Holland Symphony Orchestra

Pops at the Pier 2025: The Music of Judy Garland
2025-06-19 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Eldean’s Boat Shed, 2150 S. Shore Drive, Holland, 49423, United States
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.

HSO Welcomes Midori
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HSO Welcomes Midori - Matinee Concert
2025-08-09 14:00 - 16:00 | West Ottawa Performing Arts Center, 3685 Butternut Drive, Holland, MI, 49424, United States

Music Unites Us 2025: Grupo Super Nova
2025-08-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Kollen Park Henry VanderLinde Bandshell, 240 Kollen Park Dr., Holland, MI, 49423, United States

Our New Home Celebration - A Free Family-Friendly Concert
2025-08-16 14:00 - 15:30 | West Ottawa Performing Arts Center, 3685 Butternut Drive, Holland, MI, 49424, United States

Classics I: Orchestral Fate
2025-09-06 19:30 - 21:00 | West Ottawa Performing Arts Center, 3685 Butternut Drive, Holland, MI, 49424, United States

Free Chamber Music - HSO Wind Quintet
2025-09-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Second Reformed Church Zeeland, 225 E. Central Avenue, Zeeland, MI, 49464, United States

Classics II: Heroes & Villains
2025-10-04 19:30 - 21:00 | West Ottawa Performing Arts Center, 3685 Butternut Drive, Holland, MI, 49424, United States

Grand Rapids String Quartet - Free Chamber Music - Hope Church
2025-10-05 15:00 - 16:00 | Hope Church Holland, 77 W. 11th Street, Holland, MI, 49423, United States

HSYO Youth Ensemble Open House
2025-10-06 18:30 - 19:30 | Midtown Center – Study Hall, 96 W. 15th St., Holland, MI, 49423, United States

Peter & the Wolf - FREE Family Concert - Herrick Library Main 11 AM
2025-11-08 11:00 - 12:00 | Herrick District Library – Main, 300 S. River Ave, Holland, MI, 49423, United States

Peter & the Wolf - FREE Family Concert - Herrick Library Main 1 PM
2025-11-08 13:00 - 14:00 | Herrick District Library – Main, 300 S. River Ave, Holland, MI, 49423, United States

Grand Rapids String Quartet - Second Reformed Church
2025-11-09 16:00 - 17:00 | Second Reformed Church Zeeland, 225 E. Central Avenue, Zeeland, MI, 49464, United States

Free Chamber Music - HSO Wind Quintet - Harderwyk
2025-11-15 16:00 - 17:00 | Harderwyk Church, 1627 W Lakewood Blvd, Holland, MI, 49424, United States

Exclusive HSO Donor Brunch
2025-11-22 11:00 - 12:00 | Macatawa Bay Yacht Club, 2157 S Shore Dr, Macatawa, MI, 49434, United States

Holland Symphony Youth Orchestra - Fall 2025 Concert
2025-11-23 15:00 - 16:30 | West Ottawa Performing Arts Center, 3685 Butternut Drive, Holland, MI, 49424, United States

Home for the Holidays 2025 Matinee: Steve & Allison Martin
2025-12-13 15:30 - 17:00 | West Ottawa Performing Arts Center, 3685 Butternut Drive, Holland, MI, 49424, United States

Home for the Holidays 2025 Evening: Steve & Allison Martin
2025-12-13 19:30 - 21:00 | West Ottawa Performing Arts Center, 3685 Butternut Drive, Holland, MI, 49424, United States

HSO Norbert Mueller Memorial Young Artist Competition
2026-01-10 13:00 - 14:30 | GVSU – Haas Center for the Performing Arts, 10610 S Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401, United States

HSO Piano Trio at Harderwyk Ministries
2026-02-07 16:00 - 17:00 | Harderwyk Church, 1627 W Lakewood Blvd, Holland, MI, 49424, United States

HSO Piano Trio at Second Reformed Church Zeeland
2026-02-22 16:00 - 17:00 | Second Reformed Church Zeeland, 225 E. Central Avenue, Zeeland, MI, 49464, United States

HSO Piano Trio at First Reformed Church Holland - Free to Attend
2026-03-01 15:00 - 16:30 | First Reformed Church Holland, 630 State Street, Holland, MI, 49423, United States

Family Event: Musical Adventures of Ferdinand the Bull 2026
2026-03-14 11:00 - 12:00 | Herrick District Library – Main, 300 S. River Ave, Holland, MI, 49423, United States

Holland Symphony Youth Orchestra - Spring 2026 Concert
2026-03-22 15:00 - 16:30 | West Ottawa Performing Arts Center, 3685 Butternut Drive, Holland, MI, 49424, United States

Classics III: Dreams of Heaven & Earth
2026-03-28 19:30 - 21:00 | West Ottawa Performing Arts Center, 3685 Butternut Drive, Holland, MI, 49424, United States

Free Chamber Music - HSO Wind Quintet - Warm Friend
2026-04-02 18:00 - 19:00 | Warm Friend – Resthaven, 5 East 8th Street, Holland, MI, 49423, United States

Free Chamber Music - HSO Wind Quintet - Saugatuck
2026-04-12 14:00 - 15:00 | Saugatuck-Douglas Library, 174 Center Street, Douglas, MI, 49406, United States

Classics IV: Romantic Connections
2026-04-25 19:30 - 21:00 | West Ottawa Performing Arts Center, 3685 Butternut Drive, Holland, MI, 49424, United States

Pops at the Pier 2026: From Broadway to the Big Screen
2026-06-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Eldean’s Boat Shed, 2150 S. Shore Drive, Holland, 49423, United States

Music Unites Us: Free Family Concert
2026-08-15 14:00 - 15:30 | West Ottawa Performing Arts Center, 3685 Butternut Drive, Holland, MI, 49424, United States
