Homer Youth String Orchestra Club
Fall Semester Registration Open!
Classes start last week of August!
Fall Semester
HYSOC (Homer Youth Strings Orchestra Club) is ready to start a fabulous music-filled year.
HYSOC is open to all who want to play string instruments! If you have someone in mind that plays strings but would be new to HYSOC, please invite them to join. Make sure they know that it is a requirement of HYSOC that all members are getting private lessons.
HYSOC youth classes will be at West Homer Elementary School-music room.
HYSOC Coda students will have class in the sanctuary at Christian Community Church.
The Mission
To foster the orchestral arts for Homer area Youth
Our Goals
Master Skills
To teach students to master skills that will enable them to perform music well on their chosen instrument, leading to lifelong enjoyment and personal fulfillment through music.
Decision Making
To teach students to make decisions in situations where there are no standard answers.
Self-Expression
To develop students’ understanding of and appreciation for music as a vehicle for creative self-expression and as a key to understanding past and present human experience.
Nonverbal Communication
To teach students to analyze and interpret nonverbal forms of communication and make informed judgments of cultural products and issues.
Respect Others
To teach students to adapt to and respect others’ ways of thinking, working, and expressing themselves.
Problem Solving Skills
To teach students artistic modes of problem solving, which bring analytical and developmental tools to every situation.
Message from our graduating Senior
Neviya Reed
It has been eight years since I first started participating in the Homer Youth String Orchestra. I can still remember my first day standing in the West Homer Elementary School’s music room, terrified to be sharing a stand with a high school student. I remember leaving that day thinking that I was so glad it was over and I never wanted to go back again. However, I kept going back every week. I made friends and started to enjoy playing music with others.
If I had stopped going on my first day, I would have never found my love of music which would follow me throughout high school and potentially through college. I would have never found the courage to push myself out of my comfort zone, and explore new things. I would have never met such amazing mentors as Lisa Schallock, Daniel Perry, and Ben Wu who have all demonstrated great patience in my progression of playing, and instilled an appreciation of music. And most importantly I would have never met such influential peers who have enriched my relationship with music and inspired me to keep pursuing music.
It is safe to say that my life would have been so very different if I had never participated in Homer Youth String Orchestra. I am glad that I go to be a part of the sound that this wonderful group produces. I know that it will benefit me for years to come.
Join the Fun
Join us for fun and camaraderie
through music!