The Bell Choir, directed by Justin Rito, participates in some of the 9 am Celebration worship services. Rehearsals on most Sunday mornings from 10:45 to 11:30am in the Music Room. All are welcome to join and learn how to play handbells.

Schedule
Leader: Justin Rito

The Bell Choir, directed by Justin Rito, participates in some of the 9 am Celebration worship services. Rehearsals on most Sunday mornings from 10:45 to 11:30am in the Music Room. All are welcome to join and learn how to play handbells.

Schedule
Leader: Justin Rito

The Bell Choir, directed by Justin Rito, participates in some of the 9 am Celebration worship services. Rehearsals on most Sunday mornings from 10:45 to 11:30am in the Music Room. All are welcome to join and learn how to play handbells.

Schedule
Leader: Justin Rito

HSO Wind Quintet (Rebecca VanDeWalker, Flute; Caitlin Kramer, Oboe; Gary June, Clarinet; Kerrissa Silverthorne, Bassoon; Greg Bassett, Horn) 

The HSO Wind Quintet presents a program of American Landscapes:  music of composers Amy Beach, Eric Ewazen, and Valerie Coleman evokes the calm of a New Hampshire forest, the grandeur of the Roaring Fork river in Colorado, and the bluesy southern charm along the Mississippi River.  The program concludes in Michigan, with a piece commissioned and premiered in the state: Samuel Barber’s famous Summer Music.

Musical Pieces
Pastorale, Op. 151.......... Amy Beach (1867-1944)

Roaring Fork................... Eric Ewazen (b. 1954)

1. Whitewater Rapids (Maroon Creek)

2. Columbines (Snowmass Lake)

3. At the Summit (Buckskin Pass)

Summer Music, Op. 31.... Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Umoja............................. Valerie Coleman (b. 1970) 

Musician Bios

Artistry, connection, and collaboration—these attributes are at the heart of flutist Rebecca VanDeWalker’s performances and f lute instruction. Rebecca is the Principal Flutist of the Holland Symphony and is an Adjunct Flute Professor at Hope College, serving as an instructor for over a decade. As an orchestral musician, she has performed with the Boston Philharmonic, New England Chamber Orchestra, New Life Symphony, and St. Cecilia Chamber Orchestra. In West Michigan, she has also collaborated with various ensembles, such as the West Michigan Flute Orchestra and Great Lakes Flutes. Notable highlights of her involvement with the West Michigan Flute Association (WMFA) include several performances at the National Flute Association Convention and serving as the current President. One of Rebecca's greatest joys is collaborating with fellow musicians in both solo and chamber music recitals, participating in events such as the Great Lakes Flute Festival, the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck, and Hope College Faculty Recitals.

Caitlin Kramer is the professor of Oboe at Hope College in Holland, MI.  In 2007 she received her Bachelor’s Degree in Oboe Performance studying with Anna Mattix, now solo English hornist of the Buffalo Philharmonic. In 2009 Caitlin completed her Master’s Degree in Oboe Performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Caitlin has performed with artists including everyone from Seth MacFarlane to Weird Al Yankovic, Evanescence, and Hugh Jackman, Johnny Mathis, and many more.  She can be heard performing with the South Bend Symphony, West Michigan Symphony, Holland Symphony. Caitlin became a Yamaha performing artist in 2022 and plays a YOB-841 duet custom oboe.

Dr. Gary June is a clarinetist and educator based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he is the clarinet professor at Grand Valley State University and Grand Rapids Community College.  As an orchestral musician, he is Principal Clarinet of the Holland Symphony Orchestra and the 2nd/Eb clarinetist of the Flint and Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestras, and regularly plays with orchestras such as the Grand Rapids Symphony, the West Michigan Symphony, and Sinfonia da Camera. He spends summers teaching and playing at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp.  Dr. June is also an active chamber musician and soloist, is a member of the Amosa Duo and Grand Valley Winds, and has given master classes at various universities in the Czech Republic, Taiwan, and the US. He holds degrees from Grand Valley State University and the University of Colorado-Boulder and completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he wrote his thesis on contemporary Finnish clarinet music. Dr. June is a Vandoren Artist-Clinician and performs on Vandoren mouthpieces and reeds.

Kerrissa Silverthorne has held the position of Principal Bassoon of the Holland Symphony Orchestra since 2013.  She performed internationally as a US Army Bandsman for six years, then focused on raising a family and teaching band in K-12 schools.  She holds Masters Degrees in the art of Wind Conducting from Southern Oregon University and in Bassoon Performance from Western Michigan University.  Mrs. Silverthorne has been Professor of Music at Cornerstone University since 2023, where she conducts the Symphonic Winds and teaches education courses to future music teachers.

Greg Bassett, a native of Detroit, is a member of the Holland Symphony Orchestra and West Michigan Symphony, and directs the symphonic band at Kalamazoo College.  He holds degrees from Swarthmore College, New England Conservatory, and Indiana University.  He lives in Holland with his wife Katie, three kids, a dog, and a cat.

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The Bell Choir, directed by Justin Rito, participates in some of the 9 am Celebration worship services. Rehearsals on most Sunday mornings from 10:45 to 11:30am in the Music Room. All are welcome to join and learn how to play handbells.

Schedule
Leader: Justin Rito