Tour Information

2024 Tour

The Concordia Orchestra’s fall tour will be centering around Memphis. The orchestra will also perform at the Historic Holmes Theatre in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, as part of the theatre’s Performing Arts Series.  

A highlight of the orchestra’s annual tour is the daily student interactions at the local high schools visited throughout the week. Orchestra members spend hours each day talking, instructing, and performing with music students of all ages and abilities. 

Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
Friday, Oct. 25
7 p.m.
Historic Holmes Theatre
806 Summit Ave.


Germantown, Tennessee
Sunday, Oct. 27
7 p.m.
St. George's Episcopal Church
2425 S. Germantown Road
Free and open to the public. Sponsored by St. George's Episcopal Church.

Memphis, Tennessee
Tuesday, Oct. 29
6 p.m.
Crosstown Concourse Central Atrium
1350 Concourse Ave.
Free and open to the public
 
Memphis, Tennessee
Friday, Nov. 1
7 p.m.
Scheidt Family Performance Arts Center
University of Memphis
3800 Central Ave.
Free and open to the public. A freewill offering will be collected. Sponsored by the University of Memphis Music Department.
 
Moorhead, Minnesota
Sunday, Nov. 3
2 p.m.
Memorial Auditorium
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Free and open to the public

2022 International Tour to Spain

The Concordia Orchestra and The Concordia Band traveled together to Spain in May 2022. They performed concerts in beautiful venues, experienced local Spanish culture, and made connections with local Spanish musicians and Ensembles.

Students explored the regions of Castile and León, beginning the tour in Burgos, a city marked by its intact medieval architecture including its stunning French Gothic Cathedral. They also journeyed to Oviedo, A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela, and concluded with a tour in Madrid.

2018 International Tour to Greece

In May 2018, The Concordia Orchestra toured Greece, with concert performances in the Catholic Church of Immaculate Conception in Thessaloniki; the Kyriakopoulio Cultural Center in Itea; the Fougaro Cultural Center of Nafplio; and the Roumeli Cultural Center in Athens. Repertoire included Overture to Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II; Haydn's "London" Symphony; An Outdoor Overture by Aaron Copland; Legacy by recent Concordia alumnus Paul Cravens; Kabelevsky's Overture to Colas Breugnon; Symphony No. 2 in B minor by Alexandar Borodin; and Gospel Fever! by Concordia professor and saxophone soloist Russell Peterson.