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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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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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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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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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SUMMARY:Free Chamber Music - HSO Wind Quintet - Saugatuck
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-saugatuck/
LOCATION:Saugatuck-Douglas Library\, 174 Center Street\, Douglas\, MI\, 49406\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:Classics IV: Romantic Connections
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-iv-romantic-connections/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Performing Arts Center\, 3685 Butternut Drive\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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SUMMARY:Pops at the Pier 2026: From Broadway to the Big Screen
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-2026-from-broadway-to-the-big-screen/
LOCATION:Eldean’s Boat Shed\, 2150 S. Shore Drive\, Holland\, 49423\, United States
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SUMMARY:Music Unites Us: Free Family 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/music-unites-us-free-family-concert/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Performing Arts Center\, 3685 Butternut Drive\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:Resonance and Renewal
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/resonance-and-renewal/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Performing Arts Center\, 3685 Butternut Drive\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Forces of 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/the-forces-of-fate/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Performing Arts Center\, 3685 Butternut Drive\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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SUMMARY:Home for the Holidays 2026 - Matinee
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-2026-matinee/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Performing Arts Center\, 3685 Butternut Drive\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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SUMMARY:Home for the Holidays 2026 - Evening
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-2026-evening/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Performing Arts Center\, 3685 Butternut Drive\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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SUMMARY:Music From the New World
DESCRIPTION:ProgramInformationParticipantsBiosSunday\, November 13\, 2022 at 3:00pmDeWitt Auditorium\, Zeeland East High School Holland Area Junior StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Iowa Spring for String OrchestraPaul Seitz A Little Bit of.... Space.... Time Samuel Adler The Blue Danube Waltz Johann Strauss/arr. Mark Williams Do-Si-DoRichard Meyer Holland Area Concert StringsKyle Nester\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk\, Rehearsal Manager Four Royal DancesEric Ewazen1. The Lord2. The Lady3. The Jester4. The Knight Water Music SuiteGeorge Frederic Handel/arr. Forest R. Etling Eine Kleine Nacht Musik\, First Movement AbridgedWoflgang Amadeus Mozart/arr. Merle J. Isaac Symphony No. #3 - "Eroica" (Fourth Movement) Ludwing van Beethoven/arr. Andrew Dabczynski Holland Area Youth OrchestraChristopher Fashun\, Music Director and ConductorTori Zokoe\, General ManagerKatie Rae Hayduk The Barber of Seville Overture Gioachino Rossini Finlandia (Tone Poem) Op 26 No 7 Jean Sibelius/Adapted by Henry Sopkin Nabucco OvertureGiuseppe VerdiTicket price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids age 6-college; 6 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased during the dress rehearsal on Saturday\, 11/12 from 9:00am-noon and at the door prior to the concert (starting at 2:00pm). Kyle Nester Kyle Nester graduated from Alma College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree.  While in college\, he participated in orchestra\, marching band\, jazz band\, percussion ensemble\, and choir.  Mr. Nester spent a term in Vienna\, Austria and studied violin with Maeve Auer from the Universitat fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.  After college\, he was a soloist in the Baroque on Beaver Music Festival and performed with Josh Groban a few times.  After a long-term substitute teacher position in Fremont\, Michigan\, he taught 5th - 12th grade orchestra at Chippewa Hills School District for seven years.  After his wife Andrea finished her law degree at Michigan State University\, the couple moved to West Michigan. He started teaching at Holland Christian in 2012 and Andrea was employed in a law firm in downtown Grand Rapids.  Recently\, Mr. Nester has been interested in fiddling and started the Michigan Academy of Folk Music with Nate Roberts from Hope College.   Mr. Nester enjoys running races\, enjoying nature\, playing music\, and traveling.  They have three “interesting” cats and a planted freshwater fish tank.     Christopher H. Fashun Christopher H. Fashun is an incredibly diverse and versatile conductor\, performer\, and educator. He brings over two decades of experience as a music educator leading middle school\, high school and collegiate band and orchestra programs in addition to directing jazz and percussion ensembles. A 2018 recipient of a U.S. Postdoctoral Fulbright Award in All Disciplines\, Dr. Fashun will be living and researching Afro-Brazilian music in Salvador da Bahia\, Brazil during the summer of 2019.  His project will focus on the dissemination of Afro-Brazilian music and culture in the city of Salvador.  An Assistant Professor of Music at Hope College\, he serves as the Director of Orchestras\, the founder and Music Director of the Brazilian Drumming Ensemble\, teaches applied percussion\, world music\, and is an Instructor of Instrumental Music Education. An accomplished percussionist and violist\, he has several years of orchestral and chamber music experience and has enjoyed success in both areas as a soloist by winning three concerto competitions\, one on viola and two on marimba. Dr. Fashun is an active guest conductor\, clinician\, adjudicator\, and percussionist.  He is a frequent presenter at music education conferences and is a highly sought after clinician and conductor.  Notable engagements include the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra\, Holland Symphony Orchestra\, Elkhart Symphony Orchestra\, St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra\, the University of Iowa Philharmonia and All-University Orchestras.  Dr. Fashun has conducted the Symphony String Orchestra at the Iowa IMEA Conference for the All-State Iowa Junior Honors String Orchestra Festival Concert and the Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band.  He has served on the music faculties at St. Ambrose University and Goshen College.  His research in conducting combines developing musicianship from the podium and health and wellness for music educators.  When he’s not making music\, he is either cycling\, paddle boarding\, or practicing Pilates and enjoying the fabulous beaches in Holland (in the summer\, of course) with his wife and daughter.  				\n				\n					\n		\n					\n		\n				\n						\n					\n			\n						\n				\n							[INSERT_ELEMENTOR id="7527"]
URL:https://hollandsymphony.org/events/music-from-the-new-world/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Performing Arts Center\, 3685 Butternut Drive\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Closing Chapter
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/a-closing-chapter/
LOCATION:West Ottawa Performing Arts Center\, 3685 Butternut Drive\, Holland\, MI\, 49424\, United States
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