenkins
Jill Katz
Ally Kelso
Jordan-Taylor McIntosh
Lily Noel
Lindsay Reese
Shannon Smekle
Daelynn Trotman
Elizabeth (Ellie) Walters
Co Washington
Caroline Wheeler
Alto II
Edmarly Ariol
Elly Cross
Mia Cruz
Aubrey Donehoo
Anabella Ellis
Hayley Elmore
Lauren Emmert
Angela Espenscheid
Themily Figueras
Theasamantha Figueras
Katie Holt
Bella Jordan
Peryn Joyner
Piper Ledyard
Haley MacDonald
Althea Keren Mendenilla
Paris Merrill
Kayleigh McGovern
Jordan Myers
Abigail Saltares
Becca Smith
Brianna Steele
Dylan Valdes
Riley Aarons
Aubrey Caparello
McKenzie Coriell
Cora Devoe
Madison Figgers
Alyssa Gabriel
Gina Garcia
Swift Creek Treble Choir
Jenilee Curry, Director
Savannah Gorniak
Saniyah Ingram
Emmalee Kennedy
Morgan Lacy
Adrianna Leggett-Myles
Roshayla Letthand
Maliah Mayes
Emma McGillen
Adele Onal
Sydney Patterson
Sophia Pierce
Aubrey Reeves
Hannah Smith
Madelyn Stapleton
Jewell Van Esselstine
Cheniece Ward
Ali Whitaker
Kamora Young