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Get Your Tickets To Our Annual Spaghetti Dinner September 21st

September 11, 2024

Come join us in celebrating the 2024/2025 instrumental music marchng band season! There will pe a private perfomance of the 2024 show for family friends and alumni. Dinner will be served at 6:30 pm, $10 per person (children under 5 are free), student perfomer price…

Rehearse-A-Thon 2024

September 11, 2024

Students and Staff commit to an 8 Hour Practice Challenge!!! Are you up for our challenge? While in the Helix Instrumental Music Program, students will have the opportunity to perform and compete with other ensembles throughout Southern California and the United States in the Southern…

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About HELIX INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

The Helix Instrumental Music Association is one of largest and most successful school music programs in east county San Diego. The Music Program at Helix currently consists of approximately 180 students in eight main groups: Drumline, Bagpipes, Color Guard, Orchestra, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band and Wind Symphony. All three bands, as well as the color guard and bagpipes, combine to form the Helix Highlander Band.

Our foundation, the Helix Instrumental Music Association (HIMA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization Tax Id# 23-7255896 formed to support the Instrumental Music program at Helix Charter High School.

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Helix Charter High School | 7323 University Ave. | La Mesa CA 91942 | (619) 644-1940

All donations are tax deductable. Helix Instrumental Music Association is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization, federal tax ID# 23-7255896. These charitable gifts go directly to supporting our ongoing educational programs.