Singing ‘brings me to my happy place’

Socrates Mojica would like to become a high school music director.

“I’m walking home from choir practice at Lee High School. I was singing this song I like called ‘Myfanwy.’ We have to perform it for region competition, and I was just going over it.”

How long have you been singing?
“Ever since I was little. It wasn’t until last year, my freshman year, that I joined choir. And once I did, I just fell in love with it. It’s something I plan to pursue after high school and college.”

Why is it so special to you?
“Singing was the very first instrument known to man. It’s basically the root of all instruments. It has a lot to do with music, and music is my passion. It just keeps everything together. It keeps the world going.

“When I’m down and out I listen to music or I start singing, and it brings me to my happy place. It brings me to my peace zone, where I can tune out all the bad stuff and focus on the good stuff. Just now, I was in my own little world. And when I’m in that world, everything’s happy.”

— Socrates Mojica