Homer OPUS is excited to announce our new director, Dr. Elizabeth White. Elizabeth fell in love with strings when she started playing violin and viola in fifth grade school orchestra.
Creating a template in his shop and using his specialized tools, community member Jeff Williams mass produced enough cardboard violin bodies for all of the OPUS kindergartners during the past
Several members of our adult Codas ensemble spent time with our violins-in-the-schools and after school students, providing mentorship, inspiration, and encouragement in preparation for the concert. Thank you David Clemens,
Thank you Chapman School staff, parents, and students for raising more than $1,000 for Homer OPUS through your Snow Rondi Spaghetti Feed fundraiser, and to everyone who enjoyed a tasty
Thank you to the the Gary Thomas 100 Men Project, Global Credit Union, and the Homer Foundation for their generous support that enabled us to purchase new violin kits for our
Congratulations to our Top Three Pledgers in this year’s Practice-A-Thon fundraiser, Judah Klann (Codas), Rubis Gervais (Scherzos), and Lev Meyers (Overture Strings). Recognized during the Spooky Strings community concert, each
Thank you to everyone who helped to make this year’s 3rd annual Spooky Strings concert such a success! Directed by Abimael Melendez, students with Homer Youth String Orchestra Club, Violins
We kicked it all off with a HYSOC party at Little Fireweed where String Instructor Abimael Melendez led young string players through several short pieces, visiting violinist Gretchen Grube introduced