Quo Vadimus?
MUSIC TRIP 2013
PURPOSE & OBJECTIVES

Education



Students will learn a larger than normal repertoire of music.
Students will perform multiple times at multiple venues within a twothree day time frame.
Students will attend at least 1 professional music concert


Students will be able to analyze and evaluate a live musical performance of a professional nature.
Experience

Many Students will experience what it is like to be away from their
parents for an extended period of time.



This experience is vital to their survival at a 4-year University
Students will gain the experience of performing for people other than
their family members or friends.
Students on the trip will remember the experience for a lifetime.

Many of you can still recite stories from when you were on a band, orchestra,
choir, or athletic field trip in High School.
TRAVEL DATES

This proposed trip would take place from:
 Thursday

OR
 Friday

May 23 through Sunday May 26, 2013*
May 24 through Monday May 27, 2013*
*Dates subject to Change
WHO GOES?

This is a High School Trip
 No
Junior High Student will participate in this trip
unless approved by Both Ensemble Directors, the
GCA Principal & the students Parents.

2 ensembles will go:
 Symphony
Orchestra
 Symphonic
 High
Strings & Wind Ensemble
School Chorus*
 Bella
Cantata & Men’s Chorus High School Students
WHO GOES? (cont.)

This trip is NOT Mandatory
No student will be forced to go on the trip
 In 2011, 56 out of 62 possible students participated in
the trip


* Choral Stipulation

In order to perform to best of our ability, the choir would
require a proportional number of male to female voices.
 Ex.
If 25 males sign-up and only 3 females, we would travel &
perform as a Men’s Chorus and could not take those 3
females
OPTION #1: NEW YORK CITY
Transportation by: Air, Motor coach in NYC
 Performance Opportunities:

 Lincoln
Center Clinic
 Carnegie Hall Performance
 Outdoor Public Venue
 USS Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
 Madison Avenue Atrium
 School Exchange Concert
OPTION #1: NEW YORK CITY

Professional Music Opportunities:
 View
a Rehearsal in Lincoln Center
 View a Rehearsal in Carnegie Hall
 Broadway Show
 Backstage Tour of New Amsterdam Theatre
 Central Park Performance
OPTION #1: NEW YORK CITY

Sight-Seeing Opportunities:
Liberty & Ellis Island
 Top of the Rock
 Empire State Building
 Greenwich Village
 NBC Studio Tours
 Taping of “Today Show”
 9/11 Memorial & Museum
 Times Square
 Etc.

OPTION #1: NEW YORK CITY

Cost
 All
of the above is included plus:
 All
Transportation beginning & ending at Sky Harbor
Airport (including airfare)
 Hotel
 2 meals/day
 Performance & Sightseeing Costs

Approximate Cost per person: $1,300*
 *Cost
varies in price based on Specific Itinerary
OPTION #2: WASHINGTON D.C.
Transportation by: Air, Motor coach in DC
 Performance Opportunities:

 Old
Post Office Pavilion
 WWII Memorial
 Kennedy Center
 Outdoor Public Venue
 Cathedral
 School Exchange Concert
OPTION #2: WASHINGTON D.C.

Professional Music Opportunities:
 View
a Rehearsal in Kennedy Center
 National Symphony Orchestra
 Memorial Day Concert
 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Ceremony
OPTION #2: WASHINGTON D.C.

Sight-Seeing Opportunities:

Any of 19 Smithsonian Museums including
National Archives
 Air & Space Museum


Memorials:






WWII, FDR, Vietnam, Korea, Jefferson
Lincoln & Washington Monuments
National Cathedral
Arlington National Cemetery
Capitol/White House Tour* (Arranged through
Senator/Congressman)
Etc.
OPTION #2: WASHINGTON D.C.

Cost
 All
of the above is included plus:
 All
Transportation beginning & ending at Sky Harbor
Airport (including airfare)
 Hotel
 2 meals/day
 Performance & Sightseeing Costs

Approximate Cost per person: $1,000*

*Cost varies in price based on Specific Itinerary
OPTION #3: SAN DIEGO & LOS ANGELES
Transportation by: Motor coach
 Performance Opportunities:

 USS
Midway (Aircraft Carrier)
 Sea World
 Disney Land Public Performance
 Disney Performing Arts Workshop
 Clinic/Performance @ San Diego State University
 School Exchange Concert
OPTION #3: SAN DIEGO & LOS ANGELES

Professional Music Opportunities:
 LA
Philharmonic in Disney Concert Hall
 Theatre Performance
 San Diego Symphony
 Performing Arts Workshop
OPTION #3: SAN DIEGO & LOS ANGELES

Sight-Seeing Opportunities:
US Olympic Training Center
 USS Midway Museum
 Sea World
 Disney Land & Disney’s California Adventure
 Universal Studios
 Seaport Village
 Old Town San Diego
 Hollywood

 Walk

Etc.
of Fame & Grauman's Chinese Theatre
OPTION #3: SAN DIEGO & LOS ANGELES

Cost
 All
of the above is included plus:
 All
Transportation beginning & ending at GCA
 Hotel
 2 meals/day
 Performance & Sightseeing Costs

Approximate Cost per person: $600-$800*
 *Cost
varies in price based on Specific Itinerary
FUNDRAISERS

Coyotes Fundraiser
 Mon

Piano Recital Fundraiser
 Fri

1/16/12
2/10/12
Fry’s Fundraiser
 Details

coming soon
More Ideas?
COMPANIES

Music Celebrations International


BrightSpark


111 South Pfingsten Suite 100
Deerfield, IL 60013
Gateway Music Festivals & Tours


1440 S. Priest Drive, Suite 102
Tempe, AZ 85281-6954
P.O. Box 1165, Monticello, MN 55362
Music Travel Consultants

7920 Georgetown Road, Suite 700
Indianapolis, IN, 46268
QUESTIONS?

Contact Mr. Delfing by e-mail with any
questions.
Jason_delfing@gca.gilbert.k12.az.us
 Jason.delfing@gilbertschools.net
