THE FLORIDA
STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents the
Capital Children’s Choir
Suzanne Rita Byrnes, Director
Addy Burwell, Collaborative Pianist
Alexandra Brookshire, Teaching Assistant
CCC Interns
Aspen Atwood, Callie DeChant, Jack Marshall, Veronica Parodi
Addison Peltier, Haydyn Scrimgeour, Haylee Stephens
2040 Field Experience Students (Dr. Mark Belfast)
Allegra Hreschak, Kate Lansford, Reagan Lesser
Mariajosé Romero, Daniel Stevens, Olivia Zelanko
Audrey Baudek, Kylie Benoit, Nathaniel Casibang, Ethan Duran
Itzelle Melendez, Sophonise Pierre, Rebekah Zogaib
Volunteers
Elly Cross, Julia Chaves, Zachary Magner, Jessika Valentine
Monday April 27, 2026
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 the ensemble standing before you today, which includes internship, field experience, and volunteer opportunities for college students, as well as peer role model opportunities for high school students and other community members.
Thanks are extended to Dr. Mark Belfast for sending us enthusiastic and helpful field experience students and to Dr. Ann Harrington 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, and to all our community supporters.
Thank you to our generous donors who help in many ways.
The FSU Capital Children’s Choir will resume on Monday, September 14, 2026. NEW MEMBERS WILL BE ACCEPTED STARTING NOW! All returning members must be registered. 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.
Hello (Rap Song)
How Do You Do?
New Year Tell Us
Zhao Peng You (Seeking a Pal)
I Love the Mountains
When I Was A Shoemaker
Garnet Choir
Jack Marshall, collaborative piano
Red Grammar
Folk Song
Folk Song
Chinese Folk Song
Folk Song
Folk Song
Bought Me a Cat Traditional
Cai cai balão (Fall, fall, balloon)
Here is the Sea
Brazilian Folk Song
Australian Folk Song
Alligator Traditional
When Goldilocks Went to the House of the Bears
Folk Song
A Great Big Cat Traditional
Do - Ré - Mi
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Oscar Hammerstein & Richard Rodgers
South African Origin, Solomon Linda
Goodbye Song Traditional
Gold Choir
Veronica Parodi, collaborative piano
All the Pretty Little Horses
Akatonbo (Red Dragonfly)
Seminole Choir
Combined Choirs
Earlene Rentz
Greg Gilpin
The Clouds Cynthia Gray
May a Rainbow Run Beside You
Come in from the Firefly Darkness
Child of Tomorrow
Mark Burrows
Amy F. Bernon
Mark Patterson
Any Day Spent with You C. E. Walz - words A. A. Milne
Eric Olmsted, clarinet
Michael, Row the Boat Ashore! arr. Russell Robinson
Lexi Bookshire, Veronica Parodi, and Kate Lansford, drums
Make Your Own Kind of Music
Braden Meyer, bass; Chris Seepersaud, cajon
“Mama Cass” Elliot arr. Audrey Snyder
GARNET CHOIR
Amara Hope Abril, Scottsdale Academy
Lily Alao, Kate Sullivan Elementary
Corynne Boyett, Homeschooled
Estelle Carroll, Miracles in Me Academy
Tien Chuang, Gilchrist Elementary
Luna Feng, Hawks Rise Elementary
Ilhan Gazi, Killearn Lakes Elementary
Jack Gellepis, Kate Sullivan Elementary
Conor Grennan, School of Arts and Sciences, Thomasville Rd.
Kennedy Helms, Robert F Munroe Elementary
Kevin Helms, Robert F Munroe Elementary
Olivia Li, Growing Room
Matthew Liu, Hawks Rise Elementary
Bryson Murray, Homeschooled
Edmund Parker, Homeschooled
Timothy Parker, Homeschooled
Maya Pierre, Austin Academy
Kate Temkin, Hawks Rise Elementary
Roman Voitenko, Killearn Lakes Elementary
Elena Washington, I Am Prep Academy
Arielle Willy, Austin Academy
Alvin Yi, Temple Israel Preschool
GOLD/SEMINOLE CHOIRS
Petra Ambre, Homeschooled
Anna Barnes, Tree of Life School Tallahassee
Leo Bell, Cornerstone Learning Community
Addison Butler, Gilchrist Elementary
Meghan Charles, School of Arts and Sciences, Thomasville Rd.
Lilly Cooksey, Homeschooled
Lila Douglas, School of Arts and Sciences at the Center
Fareefta Fayez, Hawks Rise Elementary
Faryat Fayez, Hawks Rise Elementary
Emmett Fields, Cornerstone Learning Community
Lina Fields, Cornerstone Learning Community
Ella Garcia, Homeschooled
Afsheen Gazi, Killearn Lakes Elementary
Sanaah Gazi, Killearn Lakes Elementary
Ava Gonzalez, School of Arts and Sciences, Thomasville Rd.
Joanna Gonzalez, Cornerstone Learning Community
Markus Jackson, Godby High (PRM)
Ally Li, Hawks Rise Elementary
Elliott Lopez-Lumsden, Killearn Lakes Elementary
Thea Lopez-Lumsden, Killearn Lakes Elementary
Eva Luque, School of Arts and Sciences at the Center
Victoria Noel, Killearn Lakes Elementary
Eliana Grace Ocampo, Homeschooled
Gideon Parker, Homeschooled
Josiah Parker, Homeschooled
Isabella Perazzola, Hawks Rise Elementary
Maxine Pierre, Swift Creek Middle
Martin Pierre, Lincoln High School (PRM)
Penny Robinson, School of Arts and Sciences, Thomasville Rd.
Adella Rubottom, School of Arts and Sciences, Thomasville Rd.
Bithia Rosales, Greensboro Elementary
Alexandra Schimpf, Montford Middle
Meera Rain Seepersaud, Buck Lake Elementary
Cordelia Smith-Bemid, Homeschooled
Bianca Sainval, Godby High (PRM)
Reagan Savoie, Montford Middle
Aiden Tidwell, Brownsville Preparatory
Michelle Valentine, School of Arts and Sciences, Thomasville Rd.
Aaliyah Watkins, Chaires Elementary
Sarah Kate Welty, Cobb Middle
Iman Whaley, Brownsville Elementary
Sydney Wilson, Homeschooled
Charlotte Yeoh, Holy Comforter Episcopal
Angela Zhang, Tallahassee Classical
Aidan Zhang, Tallahassee Classical
Amy Zhang, Tallahassee Classical