09Oct
30Aug
Featured Destination: Avon Orchestra’s Trip to Italy & Austria
Avon Orchestra's trip to Italy and Austria: Three once-in-a-lifetime performances in Rome, Florence and Salzburg, plus fun in Siena! Part of the Avon Community School Corporation, in Avon, Indiana, the Avon High School Symphony Orchestra was created in 2007. It has grown rapidly since then, to four full orchestras filled with over 700 students from grades 6 through 12. Under the guiding baton of its Director, the multi-talented Dean Westman, the Avon Orchestras have consistently earned Gold Medals at Indiana...
30Aug
Meet MTC Tour Director Paige Carter
Meet MTC Tour Director Paige Carter. Paige is one of our most charismatic and accomplished Tour Directors, and from her very first trip, it was clear that Paige had what it takes to give performance groups the care and attention to needs that create wonderful, once-in-a-lifetime trips! MTC Tour Director Paige Carter was born and raised in Arizona and considers herself a “desert-dweller.” She started dancing at the age three and quickly realized she had found a life-long passion for the...
30Aug
Popular USA Student Performance Venues
Searching for popular USA student performance venues? In which your group can play, or attend a clinic to improve its music? There are literally hundreds around our country, to say nothing (in this article) of the opportunities available worldwide. Often, we find music directors are shocked to learn their ensembles can perform at some of these cool places. If you've been seeking, but not finding, take a look at this short list: Lake Buena Vista, Florida • Walt Disney World Disney Performing...
18Jul
Music Travel Consultants & WGI Sport of the Arts Ink Partnership
When WGI Sport of the Arts and Music Travel Consultants – where “Travel is an Art” – get together, great things are bound to happen! WGI Director of Operations & Sponsor Relations, Bart Woodley, and Music Travel Consultants cemented a partnership in late June. Music Travel Consultants is super-excited to help further WGI’s mission “to provide a venue for young people to achieve the extraordinary through performance and competition.” Music Travel Consultants' client, Red Wave Indoor from Fresno, California, giving...
27Jun
Student Performance Trips to Universal Orlando
Create lasting memories for your marching band, orchestra, show choir, concert choir or jazz band with a student performance trip to Universal Orlando! Perform at CityWalk™ Lagoon Stage*, a Music in the Parks, Music USA Festivals or OrlandoFest competition, or march in front of cheering spectators at Universal Studios Florida parks. Universal Studios offers many educational, hands-on group programs that involve one-of-a-kind opportunities. Choose what is right for your group and enjoy education-focused performances, adjudicated festivals, workshops and clinics, plus...
27Jun
Chaperoning School Performance Trips
It is great that you're interested in chaperoning school performance trips. Thank you! Your role is to help get the kids safely and happily through the challenges of their action-packed itineraries. You are an extension of trip leadership and a liaison to it for the students. Directors will have high expectations of you, and your number one reason for being on a trip is to support the leaders and kids. As a chaperone, you must always focus on what's best for...
27Jun
Eating Healthy on the Road
If you learn to make healthy choices when they are not simple or obvious, then making sound decisions will be much easier when healthy choices are abundant and convenient. As the old adage says, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” So rather than outlining a handful of “eat this, no, that” choices, here are some tips on how to “fish” for that healthy...
27Jun
Meet MTC Tour Director Anne Anderson
Meet MTC Tour Director Anne Sanders Anderson, committed to making your trip as rewarding and as memorable as possible! Anne Anderson hails from a large family with a rural farm in Southern Indiana. While attending a small high school, Anne knew early on that she had a passion for teaching music. Following graduation from the Indiana University School of Music, she landed a teaching job, picked up a Masters in Education, and has been teaching music ever since. Now...
14May
