2025-2026 HSYO Rehearsal & Concert Schedule
Holland Area Junior Strings – 5:00pm-6:30pm in Room 106
Holland Area Concert Strings – 7:00pm-8:30pm in Room 106
Holland Area Youth Orchestra – 6:00pm-8:30pm, Study Hall
All rehearsals are at the Midtown Center, 96 W 15th St, Holland, MI 49423
Fall Semester: Rehearsals will begin Monday, September 8th, 2025, and run through Monday, December 8th, 2025. There is no rehearsal on Monday, November 24th, 2025.
Spring Semester: Rehearsals will begin Monday, January 5, 2026, and run through Monday, March 16, 2026. There is no rehearsal on Monday, January 19, 2026.
HAYO Practice-a-thon will start Sunday, January 25, 2026, and end Saturday, January 31, 2026.
Fall Semester Dress Rehearsal and Concert
9 am – 12 pm with varying start times for each group
1:30 pm Student call time
3 pm Concert
Spring Semester
Students will receive new music at the first December Rehearsal; Students who are ONLY attending the second semester (HAJS) will begin attending on Monday, December 1, 2025. The second semester for HACS also begins on Monday, December 1, 2025.
Spring Semester Dress Rehearsal and Concert
1:30 pm Student call time
3 pm Concert
Holland Symphony Orchestra and Youth Orchestras Cancellation Policy
In general, whenever bad weather is a possibility, Holland Symphony and Youth Orchestras follow Holland Public Schools closing decisions.
Please note that when inclement weather forces a lat minute schedule change, you can find out of the HPS schools are open or closed by calling their automated school info line: 616-494-2095 or by checking in their website: http://www.hollandpublicschools.org (or visit by clicking here)
We will also put a message on the Holland Symphony Orchestra phone line at 616-796-6780. Sometimes evening activities are still held as weather changes throughout the day.
If schools are closed in the morning, HPS will host updates about after school activities and evening events by 1:30pm on their website; http://www.hollandpublicschools.org (or visit by clicking here)
If HPS evening activities are being held, HSO and HSYO WILL hold rehearsals.