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Hill-Murray High School
"Gateway Music Tours is a creative company that helps students experience musical performance and group travel in new and exciting ways. Please give everyone at Gateway my thanks and appreciation."
Eric VanScoy, Director of Bands
Minnesota
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TOURNAMENT OF ROSES
When the invitation arrives, make Gateway YOUR second call!
We're ready to help make the most of your trip to the Rose Bowl.
INTERNATIONAL BOWL GAMES
Bowl Games in foreign countries generate the same enthusiastic crowds as in the U.S. For many, the only ingredient missing to complete this "American football experience" has been American bands.
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Italy
The best reason to travel to Italy? Friendly people. Or a vibrant musical and artistic culture. Or beautiful landscapes. Or historic performance venues. Or food. Or weather. Or shopping. We hope you’re catching on. Let the joy of Italy rub off on your ensemble: Fascinating history, stunning vistas, unrivaled performance venues with generous audiences—there is no lack of good reasons to schedule your tour through Italia. Grab a spot by the sea, brush up on your noodle-twirling skills, and prepare to be welcomed like an old friend, all while experiencing performance opportunities unmatched by any other location worldwide.
Now offering Sicily!
Click here to learn more about what Sicily has to offer as a performance tour destination!
Augustana Symphonic Band in Italy
The travel savvy Augustana Symphonic Band (Rock Island, IL) found a way to get much more bang for their travel buck on their Italian tour this past winter. By traveling in February, the band was able to take advantage of major savings, enabling students to afford an eight-night stay in Italy, starting in Venice, working their way through Florence, Pisa, Lucca and finally to Rome and Pompeii! These students saved hundreds of dollars by traveling in a non-peak season. While February on the Mediterranean is plenty warm to thaw touring groups from the Midwest (temperatures can reach the upper 60s during winter months!), the prices cool down significantly in almost all aspects of travel: Airfares, hotels, restaurants, and attractions become much more competitive. Scheduling flexibility allowed these students to cut costs and add value to their tour. If you’re not stressed about the bill, your gelato only tastes sweeter.
“Italy seemed like a wonderful choice and opportunity since they also have a long history of music in their culture, not only in the medium of grand opera but also of band performance. The people were so warm, genuine and thrilled to have us perform for them. They embraced us with open arms and wept often during the performances. Our concert [for example] in Valdobbiadene, a small farming town in the foothills of the Italian Alps, was a fabulous evening with a large, enthusiastic, appreciative and emotional audience that kept applauding the ensemble, never wishing them to stop.
Performance touring is very important on many levels. Music is meant to be shared. The variety of places that the Symphonic Band tours gives the students and the program a depth and understanding of many different peoples and cultures throughout not only our country, but across the world. And the tours have the most profound impact on the students' lives in ways I can never imagine.”
Conductor Augustana Symphonic Band,
Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
Music Festivals, Parades, and Events | |||
| 2012 | |||
| Sun | Jan | 1, 2012 | Rome New Years Parade |
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| Tue | Jan | 1, 2013 | Rome New Years Parade |
| 2014 | |||
| Wed | Jan | 1, 2014 | Rome New Years Parade |
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Contact Gateway now! (800) 331-8579 | gmf@musicfestivals.com
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