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The HPYO, Howick, Pakuranga Youth Orchestra was started in order to give ex-pupils of the Music School somewhere to play once they had left. The HPYO was discontinued in 1994. It is succeeded by the HSM’s Howick Youth Orchestra.

June 15 1966, The Howick Post announced the start of free music lessons at Howick Intermediate on Saturday mornings. The initiative began by Mrs Oates, then specialist music teacher at Howick Intermediate, first offered lessons for Recorder, Violin, Cello and Percussion. In its earliest Days the music school was known as the Howick Schools’ MusicContinue reading “1966 – The Beginning”