The Golden State Youth Orchestra, formerly known as the El Camino Youth Symphony, is no stranger to touring, having worked with ACFEA on 8 tours between 2003 and 2019. Regularly traveling with a party of 140 or more, with 120 musicians on stage, these tours have always presented some challenges – but nothing like the […]
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Moving any valuable items – like musical instruments – across borders can be difficult and time-consuming. Customs officers abroad want to be sure that you will take your equipment with you when you leave their country, and customs officials on your return will want to be sure that you have not acquired your equipment while
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“For those who had never traveled to Europe, they had witnessed firsthand treasures about which they had only heard – and Europe became a reality for the young musicians.” This article was originally published in our 2002-2003 Tour Notes. **** This summer the Cascade Youth Symphony from Seattle, with Director Gerry Jon Marsh,
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Stratus Chamber Orchestra’s immersive concert brought musicians and audience together in ways that neither may have anticipated — and left them with a new understanding of how a classical music concert could make them feel. While on tour to the Czech Republic in 2017, the Stratus Chamber Orchestra, based in Denver, Colorado, performed
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SRSYO in front of the giant billboard advertising their concert in the He Luting Concert Hall of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music The Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra (SRSYO) is one of the oldest continuous youth orchestras in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 1959 as the Sonoma County Junior Symphony, in 1994 the organization became an education program of the professional
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The tour season is in full swing, and we’re busy buzzing around the country – and the world – making sure all our tours are going smoothly. But we wanted to send out some well-deserved congratulations to some groups who have had particularly notable tours recently. Our congratulations to: Sharon Paul and the University of
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Seattle’s Roosevelt High School Jazz Band added to its illustrious history last summer with a tour of jazz festivals in France, Switzerland and Italy. The group was honored to perform at two of the most prestigious jazz festivals in the world, Montreux and Umbria. Outdoor stages in beautiful surroundings with hundreds of spectators at each performance made
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After several successful tours to Europe, Chicago Consort chose to venture to South America, deciding that Peru was the dream destination. The timing of the group’s travel just so happened to coincide with Inti Raymi (Festival of the Sun), which was an Inca ceremony held every summer solstice to honor the Sun God and plead for his return. Today, it’s
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When the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra sat down to plan its 2012 tour, one of the things the group was considering was participation in a festival. As we considered what would be the best one to include, the Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival, held every year in Vienna, shot right to the top of the list. Spread
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In the spring of 2010, I got a call from one of my favorite people, Beth Antonio, Tour Coordinator of the Empire State Youth Orchestra in Albany, New York. Beth and I had worked on ESYO’s 2008 tour of Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria, and I was excited to help design its next tour. I expected
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