Summer Tours


The Long Island Youth Orchestra has been touring annually for the past 35 summers. Another exciting tour is being planned for July of 2008. Click here for FINAL ITINERARY.

The following are a list of tours already taken
1971 England, Holland, Germany & France 3 weeks
1972 Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands 12 days
1973 Germany and Scandinavia 5 weeks
1974 Australia and New Zealand, Samoa, Fiji & Hawaii 5 weeks
1975 Panama, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago 5 weeks
1976 Alaska, Japan, Hong Kong, Phillipines & Hawaii 4 1/2 weeks
1977 Greece, Kenya, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, India & Israel 5 weeks
1978 Guam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia & New Zealand 5 1/2 weeks
1979 Denmark, Finland, Sweden & Norway 5 weeks
1980 The Peoples Republic of China, Hong Kong & Japan 4 weeks
1981 Morocco, the Canary Islands, Spain & Portugal 4 1/2 weeks
1982 Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, Cook Islands & Hawaii 5 1/2 weeks
1983 China, Hong Kong, Japan & Hawaii 5 weeks
1984 France, Pakistan, Nepal, India & Egypt 5 1/2 weeks
1985 Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Austria & Hungary 4 1/2 weeks
1986 Korea, Hong Kong, Southern China, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore & Hawaii 5 1/2 weeks
1987 Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil & Cuba 4 weeks
1988 Australia (Bi-centennial), New Zealand & Hawaii 6 weeks
1989 Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong & Hawaii 4 weeks
1990 Czech Republic, Berlin, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Soviet Union, Norway 5 weeks
1991 American Southwest, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Belize 4 weeks
1992 Hong Kong. Sabah, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangkok, Korea, Hawaii 5 weeks
1993 Australia, new Zealand, Fiji 5 weeks
1994 Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil & South Africa 5 weeks
1995 Holland, England, India, Singapore, Indonesia, China, Hong Kong 5 weeks
1996 Northern Canada, Greenland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Denmark, Sweden & Norway 5 weeks
1997 Washington State, Japan, Thailand, Macau, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Hawaii 5 weeks
1998 Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Cook Islands, Samoa 5 weeks
1999 Scotland, England, France, Southern Africa, Mauritius, Seychelles Islands 5 weeks
2000 Millenium Tour - Around the World 5 weeks
2001 Spain, France, Corsica, Sardinia, Italy, Malta, Tunisia, Morocco, Gibraltar 5 weeks
2002 Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Great Britian, Norway, Sweden, Denmark 5 weeks
2003 Alaska, British Columbia, Vancouver, Seattle, Hawaii, San Francisco 4 1/2 weeks
2004 Samoa, New Zealand, Australia, and the Cook Islands 4 1/2 weeks
2005 Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil 4 1/2 weeks


Qualified teenage instrumentalists who might be interested
in taking part in summer tours should contact the orchestra
by telephone, fax, e-mail or on the web.

Take a look at a list of the cities around the world we have already performed.

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