THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents
FSU Old Time Ensemble
Aisha Ivey, Director and
Chinese Music Ensemble
Haiqiong Deng, Director
Thursday, March 5, 2026
7:30 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.
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Little Brown Jug (1869)
Old Time Ensemble
Joseph Eastburn Winner
Down Yonder Traditional
Georgia Railroad Traditional
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (1880) James Bland
Wild Hog in the Woods Traditional
Ida Red (Down the Road) Traditional
This Land is Your Land (1940) Woody Guthrie
This Land is Your Land
This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York island, From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters; This land was made for you and me. As I was walking that ribbon of highway I saw above me that endless skyway; I saw below me that golden valley; This land was made for you and me.
I’ve roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts; And all around me a voice was sounding; This land was made for you and me.
FSU Old Time Ensemble Personnel
Sarah Arnold, Wren Beckham, Panagiotis Christeas, Aidan Collins
Christian Craig, Brennan Donnelly, Natalie Ealum, Abby Francis, Josie Frein, Easton Fuller
Savannah Lindberg, Nicholas Mackley, Brandon Mecklenburg, Carter Minnick
Peggy Munroe, Sam Rapp, Peyton Raymond, Olivia Serverius, Saanchi Shah, Phillip Teagarden
Vincent Tozzi, Olivia Turke, Madison Wardell, Michelangelo Woodrich, Madison Zuel
INTERMISSION
Star of County Down
Irish Folk Tune
Chinese and Old Time Ensembles
The Moon Over the Guan Mountain Ancient Chinese Tune
Qin, Xiao, and Ruan
Folk Songs from Inner Mongolia to Taiwan arr. Kuan-Yu Yang (b. 2002)
Fisherman Singing at Dusk arr. Kuan-Yu Yang
In Running Script
Kuan-Yu Yang (an orchestral setting of Huang Hauhuai’s famous erhu solo Sai Ma (Horses Racing))
Ensemble
Chinese Music Ensemble Personnel
Dizi: Meeya Jonas, Ryan Sullivan, Aspen Atwood
Sheng/composer: Kuan-Yu Yang
Zheng: Haiqiong Deng, Jane Clendinning, Anna Cheng, Julia Fire, Angelina Sordo, Feng Xing
Zhong Ruan: Nathan Wu, Madison Zuel
Da Ruan: Armin Akhavian
Yangqin: Haiqiong Deng
Erhu: Arielle Raff, Nicolas Villabona, Yin Yang, Qibo Zhang, Richard Sun, Jackie Perez
Xiao: Yicheng Sun, Orest Shpata, Elena Rudnitzky
Percussion: Ruoyu Liu; Tylor Bass