WorldStrides Performing Arts

18/06/2024

What a performance! 🤩 🎤 🎶 The Saint John’s School Hurricane Harmonies had a magical time performing for Disney Imagination Campus! We're thrilled to have helped this dream come true.

"We did it! The two years of hard work has all lead to this. This has been an unforgettable experience for each and every one of us. We are so grateful to everyone who has showed us support and helped us get to where we are today: a choir that auditioned, got accepted, and performed at Disney World.
It hasn’t been an easy journey, but wow has it been worth every minute. These 24 students poured their heart and soul into their performance on that Disney stage, and it shows!

Thank you Disney Imagination Campus for having us and for the beautiful Mickey trophy we now get to display at our school in San Juan, PR. Thank you WorldStrides for helping us make this dream come true." - Hurricane Harmonies

Interested in taking your choir to the next level? Check out our Disney performance programs! https://worldstrides.com/itineraries/perform-at-disney/

11/06/2024

An unforgettable moment, indeed! 🤩 🎼

"As we were touring one of the most famous music halls in the world, my friends and I decided to take a picture capturing the unforgettable moment." - Jada B.

📍 Radio City Music Hall

Learn more about our New York programs here! https://worldstrides.com/performing-arts/

28/05/2024

How playing an instrument can benefit your brain! 🧠 🎷 🎶

"When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout. What's going on? Anita Collins explains the fireworks that go off in musicians' brains when they play, and examines some of the long-term positive effects of this mental workout." - TED-ED.

Watch the full video here:

Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/tededView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-playing-an-instrument-benefits-your-brain-anita-coll...

14/05/2024

Congrats to The Mercy Symphony, Show Choir, and McAuley Singers for bringing home both gold 🥇 and silver🥈 at the Philadelphia 2024 Heritage Festival! 🎉 🎵

Want to join us next year? Learn more about our National Heritage Festivals here: https://worldstrides.com/collections/heritage-festivals/

07/05/2024

Shoutout to the 2024 Chicago Heritage Festival performers! Each performance took our breath away. 🎼 🎵 💙

Performers got to participate in choral workshops at Loyola University Chicago in the stunning Madonna Dell Strada Chapel and adventured the city doing things like visiting museums, touring the Wrigley Field, and eating deep dish pizza!

Shout out to Germantown High School Choirs for the photos! They also took home silver in performance and won the Spirit Award! 🎉

06/05/2024

📣 🍎 🌏 TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK GIVEAWAY! ✈️ 💙 📣

Education is at the heart of everything we do, and we know that WorldStrides wouldn’t be the global leader in educational travel without the support and partnership of teachers. This year, we want to show our appreciation by creating a life-changing moment for one of these incredible educators in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week! 🔬 🎵 🏫 ✏️

One lucky educator and three companions of their choosing will receive a private WorldStrides trip guided by one of our top notch Tour Directors, to anywhere in the U.S. or Europe! ✈️ 💰 🌏

From now through 11:59pm ET on May 9, 2024, we’re accepting nominations of teachers who bring learning to life every day. If you know an exceptional teacher, nominate them! And teachers, please feel free to nominate yourself or a fellow educator.

Nominate here! https://experience.worldstrides.com/2024-TAW

30/04/2024

The 2024 New Orleans Heritage Music Festival was one to remember! 🎵 🎼

Congratulations to RND Catholic High School's Senior Concert Band for bringing home gold and for receiving the Award for Outstanding Band. 🎉 🥇 🎷

Read more about their experience here: https://bit.ly/3UhA3gH

16/04/2024

Behind the scenes of the 2024 Atlanta Heritage Festival with the Paul Breaux Girls Treble Choir! Congratulations to all our performers, you're all stars. ⭐ 🎶

Join us next year! https://bit.ly/3JhjSec

📸 David Boudreaux Photography

04/04/2024

🎵 🎤 Miranda and her chamber choir performed at the Anaheim Heritage Music Festival and won the Adjudicator Award! Here's why the experience was life changing for her:

"When we were on that stage performing, all of my stress and my problems melted away. I was standing there with my peers and we were in unison doing everything that we had worked so hard on. The WorldStrides experience is something I hold incredibly close to my heart as I feel that it's a way I can connect in my heart to my dad who passed away about a year and a half ago. My WorldStrides trips have changed who I am as a person and how I see the world and have given me so much more appreciation for the music I hear and am a part of. - Miranda G.


📍 Anaheim Heritage Music Festival, 2024

27/03/2024

🎵🎉 🎶 The 2024 Hollywood Heritage Festival was a blast! Huge shoutout to all of the bands and talented performers, you made this year special. Here's a recap of the festival and student insight into the best parts of the trip!

24/03/2024

We don’t always have superheroes at our festivals, but when we do, we have a whole choir full 🎤 💪 thanks Isaac L Sowers MS for sharing your super powers with us at the Hollywood Heritage Festival this weekend.

12/03/2024

Out international performing arts tours are not to be missed! Student choirs, bands, and orchestras plus dance and theatre/drama groups enjoy a customized performing tour they'll remember for a lifetime. Performers will get the chance to experience new cultures, perform for international audiences, and create life-changing moments along the way. 🎶 🌊 ☀️

Check out our international concert tours here! 🌏 https://worldstrides.com/collections/international-concert-tours/

20/02/2024

POV: Your show choir had a winning performance at the WorldStrides National Heritage Festival in NYC and brought home gold! 🎉 🏆 🎼

"So proud of our show choir and very grateful for all the memories made in NYC!" - MSHS Performing Arts

Learn more about our National Heritage Festivals here! https://worldstrides.com/collections/heritage-festivals/

18/02/2024

Having the best time at for the 2024 National Performing Arts Festival! We are constantly impressed at the talent of these incredible theatre troupes and grateful to have them share their art with us 🎭

11/02/2024

If you’re feeling invigorated, connected, inspired, and (a little) exhausted after this week’s TMEA conferene, you’re not alone! Thank you, Texas for the best week!

16/01/2024

🎷 🎺 🎶 💙 "My heart is full…I was honored to be part of the team from WorldStrides Performing Arts that produced a portion of the pregame and halftime shows at the Valero Alamo Bowl. We spent the last week with over 400 high school band, orchestra and color guard students and their wonderful teachers, staff, parents and bus drivers. Such a positive life-changing event!" - Eric R.

02/01/2024

What a season we’ve had! Thank you • thank you • to every single performer from the 2023-24 bowl game season 🙏🏻

Shout out to for this incredible shot 📸

30/12/2023

Scenes from the pep rally. Shout out to the band from Southeast High School out of Florida 🙌🏼

28/12/2023

POV: you just crushed a halftime show performance at the and entertained thousands at the Port of San Diego Parade 🥁 🎺

21/12/2023

Feeling festive today at the The Midwest Clinic? Us too! Stop by booth 925 this afternoon to meet the team and enjoy some freshly baked cookies. 🍪 🥁 🎺

12/12/2023

🎶 🇦🇺 "It was the honor of a lifetime to perform in the Sydney Opera House. I don’t think I’ll ever process that I actually performed in that gorgeous hall with those incredibly talented musicians. We created such beautiful music together and it was the most incredible thing I have ever done! I am so beyond proud of every last one of us, and myself, of course, for the mark we left on Sydney and each others lives." - Hayden A.

📍: Sydney Opera House

23/11/2023

Tune in and watch out 👀 for those talented marching bands today!

The is LIVE on Pluto TV! The broadcast is FREE, no sign-up is required!

23/11/2023

We are gearing up for the Chicago Thanksgiving Parade tomorrow! Arcadia High School from California performed in front of the historic Wrigley Building tonight, wowing the crowds here in Chicago 🥁

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22/11/2023

We're thrilled to be a part of "transformative experiences." Thank you to Battle Ground High School and The Columbian for the shoutout.

"This summer, Stephan “Cash” Henry, an English and drama teacher and drama club adviser at Battle Ground High School, led a group of six students to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland with the help of WorldStrides, a leader in educational travel." - The Columbian

Read the article here!: https://bit.ly/3Gddcfi

BATTLE GROUND — This summer, Stephan “Cash” Henry, an English and drama teacher and drama club adviser at Battle Ground High School, led a group of six students to perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fr

13/11/2023

It's and we want to give a shoutout to all the young musicians and artists who work hard to perfect their craft! 🎤 🎶 🎷 🎻 🎸 🎹

Learning a musical instrument can be challenging. It demands fine motor skills and coordination. Yet, it also develops a person's listening, thinking skills, imagination, collaboration, and perseverance.

03/11/2023

We can’t wait to chat with our Canadian Directors today at the OMEA - Ontario Music Educators' Association Synergy conference! Stop by booth 504 to meet the team and get a chance at a travel credit for an upcoming tour or festival 🥁🎶🎤

31/10/2023

No stage fright here! Happy Halloween 🎃

23/10/2023

We don’t just memorize notes. We memorize the feeling of playing them. 😌

16/10/2023

It’s okay, I’m with the band. 😎

Learn more about our bowl games and parades here! https://worldstrides.com/collections/bowl-game-and-parade-events/

10/10/2023

It’s World Mental Health Day! How has music or your music community helped you out this year?