♪♪ ♪♪ >> Hello and welcome to another in our series, "Youth Music of the World."

Throughout the series, we're featuring talented young American musicians performing in iconic venues in Europe.

The students have not only had the exciting experience of performing in some historic buildings, but they've also enjoyed the educational and cultural benefits of overseas travel, some of them for the very first time.

In this program, we're featuring performances at St.

John's Church, Waterloo in London.

We're south of the River Thames, here opposite the famous Waterloo station.

First up, we have the Miami Arts Studio Wind Ensemble, a magnet school from South Miami, attracting the very best music students.

Here they are with a medley of pieces entitled "Disney at the Movies."

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I hope you've got many of them.

"Disney at the Movies."

Next from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, the Ocean Springs Senior High School Wind Symphony under the direction of Kevin Shira.

This is "Summon the Heroes."

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Kevin Shira is their director of bands.

>> So, the group that just performed is our Ocean Springs High School Wind Symphony.

They're the top premiering concert ensemble that we have in the district.

They have performed all over the United States, from Seattle to Indianapolis to Tennessee.

And now we're international.

and now we performed in London.

The students have just gained just fundamental knowledge that they wouldn't have had if they had not had this trip, whether it be cultural or educational or whatever it is.

They've just had a great experience of being in another country and not only doing that, but performing and doing what they love in another country, which is really, really special.

Tonight, their exceptional performance, it was just a highlight to just watch them have fun.

And so I hope it's a trip that they'll remember for forever.

>> Kevin Shira.

Here they are again, this time with "Perthshire Majesty."

The soloists are Carter Monforton, Madeline Roberts, Gracey Culbertson, Curtysha Roberts, and Catie Rushing.

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I'm the Director of Bands at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and I am the guest conductor for the Ocean Springs High School Wind Symphony.

It's an amazing high school wind symphony.

Very talented musicians, wonderfully talented staff.

And tonight we performed a work by Eric Whitacre entitled "Goodnight Moon."

The benefits of traveling abroad for students are immeasurable.

This is my -- I brought three groups myself to the London Festival starting in 1995.

So now being able to travel with a group and serve as kind of an adviser has been a really wonderful experience.

And seeing the students that experience all of these new things for the first time is really enlightening.

When they learn that there's more than just their own hometown or their own home area, many things are the same, but have a different name.

And, you know, just seeing those students discover that for the first time is very, very cool to see.

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Wind Symphony, and their students certainly enjoyed their experience.

>> We've been here for about the past week or so, and we have seen very famous and beautiful places like the Big Ben.

Oh, my Lord, that is a beautiful place.

The Hampton Court Palace, another lovely place and just, you know, really exploring the city for what it is and, you know, really soaking it all in.

You know, this was a really long journey for all of us.

And, you know, the buildup to it, it was really worth it.

>> My trip to London has been pretty adventurous.

I've seen a ton of things that I haven't seen before, which has really made my senior trip because I never thought I'd end up across the world.

I feel as though I've worked hard for this, and I will always be grateful for the opportunities that I was given here.

>> Now let's enjoy one more piece.

This is the "Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company March."

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] I hope you've enjoyed the excellent musicianship of these great American students as much as they've enjoyed performing in these wonderful venues.

Our thanks go to the Miami Art Studio from Florida and Ocean Springs Senior High School in Mississippi.

Join us again soon for But for now from me, Bob Bone, thank you for watching.

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