Tours

Selected past tours

Australia and New Zealand
Eight-week school tour sponsored by Rotary International

CHARACTER COUNTS!
School tours to California, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Michigan

Costa Rica
Performances at American Day School and San Jose Children's Hospital

England and Scotland
Four-week school tour in cities from London to Edinburgh

Heartland Arts Fund
Since 2000, touring artist in 13-state region: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wisconsin, with primary funding from the National Endowment for the Arts

Kidstock
Multi-state community involvement program; 56 events to more than 35,000 family members sponsored by The Pizza Ranch of Hull, Iowa

South Dakota Arts Council Touring Program

Since 1987, 750 performances in South Dakota schools and communities, with primary funding from the National Endowment for the Arts

Indian School Tour
Presentations reaching 60,000 young people on the Cheyenne River, Crow Creek, Flandreau,  Lower Brule, Mille Lacs, Omaha, Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Sisseton, Standing Rock, Yankton, and White Earth Indian reservations

South Dakota Just Say No Club
Led three-year drug education effort to 100,000 young people in 500 schools and communities

South Dakota Public Broadcasting

Partnership since 1992, presenting 45 family concerts throughout South Dakota featuring SDPB mascot SeeMore

The Pied Piper

52 classical music performances for young audiences featuring Phil and the South Dakota Symphony Chamber Ensemble

United States Military Family Appreciation Tour

Family performances at Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB), Grand Forks AFB, Minot AFB, South Dakota National Guard, United States Naval Academy, and The White House