Europe Fall | The Young Americans - We bring music education, dance, and concerts to schools worldwide with our Music Outreach Program

2012

SEPT - NOV

Europe Music Outreach Tour

In 2001, The International Music Outreach Tour made its debut in Europe. That first year we visited 13 schools and 1,950 students. Today we are now touring to continental Europe 6 months throughout the year conducting 40 workshops for over 10,000 students.

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Tour Dates | 2012

SEPT 10-12

LAUBACH, Gesamtschule

SEPT 14-16

EDERMÜNDE, KGH – Holzhausen

SEPT 17-19

HEILIGENSTADT, Bergschule Sankt Elisabeth

SEPT 21-23

ERFURT, Christophorus-Schule

SEPT 25-26

SCHIFFERSTADT, Jugendstrafanstalt Schifferstadt / Rheinland-Pfalz

SEPT 27-29

MÜCKE, Gesamtschule

OCT 1-3

KASSEL, Johann-Amos-Comenius-Schule

OCT 5-7

LOHFELDEN, Söhreschule

OCT 8-10

SALZHEMMENDORF, KGS Salzhemmendorf

OCT 12-14

ERLANGEN, Marie-Therese-Gymnasium

OCT 16-17

NIJMEGEN, NETHERLANDS, J.J.I. De Hunnerberg

OCT 19-21

KRUMBACH, Mittelschule Krumbach

OCT 24-26

TALLINN, ESTONIA, Academy of Show Business Tallinn

OCT 29-31

HOFGEISMAR, Herwig Blankertz Schule

NOV 2-4

UNTERMEITINGEN, Teacher Workshop

NOV 5-7

OBERURFF, CJD – Schule

NOV 9-11

HAMBURG / STELLINGEN, Albrecht-Thaer-Gymnasium

NOV 12-14

SANKT WENDEL, Inklusionsworkshop mit geistig Behinderten / Lebenshilfe Saar

NOV 2-4

MELSUNGEN, Radko-Stöckl-Schule / Berufsbildungszentrum

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A.J. MacDonald

Canada

NEW KID YEAR: 2011
BEFORE YAs: I was going to take my scholarships I got for an aerospace engineering program in Toronto.
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: I did choir, musical theatre, and I was a member of the improv team.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: I decided to join the YAs after they came to my school and reminded me how important music was for my life.
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: After the YAs my plan is to go right back to school for engineering or medicine and start up a life in Toronto!

Aaron Weeks

Florida, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2009
BEFORE YAs: My plans before being a Young American were to be a Young American.
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: I was involved with choir and vocal ensemble.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: I wanted to perform, travel and teach.
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: I’m still trying to figure out what I want to do after The Young Americans but I will be attending school in the fall to start that process.

Allie Caldwell

Texas, USA

Andrew Klein

Michigan, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2011
BEFORE YAs: I wanted to go to college to become a choral director.
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: I played water polo, football was involved in theater and studied Spanish.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: I joined so that I could teach kids and share my passion of what I love to do.
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: I now know that I want to become a special education teacher.

Andrew Kurtz

Michigan, USA

Angela Paul

Washington, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2010

FAVORITE MUSIC: I love R and B music.

I have just recently started to enjoy dancing and singing. My favorite color is purple.

Angelo Santini

Michigan, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2009 FAVORITE MUSIC: I love all kinds of music.

I love laughing and hanging out with my friends. I truly enjoy playing pokemon, reading, and a nice gingerbread chai from Starbucks. Singing and music are my passion, but I love anything art related. I am always open to new ideas and opportunity. An open mind is an open heart.

Annis Roberts

California, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2010
BEFORE YAs: The original plan was to go to University of Colorado Boulder and study Speech, Hearing and Language Sciences… not that I had any clue where that would take me, but because I had no idea what I actually wanted to do!
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: Choir and the soccer team, both school team and club team.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: I was drawn in by the way the Young Americans made me feel as a kid in the workshop; I loved their unexplainable and incomparable passion for the arts, for teaching, and for life. (Of course the traveling experience was the cherry on top!)
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: I plan to go to university (location undecided) and finish up my Associates and continue on to Bachelors degree in Child Development or Social Services. I am interested in teaching high school or maybe a juvenile detention center.

Ashlee Rouland

California, USA

Brodie Marples

British Columbia, Canada

NEW KID YEAR: 2009

FAVORITE MUSIC: I have an appreciation for many different styles of music, from R and B to musical theatre to rock and more.

CONTACT: brodieontour@yahoo.com

For me, there is no better way to express myself than by choreographing a lyrical dance, singing a solo, or performing a scene.

Brooke Thompson

California, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2008
BEFORE YAs: My plans were to go to school and study performing arts.
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: Musicals, dance, youth and government, community service, and photography.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: I joined because it is the perfect place to do exactly what I love to do.
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: I plan to continue performing, get involved with TV production, move to Germany to teach English and one day open a theater and performing arts center for at-risk children.

Carley Congdon

South Carolina, USA

Cheyenne Hirst

California, USA

Chris Martin

New York, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2009
BEFORE YAs: Attend SUNY Geneseo for Medicine or Theatre until I learned I was accepted as a Young American..
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: My school activities consisted of drama, musical, tennis, wrestling, broadcasting.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: I came to YA’s because I wanted to move to California, pursuing my passions and living every day like its a party!
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: I plan to keep having fun, auditioning, teaching, learning, acting, and making a difference in other’s lives.

Christopher Blewett

United Kingdom

NEW KID YEAR: 2011
BEFORE YAs: I was an extra curricular and special needs teacher.
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: I played football, rugby, cricket, and was involved in drama and music.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: I love the freedom that the Young Americans provide in there teaching, and I love the way we use music as our message.
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: I plan on going into music production.

Dilara Demirocak

Germany

Doug Maynard

California, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2010 FAVORITE MUSIC: I love alternative, reggae, and dubstep music. CONTACT: DouglasWasThere@gmail.com

I love singing, dancing, and writing two-sentence descriptions of myself.

Gemma Poulley

United Kingdom

NEW KID YEAR: 2011
BEFORE YAs: I planned on going to a performing arts university in England.
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: My extra curricular activities included athletics team, cross country, swim team, and musical productions.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: I love the way The Young Americans make people feel and I wanted to be able to make people feel the way they made me feel when I took a workshop, I also love performing and teaching. The Young Americans is a perfect place to do what I love.
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: I would love to be a special needs teacher, I would have never known that without the experience I’ve gained from touring with the YAs.

Grayden Smith

California, USA

Hannah Day

New Hampshire, USA

Jacob Carrell

Alabama, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2010 FAVORITE MUSIC: I love dubstep, hip-hop, rap, and alternative music. CONTACT: jaakethesnake@hotmail.com

I’m from Alabama. I started dancing when I was 17 and I have loved the stage ever since.

Jason Brown

Michigan, USA

Jenn Gallo

Pennsylvania, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2010
BEFORE YAs: Going to Northeastern University.
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: Dance, drumline.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: All the awesome YAs I met at Dance Excellence, and how great they made everyone around them feel.
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: I have no idea.

Jennifer Fishbaugher

Washington, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2010
BEFORE YAs: I once wanted to own a dance studio and make it a safe haven for those who were lacking in self confidence and moral support.
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: Barbershop quartets, choir, piano, composing/arranging music, competition/convention dancer.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: Through the experience of Dance Excellence I had a realization that the Young Americans was successful at doing what I wanted to do in life, which was to help people and change the world positively.
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: I would love to be a counselor, therapist, or psychologist just to help people through their problems: make them feel special and wonderful, because everyone deserves to feel that way.

Jonathan Alexander

Florida, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2010 FAVORITE MUSIC: I love Tycho the Daydream. CONTACT: john.alex@live.com

I am from Miami, Florida. I have performed my entire life so far, and I plan to continue performing.

Joshua Kurtz

New Jersey, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2010
BEFORE YAs: I wanted to be a play writer and a director.
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: My extra curricular activities in school included school musicals, drama show cases, and clubs.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: I wanted to see the world, help kids, and perform.
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: I would love to own my own theater and write and direct musicals.

Kala Bruce

Colorado, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2010
BEFORE YAs: I was planning on studying dance at University.
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: My extra curricular activities included lots of dance.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: I joined because its the perfect place to do what I love.
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: I want to own my own event coordinating company.

Kiara Sampson

California, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2011
BEFORE YAs: I wanted to be a preschool teacher. I have a huge passion for kids and I’ve always wanted to be the one to make a positive impact on a kids life.
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: I was involved in show choir, jazz choir, theatre as a thespian, and I sang for the jazz band.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: I joined because it combined the two things I loved most together, kids and music, there was no better option. Not to mention my father and older sisters were in the group and I look up to the a lot and aspired to be like them.
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: I plan to live my dream and become a teacher but try and perform on the side for fun.

Kimberly Stanizzi

New Hampshire, USA

Kristin Woodall

Washington, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2011
BEFORE YAs: Live in California pursue dance and sign with an agency.
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: I took Dance team and cheer.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: I wanted to share my passion of dancing to people all over the world.
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: Continue to pursue dancing as a career and eventually work with special needs children with dance therapy.

Kristina Sampson

Louisiana, USA

Kyle Hertaus

Minnesota, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2011
BEFORE YAs: My plans after high school were to attend Mankato State in Minnesota, and get my generals degree.
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: Choir, Pop Choir, Musicals, One-Act Plays, and Student Council.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: I joined the Young Americans after taking 3 workshops, when the YA’s came to my home town. The YA’s that came my senior year of high school really impacted my life, so I knew that was what I wanted to do.
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: There are many plans that I have thought about doing after Young Americans. I would love to perform on a Cruise Line, work for Disney, get into the Film Industry, then after I have had my fun, I would love to give back and open my own Handicap Organization that uses Musical Therapy.

Maria Omidi

Germany

NEW KID YEAR: 2011
BEFORE YAs: My plans were to go to university and study psychology.
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: I worked for the school newspaper, was involved with politics and sang in choir.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: I joined because I fell in love with what the YAs do. I love the idea of changing lives through singing and dancing.
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: I want to study international management and become an airplane pilot.

Mikaila McMaster

California, USA

Natasha Giroux

Canada

Robert Neitzer

Wisconsin, USA

Rose Storey

Utah, USA

Samantha Mbolekwa

Canada

Shannon Maguire

Canada

NEW KID YEAR: 2011
BEFORE YAs: My plans were to go to Toronto Dance Theater to study modern dance.
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: In school I danced and was a part of social justice.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: I joined so I can improve my teaching, perform, and travel the world.
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: I want to perform on Broadway.

Stephen Lincoln

California, USA

Stewart Birley

United Kingdom

NEW KID YEAR: 2009
BEFORE YAs: I planned on going to college and studying sport science.
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: In school I played soccer, was in school choir and did drama.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: I joined to give back all the experiences that were given to me.
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: Still deciding what my future plans are but I would love to live in America.

Tanner Siegert

Minnesota, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2012
BEFORE YAs: Before YAs I was attending McNally-Smith College of Music, majoring in Sound Technology and Studio Engineering.
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: Band, choir, jazz band, show choir, theatre, football, and golf.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: I missed the thrill of performing and the joy I received from singing, and I also have a passion for working with children.
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: I want to pursue a career in singing/songwriting, and open my own recording studio someday.

Tom Mitchell

United Kingdom

NEW KID YEAR: 2011
BEFORE YAs: I planned on going into stage management.
HIGH SCHOOL EXTRA CURRICULARS: I was involved in performing arts, cycling, and swimming.
WHY I JOINED THE YAs: I initially joined the group by chance, I knew I was interested and then loved what the program had to offer.
MY PLANS AFTER YAs: I plan on going into the tech world of live performances.

Tyler Dusso

Wisconsin, USA

NEW KID YEAR: 2009

FAVORITE MUSIC: I love all kinds of music.

I was born and raised on the Great Lakes. I love music and I would like to be a professional baseball player.