student performance travel
25Aug

Practice with the Pros: Capital Wind Workshops for Student Bands

Capital Wind Workshops bring student bands face-to-face with professional musicians in Washington, D.C., for a 90-minute side-by-side performance experience that builds confidence, sound and musicianship in real time. About Capital Wind Workshops Since 2000, the Capital Wind Symphony has offered a unique educational opportunity to middle and high school wind bands visiting the Washington, D.C., region. These 90-minute workshops pair student musicians with members of one of the region's premier community-based wind ensembles, led by a highly acclaimed conductor. Rather than observing...
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25Feb

Meet Music Travel Consultants Tour Director Cody Groves

Cody Groves brings nearly 20 years of marching arts experience to his role as a tour director with Music Travel Consultants. Groves joined Music Travel Consultants as a tour director in 2024, bringing nearly two decades of experience in the marching arts. A salesperson by day and a passionate marching band instructor and designer by night, Groves helps shape programs and support students through performance, instruction and design work. Outside of tour directing, he enjoys traveling to Disney, playing hockey and spending...
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Jen Shenberger smiling under a blossoming tree
25Feb

Meet Music Travel Consultants Tour Director Jen Shenberger

A longtime Missouri music educator, Jennifer Shenberger now shares her passion for student travel as a tour director with Music Travel Consultants. Jennifer Shenberger joined Music Travel Consultants as a tour director in 2024 following a distinguished 31-year career in the Missouri public schools. Her teaching experience includes 14 years directing choir and band in the Reeds Spring School District and 17 years as the Brass Specialist for the School District of Clayton. She retired from public education in 2024 and...
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Orchestra and choir on stage for Disney's Candlelight Processional
Wide shot image of entire stage performance of Disney's Candlelight processional featuring a mass choir and orchestra
14Jan

Carmel HS Choir and Terre Haute North Vigo HS Choir Take the Stage at EPCOT’s Candlelight Processional

In late December 2025, two Indiana choirs stepped into one of Walt Disney World’s most meaningful holiday traditions: EPCOT’s Candlelight Processional. Carmel High School Choir, directed by Katie Kouns, performed Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, followed by Terre Haute North Vigo Choir, directed by Michelle Azar, on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. Both groups performed once, but the experience carried the weight of a career highlight. Candlelight is not a typical theme park performance. It is a full-scale concert presentation of the Christmas...
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