Dear GNOYO members, parents, alumni and friends,
We are delighted to present the 30th Anniversary tour to Carnegie Hall!
Anticipated tour dates: June 26-June 30, 2025
Tentative Itinerary: Along with the June 29th Carnegie Hall Performance, there are more than 4 concerts on the tour, including cultural, educational, community building, and service activities.
Pre-departure Rehearsals & Performances: Greater New Orleans region (see detailed schedule)
- Day 1: arrival in NYC
- Day 2: morning or afternoon rehearsal; evening activities
- Day 3: same as Day 2
- Day 4: dress rehearsal and concert at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, followed by two-hour dinner cruise around Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty
- Day 5: departure from NYC
Participants’ Forms & Resources:
Click here to complete the mandatory Travel Form for the Carnegie Hall tour, due by Saturday February 22nd.
Click here for Important Dates & Deadlines.
Click here for Carnegie Hall Preparation Rehearsal Schedule/ Performance Pre/Post Carnegie!!
Coming Soon! Click here for Carnegie Hall Ticket Pre-Order Form
Coming Soon! Click here for Carnegie Hall Guest Cruise Ticket Order Form
Coming Soon! Click here for 30th Anniversary East Coast Tour to Carnegie Hall Detailed Itinerary!
GNOYO tour philosophy (Educational, Life changing and Community building)
Touring background and philosophy
Touring has become a traditional part of the Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestras experience since its Carnegie Hall debut in 2009. Many of GNOYO orchestras have had exchange experiences with other youth orchestras, or played concerts in cities away from home. The Symphony, as standard bearer of our youth orchestral organization, has been heard internationally with resounding response and success.
The key objectives of touring (stated below) will remain constant, while each tour’s destination will contribute additional reasons for that particular tour. The expectations among our talent pool of young musicians that a tour will take place every other year contribute to recruitment and retention. Tours are an important extension of their students’ musical education, a valuable milestone in their growth towards a wider view of the world. Often the volunteer aspects of tour planning, coupled with opportunities to be a chaperone, contribute to the creation of a core group of people who remain active supporters long after a tour has ended.
The Symphony, as an orchestra, benefits during a tour year, as the increased number of concerts contributes to a level of quality. Audiences attending tour concerts are often the most enthusiastic the orchestra has ever played for, inspiring a level of performance which may surprise even the musicians themselves.
Performing either in a city where our musical culture was born and lives on in the very fabric of daily life, or where it is an exotic luxury and the stuff of dreams, contributes to a profound experience for members of the orchestra, one which could not be gained at home. Each concert becomes important in a deeply personal way. Music as an international language becomes very real.
The orchestra comes home eager to share what it has gained through music. Returning musicians form an experienced core in the ensemble. They have become friends who contribute to student leadership and model commitment to practice and rehearsal. They have a new understanding of where this hard work can lead.
Like an athletic team, members of the orchestra have learned to extend themselves in order to hold up their section, their part of the whole. In setting new goals for themselves, and in raising their expectations for the fellow players, they create the intangible pride, excitement and spirit of the music.
The audition process for non Symphony members and Alums.
Fill out application/survey form and submit a 1 minute audition performing portion of a piece that best display your ability on your instrument only video format will be accepted to musicdirector@gnoyo.org core group deadline was October 18, 2024. All have been notified of the result. Additional participants can be accepted on a need and space basis by contacting musicdirector@gnoyo.org.
Cost
The tour is estimated at $2500 per person.(The Package will include airfare, hotel, 8 breakfasts,1 lunch and 2 dinners, 1 ticket for the performance, Boat ride and dinner around Manhattan after the Carnegie Hall concert. Plans include master classes and sectionals with world class musicians such as member of the Philadelphia Symphony and the New York Philharmonic, sightseeing and five concert performances.) Additional spending money estimate is $25-$35 per day for other meals and incidentals.
Deposit and Payment Dates
Parents are welcome to join us on the tour!
Individual non-refundable security deposit of $300.00 due by October 28, 2024.
Individual non-refundable deposit of $550.00 due by Saturday, November 30, 2024
Individual deposit of $550.00 per person due by Saturday, December 28, 2024
Individual deposit of $550.00 per person due by Saturday, January 25, 2025
Individual deposit of $550.00 per person due by Saturday, March 1, 2025.
Payments can be made via checks or card at https://gnoyo.org/custom-payments/
Alumni invitation process
The GNOYO has a long tradition of excellence, which is set by the standards of its great alums. Therefore, al GNOYO Alums are invited to participate with a two packages offer. 1. Travel with us from New Orleans-Package one is $2500 2. Meet us in New York, rehearse and perform with us and participate al the activities listed above including room and board Package two is $2000 3. A non-refundable $300 security deposit per member is required by October 28, 2024 for us to proceed with our tour plan. We have a very limited 100 seats reserved.
Fundraising
On Going Fundraising efforts
1. Through identifying sponsors email gnoyo@gnoyo.org with any potential sponsors contact info…
2. Through Individual donors (Donate Now)
3. Through Students Performances (Solo, Chamber groups and Large ensemble available for hire at various events) email gnoyo@gnoyo.org with any request