Music Travel Consultants

14 May

Perform in Disney’s Candlelight Processional

Spreading holiday cheer as honorary cast members in Disney’s Candlelight Processional is a wonderful gift for your choir during the holiday season. Your choir will never forget this magical program that takes place at Epcot© annually. The candlelight processional performance retells the Christmas story with the Voices of Liberty, Disney cast members trying out to be part of the Christmas Tree (in the middle of the choir) and high school, college and adult choirs from around the country, all […]

By Vicky Wielosinski Featured Destinations Candlelight, Choir, disney, Epcot, performance, Processional 0 Comments

30 Apr

Music Travel Consultants Introduces the Music Travel App

Music Travel Consultants, travel planners for the finest bands, choirs, and orchestras in the world, is pleased to introduce the “Music Travel” app, free to all of a group’s travelers. Music directors, staff, chaperones, and students may use this secure, information-packed, versatile app before and during their Music Travel trip.

After registering online, the app allows parents to manage travelers in one account, view payment installment dates, make payments and review itineraries. It updates real-time trip schedules, so everyone knows […]

By Robin Harting Company News, Travel Safety Choir Travel App, Marching Band Travel App, Music Travel App, Orchestra Travel App, Performance Trip App 0 Comments

Macy's Thanskgiving Day Parade Band Travel

30 Apr

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Band Tours

Marching through The Big Apple in New York City’s world-famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is a major accomplishment for any Band Director and his/her band. Learn why Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Band Tours with Music Travel Consultants are second to none!
At the top of the list of New York’s attractions is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The parade is the famous department store’s annual gift to children everywhere! Held in Manhattan, on Thanksgiving morning, this is one of America’s […]

By Andrew Moran Featured Destinations macy's marching band travel, Macy's Parade Band Tours, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade band Tours 0 Comments

Choir trips with Music Travel Consultants

30 Apr

School Choir Trip Ideas

Is your choir ready to take its performance to the next level? But you can’t decide on a venue or destination? Worry not! Music Travel Consultants’ list of popular school choir trip ideas is here to help. The range of choir destinations is vast, from St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome to Carnegie Hall in New York. These two and others have proven themselves over years, hosting many successful student choir tours. Each choir trip MTC puts together is custom-designed […]

By Emily Ward Featured Destinations, Music Education Choir Tours, Choir Travel, Choir Trips, Popular Choir Performance Opportunities, Top Choir Venues 0 Comments

Paul Labbe with a couple of the Dayton Flyers men's basketball players (left), and Paul with the JDRF Southwest Ohio bike team which raises funds for T1D (right).

30 Apr

Meet MTC Tour Director Paul Labbe

Meet MTC Tour Director Paul Labbe, committed to making each trip he leads an excellent experience!
Music Travel’s professional Tour Directors use their commitment and experience to ensure the music director’s and the group’s trip are successful. MTC Tour Director Paul Labbe has proven that he has what it takes to make a trip successful. With his warm personality, resourcefulness, and attention to detail, humble Paul won’t admit he’s one of the best MTC Tour Directors…so we’ll just brag on him!

“I’ve […]

By Natalie Mince Staff Hightlights Music Travel Consutants, Paul Labbe, Tour Director 0 Comments

26 Mar

Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade and Race Marching Band Trips

Many people visit the heart of Indiana every year, but one annual event, the running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race, surpasses all others. Best known as the home of the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” Indianapolis hosts the world’s largest single-day sporting event, the Indianapolis 500, over Memorial Day Weekend in May. The race has been run for over 100 years, and Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade and Race Marching Band Trips are a great way for a band to […]

By Jef Furr Featured Destinations Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade and Race Marching Band Trips, Indianapolis 500 Marching Band Trips, Indianapolis 500 Parade Marching Band Trips, Perform at the Indianapolis 500 0 Comments

26 Mar

Bowl Games for Your Student Performance Group

Attending a collegiate Bowl Game is great fun, but performing at a Bowl Game is an achievement reserved only for a select few. Bowl games for your student performance group require careful planning. Some parades and half-time shows require audition tapes, application materials, and confirmations up to 2 years in advance. Let Music Travel Consultants walk you through the choices!

Allstate Sugar Bowl
Imagine your band performing in New Orleans’ Mercedes Benz Super Dome for 75,000 plus fans! In addition to […]

By Chris Forsythe Featured Destinations Alamo Bowl Badn Trips, Athletic Bowl Band Trips, Bowl Game Marching Band, Bowl Games for Your Student Performance Group, Citrus Bowl Band Trips, Holiday Bowl Band Trips, Liberty Bowl Band Trips, Outback Bowl Band Trips, Peach Bowl Band Trips, Sugar Bowl Band Trips, TaxSlayer Bowl Band Trips 0 Comments

26 Mar

The Dedicated Band Parent

At your next student performance, look around for the dedicated band parents. You’ll find the dedicated band parents, hustling and helping out before and after the show. They’re down in the trenches: working five to six nights a week on props, prepping the semi for a long-haul event, pushing hard at a fund-raiser to make sure all the performers can afford to go on that trip of a lifetime. You’ll easily find them–the Dedicated Band/Orchestra/Debate/Choir/Theatre/Winter Guard/Athletic Team/Percussion Parents–noticeable, efficient […]

By Ben Hilmer Music Education Band Parent Responsibilities, Band Parent Support, The Dedicated Band Parent, The Importance of Band Parents, What a Band Parent does 1 Comment

26 Mar

What is your instrument’s name?

Have you ever been asked, “What is your instrument’s name?” You might have had a fellow director or student refer to his/her trumpet as a squeaky cheek exploder or a tuba as an elephant burp gun. Then there are instruments with questionable names like Didgeridoo or Sackbut. Some musicians refer to their instrument as he or she. After meeting 1000’s of musicians, we learned quite a few people name their instrument. Sometimes they are hilarious. Sometimes they are sentimental […]

By Emily Ward For Fun What is your instrument's name? 0 Comments

Tom Young on a recent trip to Disney, hanging with his 2 best friends, Jeff Buchanan and Goofy.

26 Mar

Meet MTC Tour Director Tom Young

Meet MTC Tour Director Tom Young, who uses his die-hard commitment to excellence and experience to make sure a music director’s trip is successful.
Rest assured, if the unpredictable happens on your trip, your Music Travel Consultants Tour Director is at your side from start to finish. Excellent MTC Tour Directors like Tom tackle the unpredictable and put your trip back on the road. After 35 years of teaching music and understanding what directors need on trips, Tom knows what […]

By Jeff Buchanan Staff Hightlights Meet MTC Tour Director Tom Young, Tom Young 0 Comments