Do you know what United Sound is, or have you ever heard of it? 68% of 513 people here at HMS who were surveyed said they have never heard of it. And 64% of 513 people said they don’t even know what it is.

Have You Ever Heard of United Sound?

Do You Know What United Sound Is?

In United Sound, there are mentors, and mentees. Mentors are students from Horizon, and Century, who have volunteered to help the mentees play an instrument. Mentees are students in the Special Education Program, who want to learn an instrument. The instruments in this program that can be played by the mentees are violin, viola, and the cello. United Sound isn’t limited to only these instruments, but this is what is offered here.

United Sound meetings happen here in Horizon’s orchestra room, on Tuesdays from 3:45 - 4:30. Their concerts are spread throughout the year, but they are sometimes a whole concert with only United Sound, and other times, they will have a song or two that they play in an HMS concert.

United Sound happens here for a few reasons. It gives the mentees a chance to play an instrument, which they might normally be given the chance to. It also helps form healthy relationships between mentors, and mentees.

In an interview, Maddison DuToit, United Sound Co-President, she was asked, "What is your favorite part about United Sound?" She responded by saying, “My favorite part of United Sound are the relationships that form between mentees and mentors.”

This same exact question was asked to Cheyanne Simon, another mentor in the United Sound Program. She said, “Hanging with our group,”.

Seeing what these people have said, it’s easy to see that United Sound really does build “relationships that resonate”, which is one of the reasons there is United Sound.

United Sound In Action!

If you are ever interested in learning more about United Sound, you can go to the United Sound website, and learn more about it. Hopefully you now fit into the group of people that know and have heard of what United Sound is. If you're interested, you could also come to a concert to see what they’re all about.

http://www.unitedsound.org