CHOIR PERFORMANCE TRAVEL
Take your choir beyond the rehearsal room with performance opportunities, clinics, cultural experiences, and unforgettable destinations. These are some of Student Adventures’ Top Destination Picks, but every trip is fully customized around your ensemble, goals, schedule, and interests.
Student Adventures Top Destination Picks
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Where Will Your Choir Take You?
From Music City and the soul of New Orleans to Hawaii, New York, and Washington, DC, these destinations give choir directors a starting point for creating an incredible student performance trip.
Choose the destination that fits your goals, and we’ll customize the experience around your choir.
Orlando
Orlando lets choir students experience voice as part of a much larger storytelling machine. In themed entertainment and musical theatre, singing is inseparable from character, movement, timing, technology, and audience emotion. Vocal workshops, festival clinics, and performance opportunities give students a chance to test their ensemble skills in that environment,
Performance Opportunities
- Disney’s Waterside Stage
- Universal’s Lagoon Stage CityWalk
- OrlandoFest
- Disney’s Candlelight Processional
Workshops / Clinics
- Soundtrack Sessions: Vocal
- Music and The Art of Foley
- OrlandoFest Clinic
- Festival Disney
Nashville
Nashville gives singers direct access to the relationship between voice and story. Songwriters, studio musicians, live performers, bluegrass artists, and professional vocalists all use text differently, yet the same core skills keep appearing:
Performance Opportunities
- Grand Ole Opry Plaza
- Country Music Hall of Fame
- NMAAM
- General Jackson Showboat
Workshops / Clinics
- Vanderbilt Choral Clinic
- Sharing the Art of Songwriting
- RCA Studio B Recording
- Sharing the Art of Songwriting
New Orleans
New Orleans is an extraordinary city for choirs because it asks singers to think about where sound comes from and what a community carries through song. Sacred spaces, gospel traditions, jazz roots, spirituals, storytelling, and public music making give text and harmony a deeper cultural frame.
Performance Opportunities
- Jackson Square
- St. Louis Cathedral
- The National WWII Museum
- New Orleans Riverwalk
Workshops / Clinics
- Kids in the Hall
- Loyola Choral Clinic
- Vocal Jazz Clinic
- Gospel Choir Workshop
Hawaii
For a choir, Hawaii naturally turns attention back to breath, listening, and shared sound. The islands’ concept of hā — breath and life — creates a meaningful lens for singers who already understand that every phrase begins with a collective inhale.
Performance Opportunities
- Ala Moana Center
- USS Missouri
- Polynesian Cultural Center
- Kapiʻolani Park Bandstand
Workshops / Clinics
- UH Manoa Choral Clinic
- Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus
- Hawaiian Chorus Workshop
- Ukulele Workshop
Chicago
Chicago surrounds singers with a wide range of vocal traditions: classical choral music, gospel, jazz, musical theatre, opera, and the distinctive sound of community based ensembles. That diversity makes it an excellent destination for choirs that want both high level instruction and broader artistic perspective.
Performance Opportunities
- Magnificent Mile Lights Festival
- Field Museum
- Skydeck Chicago
- Chicago Festivals of Music
- Navy Pier
Workshops / Clinics
- VanderCook Choral Clinic
- New Trier Choir Exchange
- DePaul Choral Clinic
- Uniting Voices Chicago
- Broadway Chicago Clinic
New York
New York gives choir students the chance to hear voices doing nearly everything a voice can do: Broadway, choral music, cabaret, concert work, contemporary vocal performance, and large scale ensemble performance.
Performance Opportunities
- Carnegie Hall
- One World Observatory
- St. Patrick’s Cathedral
- Riverside Church
Workshops / Clinics
- Dan Micciche Workshop
- Wicked Cast Q&A
- Broadway Up Close
- Broadway Imagined
Washington, DC
Washington, DC gives choral music an unusual sense of gravity. Anthems, spirituals, sacred repertoire, patriotic music, and works about justice or identity can feel transformed when sung near memorials, national institutions, and spaces connected to service and history. Choirs can also learn from military vocal ensembles, universities, gospel traditions, and professional choral artists, creating a trip that connects technique with meaning.
Performance Opportunities
- Lincoln Memorial Steps
- World War II Memorial
- Union Station
- National Building Museum
Workshops / Clinics
- Air Force Singing Sergeants
- Army Soldiers’ Chorus
- Navy Sea Chanters
- George Mason Choral Clinic
Ready to Build Your Perfect Trip?
These destinations are Student Adventures’ Top Destination Picks, but your trip does not have to follow a template. Every performance trip is fully customized around your choir — from destinations and performance opportunities to clinics, cultural experiences, and the moments your students will remember.