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SUMMARY:Romantic Rachmaninoff
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-rachmaninoff/
LOCATION:Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts at Hope College\, 221 Columbia Ave.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
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SUMMARY:HSO Pop-Up Concert at Tulip Time
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/hso-pop-up-concert-at-tulip-time/
LOCATION:Beechwood Church\, 895 Ottawa Beach Rd\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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SUMMARY:HSO Pop-Up Concert at Tulip Time
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/hso-pop-up-concert-at-tulip-time-2/
LOCATION:Beechwood Church\, 895 Ottawa Beach Rd\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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SUMMARY:HSO Brass Quintet in Saugatuck - Free 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/hso-brass-quintet-in-saugatuck-free-concert/
LOCATION:Saugatuck-Douglas Library\, 174 Center Street\, Douglas\, MI\, 49406\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:Pops at the Pier 2025: The Music of Judy Garland
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-2025-the-music-of-judy-garland/
LOCATION:Eldean’s Boat Shed\, 2150 S. Shore Drive\, Holland\, 49423\, United States
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SUMMARY:HSO Welcomes Midori
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/hso-welcomes-midori/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Performing Arts Center\, 3685 Butternut Drive\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250809T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250809T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091608
CREATED:20250214T172807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250730T195234Z
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SUMMARY:HSO Welcomes Midori - Matinee 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/hso-welcomes-midori-2/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Performing Arts Center\, 3685 Butternut Drive\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250809T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250809T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091608
CREATED:20250422T160212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250723T104321Z
UID:12594-1754766000-1754771400@hollandsymphony.org
SUMMARY:Music Unites Us 2025: Grupo Super Nova
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/music-unites-us-2025-grupo-super-nova/
LOCATION:Kollen Park Henry VanderLinde Bandshell\, 240 Kollen Park Dr.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250816T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250816T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091608
CREATED:20250712T162946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250816T122840Z
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SUMMARY:Our New Home Celebration - A Free Family-Friendly 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/our-new-home-celebration-a-free-family-friendly-concert/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Performing Arts Center\, 3685 Butternut Drive\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250906T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250906T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091608
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SUMMARY:Classics I: Orchestral Fate
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-i-orchestral-fate/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Performing Arts Center\, 3685 Butternut Drive\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091608
CREATED:20250904T150153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T144424Z
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SUMMARY:Free Chamber Music - HSO Wind Quintet
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/free-chamber-music-hso-wind-quintet/
LOCATION:Second Reformed Church Zeeland\, 225 E. Central Avenue\, Zeeland\, MI\, 49464\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T210000
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SUMMARY:Classics II: Heroes & Villains
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/heroes-villains/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Performing Arts Center\, 3685 Butternut Drive\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251005T150000
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SUMMARY:Grand Rapids String Quartet - Free Chamber Music - Hope Church
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/grand-rapids-string-quartet-free-chamber-music-hope-church/
LOCATION:Hope Church Holland\, 77 W. 11th Street\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T193000
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SUMMARY:HSYO Youth Ensemble Open House
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-youth-ensemble-open-house/
LOCATION:Midtown Center – Study Hall\, 96 W. 15th St.\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:Peter & the Wolf - FREE Family Concert - Herrick Library Main 11 AM
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/peter-the-wolf-free-family-concert-herrick-library-main-11-am/
LOCATION:Herrick District Library – Main\, 300 S. River Ave\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T140000
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SUMMARY:Peter & the Wolf - FREE Family Concert - Herrick Library Main 1 PM
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/peter-the-wolf-free-family-concert-herrick-library-main-1-pm/
LOCATION:Herrick District Library – Main\, 300 S. River Ave\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251109T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251109T170000
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SUMMARY:Grand Rapids String Quartet - Second Reformed Church
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/grand-rapids-string-quartet-second-reformed-church/
LOCATION:Second Reformed Church Zeeland\, 225 E. Central Avenue\, Zeeland\, MI\, 49464\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091608
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SUMMARY:Free Chamber Music - HSO Wind Quintet - Harderwyk
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/free-chamber-music-hso-wind-quintet-harderwyk/
LOCATION:Harderwyk Church\, 1627 W Lakewood Blvd\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T091608
CREATED:20251105T201216Z
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SUMMARY:Exclusive HSO Donor Brunch
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/exclusive-hso-donor-brunch/
LOCATION:Macatawa Bay Yacht Club\, 2157 S Shore Dr\, Macatawa\, MI\, 49434\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251123T150000
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SUMMARY:Holland Symphony Youth Orchestra - Fall 2025 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/holland-symphony-youth-orchestra-fall-2025-concert/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Performing Arts Center\, 3685 Butternut Drive\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251213T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251213T170000
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SUMMARY:Home for the Holidays 2025 Matinee: Steve & Allison Martin
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/home-for-the-holidays-2025-steve-allison-martin/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Performing Arts Center\, 3685 Butternut Drive\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251213T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251213T210000
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SUMMARY:Home for the Holidays 2025 Evening: Steve & Allison Martin
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/home-for-the-holidays-2025-evening-steve-allison-martin/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Performing Arts Center\, 3685 Butternut Drive\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260110T130000
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SUMMARY:HSO Norbert Mueller Memorial Young Artist Competition
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/hso-norbert-mueller-memorial-young-artist-competition/
LOCATION:GVSU – Haas Center for the Performing Arts\, 10610 S Campus Drive\, Allendale\, MI\, 49401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260207T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260207T170000
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SUMMARY:HSO Piano Trio at Harderwyk Ministries
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/hso-piano-trio-at-harderwyk-ministries/
LOCATION:Harderwyk Church\, 1627 W Lakewood Blvd\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260222T160000
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SUMMARY:HSO Piano Trio at Second Reformed Church Zeeland
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/hso-piano-trio-at-second-reformed-church-zeeland/
LOCATION:Second Reformed Church Zeeland\, 225 E. Central Avenue\, Zeeland\, MI\, 49464\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260301T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260301T163000
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SUMMARY:HSO Piano Trio at First Reformed Church Holland - Free to Attend
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/hso-piano-trio-at-first-reformed-church-holland-free-to-attend/
LOCATION:First Reformed Church Holland\, 630 State Street\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260314T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260314T120000
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SUMMARY:Family Event: Musical Adventures of Ferdinand the Bull 2026
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/family-event-musical-adventures-of-ferdinand-the-bull-2026/
LOCATION:Herrick District Library – Main\, 300 S. River Ave\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260322T150000
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SUMMARY:Holland Symphony Youth Orchestra - Spring 2026 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/holland-symphony-youth-orchestra-spring-2026-concert/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Performing Arts Center\, 3685 Butternut Drive\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260328T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260328T210000
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SUMMARY:Classics III: Dreams of Heaven & Earth
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-dreams-of-heaven-earth/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Performing Arts Center\, 3685 Butternut Drive\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T190000
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SUMMARY:Free Chamber Music - HSO Wind Quintet - Warm Friend
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/free-chamber-music-hso-wind-quintet-warm-friend/
LOCATION:Warm Friend – Resthaven\, 5 East 8th Street\, Holland\, MI\, 49423\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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