In addition to the annual fall and spring concerts, YOBC also offers a biennial concert tour experience, as well as occasional local field trip opportunities. Past concert venues and field trip destinations include the historic Pen Ryn on the Delaware, the Old Post Office in Washington, DC, and St. Peters Church, Ellis Island,  the Statue of Liberty, and the Kimmel Center.

Every other summer, YOBC members, alumni, and parents have the opportunity to sign up for a 10-day international concert tour at their own expense. The tour is available to students in Ripieno, Philharmonia, Symphony Orchestra, and Concert Winds.  Many families also choose to be part of the YOBC tour. Below is a list of the destinations to date:

• 2026: French Alps & Riviera
• 2024: Austria. Click here to see photos from the recent Austria tour!
• 2022: Tuscany and the Italian Lakes. Click here to see photos
• 2018: Andalusia: Southern Spain.
• 2016: French Alps & Riviera. Four concerts and sightseeing from the Alpine glaciers to the beaches at Cannes.
• 2014: Italy — from Venice to Rome with performances, master classes, and sightseeing.
• 2012: Northern Spain and Southern France. Four concerts including the 63rd Music Festival of Menton, France, and a master class were part of this latest tour.
• 2008: Northern Italy and Tuscany – performing five concerts, including Soave’s “Musica fra le Mura” festival and “Eventi Bardolin’08” in Bardolino. Tour participants attended Verdi’s Aida in the 2000-year old Arena di Verona
• 2006: Prague and Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic, Hahnbach, Germany – again participating in the International Youth Music Festival, this time in the Oberpfalz region of Germany
• 2004: Scandinavia – performances in Odense, Egeskov Castle, Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, and Stockholm