Our Vision - to inspire and build a love of and involvement in music throughout our community.

Our Mission - to give people, especially children and youth, the opportunity to develop their creative musical potential in an inspirational, affordable, community environment.

Our Philosophy - we affirm that the HSM is about offering:

• joy of music
• fun of music
• opportunity to learn music
• achieving progressive accomplishments in music
• making new friends
• a community organisation
• involvement and support of parents
• tuition at an affordable cost

We believe that:

• music is an important part of a child's education and development
• there is talent in our community that needs to be developed
• parent involvement is essential for a child's musical progress
• the arts are important for the mental health and well-being of all people
• the skills, talent and commitment of our tutors are central and a key to the Howick School of Music's success
• we contribute to the development of community trends and needs in music

HSM Junior Solo Competition 2010