For the past three years, High Point University’s Chamber Singers have spent their Spring Breaks touring around various regions of the United States to share their love of music.

In recent years, the choir has traveled to New Orleans and Texas. This year, the tour went through North Carolina, Georgia and Florida, where the students and faculty members spent two days in Miami.

During the week before they officially left for Spring Break, the 40 Chamber Singers, led by Dr. Marc Foster, performed four local concerts, in Greensboro, High Point and Kernersville.

On March 7, the group officially set off on their journey with all 40 singers, four faculty members, and three video and audio crew members to record the trip. The first stop beyond the High Point area was in Dunwoody, Georgia, near Atlanta, where students stayed in homes with host families from Dunwoody United Methodist Church.

The choir sang during two morning church services and then traveled to Macon, Georgia to sing an afternoon concert and an evening Mass at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

After staying in a hotel Sunday night, the group made their way to Lowndes High School in Georgia, where they sang for and interacted with choir students. That night, the choir also sang a group concert with Sine Nomine, a semi-professional chorus in Valdosta, Georgia.

On Tuesday, the choir went to Deland, Florida where they met up with HPU alumnus Bryan Ijames at Deland High School. They sang a short concert for some of Ijames’s students and held a mini-choral clinic with them as well. That night, students were hosted by members of First UMC Deland.

For the next few days, the choir spent time in Miami, relaxing in the middle of their hectic week of concerts. They enjoyed some fun in the sun before heading back to Fort Valley, Georgia for their last concert of Spring Break.

That night, the church could only host about half of the choir, so the graduating seniors were able to stay in a hotel to celebratethe end of their last tour together.

Overall, in 11 days, the students sang 15 concerts for more than 2000 people, performed at three schools, nine churches and two malls, and traveled 2300 miles.

“I am so grateful that the university allows us to go out and be ambassadors for the music department across the country,” said Callie Klinkmueller, HPU Chamber Singer member. “It is a truly amazing experience.