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Fall Semester

HYSOC Registration is open

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.

Rehersal Dates

Classes will start

Monday, August 25
CODAS – ADVANCE / ADULT CLASS

Tuesday, August 26
YOUTH CLASSES

Rehersal Times

Overture Strings TUESDAYS 4 to 5pm
Scherzos TUESDAYS 6 to 7:15pm
Codas MONDAYS 6:30 to 8pm

Cost

$150 per semester or
$275  for the 2025–2026 season

YOUTH Overture Strings, Scherzos & Students playing in Codas

$175 per semester or
$315  for the 2025–2026 season
ADULT Codas

Additional family members are discounted at half price.

We do our best to keep costs affordable for all.

The first semester is free and additional financial aid is available if needed.

Location

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.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s Sea of Strings concert such a success.

Watch the full Sea of Strings concert here!

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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.
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