21Jan
30Oct
A St. Patrick’s Day Parade band trip with the Purdue “All American” Marching Band!
A St. Patrick's Day Parade Band Trip is an iconic opportunity for a Marching Band. As the one national holiday celebrated in more countries around the world than any other, on St. Patrick's Day, everyone wants to be Irish. And one of the very best St. Patrick's Day Parade band trips for a marching band is the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland's capital! Picture it: Dublin city centre is closed to traffic, 500,000 people line the streets, dressed...
30Oct
Group Flight Check-In Tips with Music Travel Consultants
As charter motor coach prices rise, the travel industry is seeing an uptick in the number of student performance groups that fly. Flying means new challenges. Airport check-in can sometimes make the first day of a trip absolutely miserable. With its ever-changing rules and regulations, the flight check-in process can be intimidating. It seems each airline does something different. There's all this new security, and TSA is always changing and upgrading. Or, maybe it's your first time flying? Regardless, nobody...
30Oct
Meet MTC Tour Director Chris Taylor
Most Music Directors love it when there's a Music Travel Consultants Tour Director at their side, 24/7 during the trip, to handle the details and rescue the group from the unpredictable! Luckily, many Music Directors make a great impression on us! Meet MTC Tour Director Chris Taylor. With a welcoming, warm personality and quick wit, client-turned-MTC Tour Director Chris Taylor is ready to tackle the unpredictable and bring you the best trip possible! Chris with his Pendleton staff at a marching...
09Oct
Music Travel Consultants Welcomes Greg Moore as Senior Travel Designer
The Prodigal Son Returns…to Music Travel Consultants (MTC)! After fifteen years working for several student travel companies throughout the country, the prodigal son, Greg Moore, has returned to the company that was instrumental in forming his career in student performance group travel. A 33-year veteran of the student and youth travel industry, he has worked alongside some of the best and brightest travel minds in North America. His return to Music Travel Consultants brings his career full circle! The Moore Family, avid Cincinnati...
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 State School...
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 a...
27Jun
