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School music tours that hit the right note. 

Unforgettable performances and magical moments they’ll never forget. Let’s work together to make your tour completely life-changing, without the admin becoming life-consuming.
As school music tour experts, we’ll design a tour around your ensemble, to suit your objectives. And we’ll be with you every step of the way.
As we’re a fully-accredited school music tour company established in 1986, you can be sure your tour’s in safe hands. So you can enjoy the experience as much as your students do.
Prestigious performance venues, itineraries tailored to your group and effective concert promotion – that’s the Halsbury experience.

Popular tours

Looking for inspiration? Here are some of our most popular music tours right now.

Barcelona and Costa Brava School Music Tour

The Costa Brava has retained its authentic Spanish character and its location, with Barcelona at the southern tip, means the city is nearby.

£619PP

Tuscany School Music Tour

The beauty of Tuscany is incomparable, providing a truly striking and inspirational place for you to visit and perform. This region offers a variety of venues suitable for bands, orchestras and choirs

£689PP

School Music tour to Bruges & Flanders

This small region of Belgium has it all, from picturesque cities such as Bruges and Ghent, through to coastal resorts, such as Blankenberge and Ostend

£419PP

Disneyland School Music Tour

Once Disney have approved a recording by your music group (marching bands, dance troupes, orchestras, choirs & others), preparations can be made for your school music trip to Paris

£359PP

New York School Music Tour

New York is a very popular destination for music tours and is surprisingly affordable. Your students will enjoy performing at some truly wonderful venues, including the United Nations Building, Central Park and, for something totally unique, on board the USS Intrepid

£849PP

Salzburg School Music Tour

Colourful chalets and rich woodland scenery make this part of Austria an unforgettable place to visit. The birthplace of Mozart, it is hard to imagine a more apt location to perform and develop your group's musical knowledge!

£570PP

Barcelona and Costa Brava School Music Tour

The Costa Brava has retained its authentic Spanish character and its location, with Barcelona at the southern tip, means the city is nearby.

£619PP

Tuscany School Music Tour

The beauty of Tuscany is incomparable, providing a truly striking and inspirational place for you to visit and perform. This region offers a variety of venues suitable for bands, orchestras and choirs

£689PP

School Music tour to Bruges & Flanders

This small region of Belgium has it all, from picturesque cities such as Bruges and Ghent, through to coastal resorts, such as Blankenberge and Ostend

£419PP

Disneyland School Music Tour

Once Disney have approved a recording by your music group (marching bands, dance troupes, orchestras, choirs & others), preparations can be made for your school music trip to Paris

£359PP

New York School Music Tour

New York is a very popular destination for music tours and is surprisingly affordable. Your students will enjoy performing at some truly wonderful venues, including the United Nations Building, Central Park and, for something totally unique, on board the USS Intrepid

£849PP

Salzburg School Music Tour

Colourful chalets and rich woodland scenery make this part of Austria an unforgettable place to visit. The birthplace of Mozart, it is hard to imagine a more apt location to perform and develop your group's musical knowledge!

£570PP

Why Halsbury Music?

We build your tour around you

Tell us your tour objectives, ‘must haves’ and budget, and we’ll do the rest.

Read more about Halsbury music
We’ll make sure you have great audiences

We’ll promote your concerts in-resort to make sure you’re performing to sizeable audiences.

Our Music specialists

Sarah Newman

Music Tours Operations Manager

Alison Fox

Music Sales & Product Manager

Maria Pollard

Tour Coordinator

Our experienced music tour specialists are a really friendly, knowledgeable bunch. They’ll work with you to make sure your tour is packed full of unforgettable moments and leaves your musicians feeling totally inspired.

Meet the music team

Let's chat!

The benefits of music tours

Struggling to get your music tour approved or get parents on board? Show them this video (it includes footage from a real Halsbury tour).

Adult Music groups

Think we only do tours for school groups, with accommodation and activities designed for kids? Think again. We actually work with loads of non-school and adult groups who travel with us regularly.
Adult music groups

Featured blogs

08 Jan 2024

Everything You Need to Know About School Trips in 2024

Here's your round-up of everything you need to know about school trips this year, from new requirements for travelling to Europe, to faster security screening at airports and updates at Dover.

05 Dec 2022

Alison's Top Tours for 2023/24

Thinking about taking your ensemble on tour this year? Not sure where to go? Don’t worry, Alison, our Head of Music Tours, has some great ideas for your next tour!

10 Jan 2022

Alison's Exciting Edinburgh Experience!

Music Tour Adviser Alison recently visited Edinburgh to find out what the city could offer for school music tours. Here, Alison tells us why she thinks Edinburgh is a fantastic choice for a school music tour.

08 Jan 2024

Everything You Need to Know About School Trips in 2024

Here's your round-up of everything you need to know about school trips this year, from new requirements for travelling to Europe, to faster security screening at airports and updates at Dover.

05 Dec 2022

Alison's Top Tours for 2023/24

Thinking about taking your ensemble on tour this year? Not sure where to go? Don’t worry, Alison, our Head of Music Tours, has some great ideas for your next tour!

10 Jan 2022

Alison's Exciting Edinburgh Experience!

Music Tour Adviser Alison recently visited Edinburgh to find out what the city could offer for school music tours. Here, Alison tells us why she thinks Edinburgh is a fantastic choice for a school music tour.

“Thorough, personal, professional, patient, incredible. Halsbury could not have done any more to support and help us. I really cannot rate them highly enough. They completely understand that they are working with school groups and tailor their trips and itineraries to consider this. They are incredibly professional and easy to work with - it genuinely feels like you are reaching out to a friend.”

Costello School, February 2024

Case studies

The Becket School's Music Tour to Nordwijk

Marie Jackson, Director of Creative Arts at the Becket School in Nottingham, takes her music students abroad every year.

Classical Chorus' Concert Tour to Lake Garda

Lake Garda is one of our most popular destinations for concert tours. With the backdrop of the Alps and the tranquillity of the lake, it’s a stunning destination that is easily reached by coach

St Thomas the Apostle School's Music Tour to Belgium

Sam Parratt, Head of Expressive Arts at St. Thomas the Apostle School tells us about his ensemble’s recent music tour to Belgium.

Ackworth School's Tuscan Music Tour

Tuscany is a popular destination with our groups – and it’s not hard to see why

Resources

Top tips, useful guides, packing checklists and classroom posters - our resource hub has lots of useful stuff for planning your music tour. 

5 Reasons to Study Music

Download this free classroom poster to show your students some of the great reasons to study music!

Why Join a Band?

Encourage more students to sign up for the school band with this free downloadable poster!

Why Join a Choir?

Show your students the incredible benefits of being in a choir with this free downloadable poster!

Where will music take you?

Show your students how many careers will be open to them if they continue with their music studies with this free poster!

Packing Checklists for Your Music Tour

Make sure your group all know what to pack for your school music tour with these downloadable checklists!

Win £200 with our photo competition

For us, there's nothing better than seeing pictures from our groups’ trips. They always remind us how much fun a trip can be.

If you've taken loads of pictures, why not enter them into our photo competition for the chance to win a £200 cash prize?

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Supporting you
every step of the way

Creating your
perfect tour

Your quote will be put together by an experienced Tour Adviser who’ll be an expert in music tours and will know the destination really well too. They’ll work with you to create a tour to suit your group’s needs and meet your tour objectives.

Launching your tour

The next step is to get your tour approved and then get your musicians signed up to it. Our ‘Trip Launch Pack’ will help you with this step. This is full of resources (all free to download) designed to make your life easier at this crucial point in the tour planning process.

After
you’ve booked

Once you’ve booked, your dedicated Itinerary Coordinator will start work on the finer details. They’ll make sure your itinerary makes the most of your time and they’ll take on most of the admin tasks for your trip (including making sure your concerts are well promoted).

Support while
you’re away

Throughout your music tour, we’ll be just a phone call away (24/7). Before you go, we’ll send you a final info pack and you’ll be able to access all your tour documents via the free Vamoos app.

After
your tour

When you return from your tour, we’ll ask you to complete a detailed feedback survey, so we can continue to improve the service we offer. And we can start planning your next tour, so you can give your musicians and their families plenty of time to pay for it (and so it’s less stressful for you). 

Let's chat!