Instrumental

Calling all Band & Orchestra Directors!

Perform America is here to take the stress and time of planning a domestic trip off your plate.

From prestigious National Parades to Disney’s Magic Music Days to college bowl game half time shows to Festival Competitions throughout North America, whatever you want to do and where ever you want to go, our staff will be your ultimate resource and an active partner in helping plan a fantastic performance-based tour for you and your band or orchestra.

As you know, music performance and education reinforces the skill of cooperation, which is among the qualities most highly valued in business and industry today. Performing in an ensemble is a group effort that focuses on group goals and the completion of those goals in each and every rehearsal and performance. Performance trips enable band & orchestra directors to expand students’ learning beyond the walls of the classroom into the vast community beyond. They provide experiences that cannot be duplicated in school but are nonetheless an integral part of individual growth. Group trips build relationships, and give YOU, the directors, the chance to spend quality time with your ensemble members. Our goal at Perform America is to help you get the most from your travel experience, for whatever budget you have in mind, to make the trip itself hassle-free and to ensure travel and performance memories that will last well beyond the first trip you take with us.

Need some ideas? No problem. Our team loves sharing our experience, insights and recommendations with our Directors! Imagine performing at the Polynesian Cultural Center on the Island of Oahu, along the Parade Route in Disneyland or Walt Disney World, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Carnegie Hall, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, or just about anywhere you can imagine. We can take you there and help make the great memories last a lifetime!

With our team’s combined experience and passion for our work, Perform America is the best choice for planning your group trip and ensuring every last detail is covered. Call us and let our travel and music experts show you what exciting performance opportunities there are out there for your band or orchestra.

Zoe Franciscus

Managing Director | Perform America

Vocal

An Open Letter to ALL Fine Arts Supervisors, Choir Directors and Choral Students

CONGRATULATIONS to each and every one of you for your commitment to and passion about music education!  Researchers have well documented… in study, after study… the current and future benefits of an active participation in music education.  At Perform America, we strongly believe that music education significantly increases cognitive function, fosters a sense of well-being, encourages teamwork, and maximizes self-confidence.  Moreover, a strong choral program is, almost always, one of the most cost-effective programs a school can offer… to say nothing of the importance of nurturing, encouraging and fostering a life-long love of the arts.

Education, both musical and otherwise, is incredibly important in our world today.  In many ways, our world is getting smaller.  Communication, collaboration and the sharing of information are getting easier and easier.  The world is becoming much more of a Global, Multi-National Village… and music is a Universal Language that can help bridge the distance and fill the gaps of understanding and empathy between different cultures.  It has a leveling, inspiring effect.

Travel, when coordinated as part of a well-conceived educational curriculum, will enhance and solidify the lessons learned in the classroom.  Traveling together with Perform America offers an unparalleled real world application of the educational principals taught in school… and a culminating event to highlight and showcase the performance acumen you and the members of your Choral Program have attained during numerous rehearsals and local performances.  Merging music education with the natural educational opportunities encountered in the group performance travel experience will have far reaching, positive consequences for all involved… for years to come.

At Perform America, we are passionate about education, passionate about travel, and passionate about music.  Please consider working with us for your next group performance tour and…

Welcome to the Next Level!

Geoffrey McQueen

Executive Director  |  Perform America

Combined

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to invite you to consider traveling with your combined performing ensembles on domestic tours coordinated by Perform America. We specialize in coordinating concert tours including possibilities to perform in outstanding venues, participate in meaningful festivals and competitions, and take care of all the details of travel and sightseeing in communities all around the United States.

As a music educator myself, I understand the time and energy that is required to prepare for performances and tours. At Perform America we take care of all the details of travel and coordinate the concert logistics so that the directors can focus on the musical aspects of the tour.

Let us at Perform America put together your next combined forces tour as more and more vocal and instrumental ensembles in the schools share their outstanding work in cities across the country.

Sincerely,

Gene Peterson DMA

Director of Performance Tours | Perform America