The evening performance in Carnegie Hall will be one of the highlights of the 17th annual New York Wind Band Festival along with our workshops, rehearsal exchange, and our Dinner Cruise along the Hudson River.

It is our mission to present young musicians with an experience that offers the opportunity for musical growth while creating lasting memories. To enhance this experience, the performance venue chosen for the festival is Carnegie Hall which I’m sure you will have most certainly heard of. Admission into the festival is based on audition only and is limited to six ensembles.

World Projects will then create a custom itinerary to suit your educational needs while in New York and in other parts of the USA.

We hope you will join us as we celebrate musical excellence in the incredible atmosphere of New York.

PACKAGE INCLUSIONS

• Four nights’ accommodation at the Hilton, New York
• Hotel taxes and portage New York room occupancy tax
• Airport transfers for group and baggage in New York
• Coach transfers to Dinner Cruise
• One (1) 60 minute ensemble workshop with festival clinician
• Sound check on stage at Carnegie Hall
• Festival performance and written critiques at Carnegie Hal
• One (1) Festival performance CD for director, Carnegie house system
• One (1) 90 minute rehearsal exchange with another ajudicated ensemble
• Large percussion as per the Director’s Packet
• Festival dinner/dance cruise
• Official Festival t-shirt
• Official Festival souvenir program – Playbill
• Festival registration fees
• Group Award plaque
• Official Festival photographer at Carnegie Hall (prints not included – each ensemble will receive a disc of images taken during its sound check on stage at Carnegie Hall)
• Artist pass lanyard

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2019 will be the 34th anniversary of this long standing festival and promises to be an incredible year.

Festival activities include an adjudicated group festival performance, workshops, group reading exchanges (Instrumental Groups), Select Choir (Choral Groups), as well as clinics, seminars, recreational activities, and many opportunities for international exchange through social functions and music. Exchange opportunities for music educators and group directors are also part of the festival, including a social event for educators.

PACKAGE INCLUSIONS

• Five nights OR seven nights hotel accommodation (includes taxes and portage)
• One gratis ground package for every 20 paid participants based on double occupancy rate (includes hotel)
• Lei greeting and Airport transfers for group and equipment
• All required group coach transportation during festival to Ala Moana, Pearl Harbor, and Hawaii Theatre
• Festival Welcome Party (includes dinner) and Festival Directors’ Reception
• Festival Farewell Luau (includes buffet lunch)
• Festival Keynote Speaker Session
• Breakfast each morning
• One (1) workshop per group
• One (1) rehearsal per group
• One (1) group rehearsal exchange (Instrumental Groups Only)
• Festival Select Choir participation (Choral Groups Only)
• Festival performance and written adjudication comments
• Festival performance CD (one per group)
• PBMF Outdoor Concert Series Performance at the Ala Moana Shopping Center “Center Stage” (or similar)
• Visit to Pearl Harbor and USS Arizona Memorial
• Official Festival Souvenir Program
• Official Festival T-shirt
• Festival Award Plaque
• Certificate of Participation for each performing artist
• Festival registration fees
• Access to all Festival concerts & events
• Official Festival photographer at adjudicated performance venue and luau (prints not included)
• Percussion and other equipment as per PBMF Director’s Packet
• Director’s Packet
• Artist Pass Lanyard

PACKAGE EXCLUSIONS

• Airfare (available through World Projects as a licensed Travel Agent)
• Meals – all lunches and dinners (though these can be added upon request)
• Items of a personal nature (laundry, room service, Internet connection etc.)
• Additional sightseeing excursions (World Projects can arrange a variety of Hawaiian activities)
• Group transfers to non-festival events
• Travel Insurance (available through World Projects as a licensed Travel Agent)

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It is our mission to present young musicians with an experience that offers the opportunity for musical growth while creating lasting memories. To enhance this experience, the performance venue chosen for the festival is Carnegie Hall which I’m sure you will have most certainly heard of. Admission into the festival is based on audition only and is limited to six high school groups and two university ensembles.

Festival activities will include a group workshop with festival faculty, performance at Carnegie Hall and other performances. World Projects will then create a custom itinerary to suit your educational needs while in New York and in other parts of the USA.

We hope you will join us as we celebrate musical excellence in the incredible atmosphere of New York.

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Thank you for considering the Washington DC International Music Festival as your music performance tour in 2018. We have combined our instrumental and choral festivals in Washington DC for 2018, allowing schools the opportunity to present their entire music departments in one phenomenal event.

Being the nation’s capital, sightseeing is plentiful with sites including the White House, Capitol Hill, the many monuments including the Lincoln Memorial, Mount Vernon, boat cruises on the Potomac River, and Smithsonian Museums.

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It is our mission to present young musicians with an experience that offers the opportunity for musical growth while creating lasting memories. To enhance this experience, the performance venue chosen for the festival is the prestigious Armour Stage at the Chicago Symphony Center in downtown Chicago – home to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

PACKAGE INCLUSIONS:

• Airfare (organised through World Projects as a licensed Travel Agent)
• Four (4) nights’ accommodation at the Hampton Inn and Suites, Downtown Chicago
• Breakfast each morning (four (4) total)
• Hotel taxes and portage
• Coaching (including airport transfers) as required by the itinerary in Chicago
• One (1) 60 minute ensemble workshop with festival clinician at the Chicago Symphony Center
• Sound check on stage at Chicago Symphony Center
• Festival performance and written critiques at the Armour Stage, Chicago Symphony Center
• One (1) Festival performance CD for director, Chicago Symphony Center house system
• Large percussion as per the Director’s Packet
• Ticket to a concert at the Chicago Symphony Center (TBC – subject to ticket availability)
• Official Festival t-shirt
• Official Festival souvenir program
• Festival registration fees
• Access to all Festival concerts and events
• Certificate of Participation for each performing artist
• Award plaque

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It is our mission to present young musicians with an experience that offers the opportunity for musical growth while creating lasting memories. To enhance this experience, the performance venue chosen for the festival is Carnegie Hall which I’m sure you will have most certainly heard of. Admission into the festival is based on audition only and is limited to six high school groups and two university ensembles.

Festival activities will include a group workshop with festival faculty, performance at Carnegie Hall and one outdoor performance in Central Park or similar. World Projects will then create a custom itinerary to suit your educational needs while in New York and in other parts of the USA.

We hope you will join us as we celebrate musical excellence in the incredible atmosphere of New York.

PACKAGE INCLUSIONS

• Four nights’ accommodation at the Hilton, New York
• Hotel taxes and portage New York room occupancy tax
• Airport transfers for group and baggage in New York
• Coach transfers to Festival Outdoor Concert Series and Dinner Cruise
• One (1) 60 minute ensemble workshop with festival clinician (adjudicated groups) OR one (1) 60 minute ensemble rehearsal for showcase group
• Sound check on stage at Carnegie Hall
• Festival performance and written critiques at Carnegie Hal
• Ticket to both afternoon and evening Festival concerts at Carnegie Hall
• One (1) Festival performance CD for director, Carnegie house system
• Outdoor “Pops-style” performance (venue TBC)
• Large percussion as per the Director’s Packet
• Festival dinner/dance cruise
• Official Festival t-shirt
• Official Festival souvenir program – Playbill
• Festival registration fees
• Certificate of Participation for each performing artist
• Group Award plaque
• Official Festival photographer at Carnegie Hall (prints not included – each ensemble will receive a disc of images taken during its sound check on stage at Carnegie Hall)
• Artist pass lanyard

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It is our mission to present young musicians with an experience that offers the opportunity for musical growth while creating lasting memories. To enhance this experience, the performance venue chosen for the festival is the prestigious Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Admission into the festival is based on audition only and is limited to six adjudicated groups in the afternoon session and two showcase university ensembles in the evening.

Festival activities will include a group workshop with festival faculty, two days admission to Disneyland / California Adventure Parks, one outdoor performance at Disneyland, and a festival dinner. The festival culminates with ensemble performances at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

We hope you will join us as we celebrate musical excellence in the unique atmosphere of Los Angeles.

PACKAGE INCLUSIONS:

• Four nights accommodation at an Anaheim area hotel
• Airport transfers for group and baggage in Los Angeles
• All required group coach transportation during the festival
• One (1) 60 minute ensemble workshop with World Projects Festival Faculty
• Festival performance and written critiques at Walt Disney Concert Hall
• One (1) archival Festival performance CD for director, Walt Disney house system
• One (1) outdoor %u2015pops style performance at Disneyland
• Two-Day Park Hopper Pass for Disneyland/California Adventure Park
• Festival Dinner as a group
• Official Festival t-shirt
• Official Festival souvenir program
• Festival registration fees
• Access to all Festival concerts and events
• Certificate of Participation for each performing artist
• Award plaque
• DVD slide show of your trip for each participant
• Official Festival photographer at Walt Disney Concert Hall (prints not included)
• Large percussion/piano as per the director‘s packet
• Award Plaque

PACKAGE EXCLUSIONS

• Airfare (available through World Projects as a licensed Travel Agent)
• Meals & Dinners can be costed into your custom quote upon request
• Items of a personal nature (laundry, room service, etc.)
• Optional Additional Sightseeing Activities (these can be added to your custom quote).
• Personal copies of the Festival Group Photograph (this will be arranged directly with the photographer)

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Celebrating its 30th year in 2019 the Australian International Music Festival is one of our most popular and best-attended events. With an average of 900 – 1,300 participants each year we regularly have groups from Australia, China, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore and the USA providing a fantastic musical and cultural experience.

This Music Festival is open to groups of all types but in particular Wind Bands, Orchestra, Choirs, and Jazz Bands. As well as performing at the Sydney Opera House, participants will also perform at venues such as the City Recital Hall [affectionately known as Angel Place] and Darling Harbour. World Projects South Pacific aim to expand your mind with workshops from world-class clinicians flown in from around the world and cultural exchanges with other bands most of whom share your passion but speak another language, an experience not to be missed.

The concert hall of the Sydney Opera House is one of the most famous in the world. World class acts such as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Chick Corea, Simply Red, Stomp to Diana Krall perform here regularly. Even those who perform there often feel the awe of the Opera House.

PACKAGE INCLUSIONS:

• Seven (7) nights accommodation at a recommended central Sydney budget hotel or moderate priced hotel, or student conference centre in Sydney’s suburbs
• All Breakfasts – Seven (7) at the accommodation
• Tour Manager for the duration of your stay in Sydney. (NB: it is compulsory that all groups have an Australian International Music Festival appointed tour leader).
• Airport Transfers in Sydney and Meet ‘n’ Greet at Sydney Airport
• All coaching as required by the Festival and sightseeing activities
• One (1) adjudicated performance for each ensemble at Sydney Town Hall / Angel Place City Recital Hall
• Performance at the Concert Hall, in Sydney Opera House (Jazz groups are not permitted to perform in the Sydney Opera House – a substitute performance will be arranged)
• One (1) performance at St Andrews Cathedral (Choirs Only)
• One (1) outdoor performance at Darling Harbour (Instrumental Groups Only)
• One (1) full ensemble workshops per traveling school with Festival Faculty (two (2) for participating orchestras)
• One (1) Instrumental Group Reading exchange per traveling group (Wind Ensembles / Concert Bands / Jazz Bands)
• Participation in the Festival Massed Chorus performed at the Festivals Command Performance (participating choirs only)
• One (1) Festival performance CD per ensemble
• Official Festival T-shirt
• Official Festival Souvenir Program
• Official Festival Sticker
• Festival registration fees
• Access to all Festival events
• Festival Closing Party
• Sightseeing activities including a Rock’s Walking Tour, Orientation Tour and Sydney Harbour Cruise
• Award Plaque

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Taking place every July in Vienna’s two main classical concert venues the Golden Hall of the Musikverein and the Konzerthaus, it offers an international environment where a thousand young musicians enjoy intercultural exchanges and build bridges that span continents.

Ensembles may participate either in the Competition or in the Celebration (non-competitive).

Top professionals form the international juries in the Competition and teach our Academy program at the Vienna University of Music.

Enjoy interactive workshops and educational lectures, additional concerts with local audiences, and pre and post-concert tours in Europe.

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The Midwest Clinic is the world’s largest instrumental music education conference. The annual event is held in Chicago during December and draws over 17,000 delegates each year. With its many concert performances, clinics, workshops and exhibits, it is the perfect event to launch your group onto a new performance platform.

As part of the Mid West Clinic, your group will be able to undertake a number of Clinics on a variety of subjects as part of the event’s programme. In addition, your group will be able to take part in reading sessions of new music pieces as well as see a number of world class performances from professional musicians, adult ensembles, colleges and universities, high school and grade school students, orchestras, community bands, and jazz bands.

A World Projects Tour to The Mid-West Clinic will also include additional and exclusive workshops from highly regarded clinicians for your group to further enhance their performance skills and technique.

As part of a Mid-West Clinic Tour, World Projects can provide assistance and advice should your group or ensemble wish to apply to perform at this marquee event. World Projects has maintained a long-standing representation at the Midwest Clinic not only as a tour company for Australian ensembles, but also as an exhibitor. It is because of this history that we are one of the very few Australian tour companies to successfully have had Australian ensembles perform at the prestigious event.

Outside of the conference, your group will be able to enjoy the many sights and attractions that Chicago and its surrounding areas have to offer. Your group can visit Ford’s Theatre and the Capitol Building in Washington DC, gaze in wonder at The Statue of Liberty on Ellis Island, enjoy a performance at New York’s Lincoln Center or Broadway, visit the Field Museum or walk the Willis Tower Skydeck in Chicago, or enjoy the Windy City’s world famous Deep Dish Pizza. The area is rich in activities and culture and will provide the perfect backdrop for a tour that your group will never forget.

In addition. A Midwest Clinic Tour can be tailored to include many other US destinations before and/or after the conference so your group can undertake in additional activities, sightseeing and/or performances and workshops.

As with all of our custom tours, A World Projects tour to the USA and Mid-West Clinic will make all of the arrangements for your travel including flights, accommodation, ground transportation, sightseeing activities, performances/workshops and travel insurance where and if required.

Contact us now for your custom itinerary to THE MID WEST CLINIC!

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