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SUMMARY:Night at the Opera
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/night-at-the-opera/
LOCATION:Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts at Hope College\, 221 Columbia Ave.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
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SUMMARY:HSYO Spring Concert
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/hsyo-spring-concert-5/
LOCATION:DeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School\, 3333 96th Ave.\, Zeeland\, 49464\, United States
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SUMMARY:Link Up - The Orchestra Moves
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/link-up-the-orchestra-moves/
LOCATION:Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts at Hope College\, 221 Columbia Ave.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
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SUMMARY:Surprise Symphony
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/surprise-symphony/
LOCATION:Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts at Hope College\, 221 Columbia Ave.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
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SUMMARY:Young Artists Competition Public Recital
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/young-artists-competition-public-recital/
LOCATION:Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts at Hope College\, 221 Columbia Ave.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
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SUMMARY:Celebrate the Season
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/celebrate-the-season-3/
LOCATION:Dimnent Chapel\, 277 College Ave.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231209T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231209T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T072049
CREATED:20230703T171711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T224016Z
UID:8894-1702135800-1702141200@hollandsymphony.org
SUMMARY:Celebrate the Season
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/celebrate-the-season-2/
LOCATION:Dimnent Chapel\, 277 College Ave.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231119T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231119T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T072049
CREATED:20231101T003040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231108T001552Z
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SUMMARY:HSYO Fall Concert
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/hsyo-fall-concert-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231028T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231028T213000
DTSTAMP:20260418T072049
CREATED:20230419T194717Z
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SUMMARY:Brahms 3
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/brahms-3/
LOCATION:Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts at Hope College\, 221 Columbia Ave.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230930T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230930T213000
DTSTAMP:20260418T072049
CREATED:20230419T194431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230922T002856Z
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SUMMARY:The Planets
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/the-planets/
LOCATION:Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts at Hope College\, 221 Columbia Ave.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230812T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230812T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T072049
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230811T163223Z
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SUMMARY:Community Concert: Our Wonderful World
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/8264/
LOCATION:Kollen Park Henry VanderLinde Bandshell\, 240 Kollen Park Dr.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230622T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230622T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T072049
CREATED:20230418T223000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230617T163753Z
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SUMMARY:Pops at the Pier
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/pops-at-the-pier/
LOCATION:Eldean’s Boat Shed\, 2150 S. Shore Drive\, Holland\, 49423\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230422T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230422T213000
DTSTAMP:20260418T072049
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SUMMARY:Romantic Masterpieces
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/romantic-masterpieces/
LOCATION:Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts at Hope College\, 221 Columbia Ave.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230326T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230326T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T072049
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SUMMARY:HSYO Spring Concert
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/hsyo-spring-concert-4/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Harbor Lights Middle School\, 1024 136th Ave\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230319T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230319T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T072049
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SUMMARY:Dance into Spring!
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/dance-into-spring/
LOCATION:Holland Civic Center Place\, 150 W. 8TH STREET\, Holland\, 49423\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221210T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221210T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T072049
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SUMMARY:Holiday: Celebrate the Season
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/holiday-celebrate-the-season/
LOCATION:Dimnent Chapel\, 277 College Ave.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221210T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221210T170000
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SUMMARY:Holiday: Celebrate the Season
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/holiday-celebrate-the-season/
LOCATION:Dimnent Chapel\, 277 College Ave.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221113T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221113T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T072049
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SUMMARY:HSYO Fall Concert
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/hsyo-fall-concert-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221015T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221015T213000
DTSTAMP:20260418T072049
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SUMMARY:Symphonie Fantastique
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/symphonie-fantastique/
LOCATION:Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts at Hope College\, 221 Columbia Ave.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220924T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220924T213000
DTSTAMP:20260418T072049
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SUMMARY:Pulling Out the Stops
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/pulling-out-the-stops/
LOCATION:Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts at Hope College\, 221 Columbia Ave.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220910T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220910T213000
DTSTAMP:20260418T072049
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SUMMARY:Onstage with HSO
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/onstage-with-hso/
LOCATION:Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts at Hope College\, 221 Columbia Ave.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220430T153000
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SUMMARY:Classics III: Beethoven 9 (3:30pm) sponsored by University of Michigan Health-West
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/classics-iii-beethoven-9-330pm/
LOCATION:Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts at Hope College\, 221 Columbia Ave.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220413T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220413T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T072049
CREATED:20210315T225149Z
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SUMMARY:Link Up: The Orchestra Rocks!  School Fourth Grade Concert
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/link-up-the-orchestra-rocks/
LOCATION:DeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School\, 3333 96th Ave.\, Zeeland\, 49464\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220320T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220320T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T072049
CREATED:20210322T215604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220315T165958Z
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SUMMARY:Classics Discovery: Out of this World
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/classics-discovery-out-of-the-world/
LOCATION:DeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School\, 3333 96th Ave.\, Zeeland\, 49464\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220313T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220313T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T072049
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220308T190014Z
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SUMMARY:HSYO Spring Concert
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/hsyo-spring-concert-3/
LOCATION:Lokers Auditorium\, Cityside Middle School\, 320 East Main\, Zeeland\, MI\, 49464\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211211T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211211T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T072049
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SUMMARY:Holiday Concert: Home for the Holidays (7:30pm)
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/holiday-concert-home-for-the-holidays-730pm/
LOCATION:Dimnent Chapel\, 277 College Ave.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
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