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Our inaugural international tour will be with a group of performers and staff from Oklahoma, Southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas. The Ozark Trail follows a scenic and varied route that joins the Ozark Highlands Trail that dates back to the early 1900s, leading through the Ozark Mountains to the St. Francois Mountains region.

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Date	Event	Location
June 5-7, 2026	Pre Tour Camp	Broken Arrow HS - Tulsa, OK
June 7, 2026	Bon Voyage Concert	Broken Arrow HS - Tulsa, OK
June 8, 2026	Depart for Europe	United States
June 9-10, 2026		Prague, Czech Republic
June 10, 2026	Band, Orchestra and Choir Concert	Saint Salvator Church - Prague, Czech Republic
June 11-14, 2026		Vienna, Austria
June 14, 2026	Band, Orchestra and Choir Concert	MuTH Concert Hall - Vienna, Austria
June 15-16, 2026		Salzburg, Austria
June 16, 2026	Band, Orchestra and Choir Concert	Mirabell Gardens - Salzburg, Austria
June 17-18, 2026		Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
June 18, 2026	Band, Orchestra and Choir Concert	Ammergauer Haus - Oberammergau, Germany
June 19-20, 2026		Andermatt, Switzerland
June 20, 2026	Band, Orchestra and Choir Concert	Andermatt Concert Hall - Andermatt, Switzerland
June 21, 2026	Depart for United States	Europe
June 21-23, 2026		Paris, France
June 23, 2026	Depart for United States	Europe

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Darrin Davis Coordinator and Band Conductor

Darrin Davis Bio

About Darrin Davis

Darrin Davis serves as the Executive Director of Fine Arts for the Broken Arrow (OK) school district and has enjoyed teaching band in the Broken Arrow Public Schools since 1993. Davis previously served as the conductor of the nationally acclaimed Broken Arrow HS Wind Ensemble and director of the Pride of Broken Arrow Marching Band. In his role as Executive Director of Fine Arts, he leads a team of 100 Fine Arts teachers and over 6,000 secondary students that actively participate in the Fine Arts in the Broken Arrow Public Schools.

Ensembles under his baton are consistently recognized for their musicianship and interpretations. His bands performed at the 88th Annual Convention of the American Bandmasters Association (ABA), the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Carnegie Hall, the Music for All National Concert Band Festival and on six different occasions at the Oklahoma Music Educators Convention as a featured Honor Band. Mr. Davis’ ensembles consistently earn highest honors at state and regional concert band festivals.

Davis is an elected member of the prestigious ABA. The Oklahoma Bandmasters Association honored Davis as their “Band Director of the Year.” The National Band Association (NBA) has awarded Davis with “Citations of Excellence” for outstanding contributions to band and band music. Davis was recognized as the Broken Arrow “Citizen of the Year” and the Tulsa Signature Symphony “Signature Champion of Education.” In 2020, Mr. Davis was inducted into the Bands of America (BOA) Hall of Fame, recognizing individuals who have greatly impacted the nation’s band activity and music education. Davis is also enshrined into the Oklahoma Bandmasters Association Hall of Fame and Broken Arrow High School Great Graduates Hall of Fame.

Mr. Davis is a national clinician and serves as an adjudicator for such organizations as Drum Corps International, BOA, the Fiesta Bowl National Band Championship and numerous state band associations. He maintains professional affiliations with the ABA, Oklahoma Music Educators Association, Oklahoma Bandmasters Association, National Association for Music Education, and the NBA. Davis is active serving Music for All as a frequent clinician and serves on the Advisory Board for BOA. He also serves as a Juror of the Sousa Foundation’s Sudler Shield recognizing world class excellence for high school, youth and International marching bands.

Mr. Davis earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree at Missouri Western State University and a Master of Music Education degree with wind conducting emphasis from the University of Tulsa. In addition, Davis has continued his wind conducting education by frequently participating in conducting symposiums and collegiums to study with many of the premier conductors in America.

Jeffrey Grogan Orchestra Conductor

Jeffrey Grogan Bio

About Jeffrey Grogan

Jeffrey Grogan is an internationally acclaimed conductor and educator, recognized for his contributions to music education. He currently serves as the Director of Orchestral Activities at the Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University and as the Artistic Director of the Oklahoma Youth Orchestras.

Grogan's distinguished career includes conducting at prestigious venues such as the Musikverein in Vienna, the Sydney Opera House, Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik and in Bangkok and Singapore. He is a Master Educator for the Yamaha Corporation of America and serves on advisory committees for the Midwest Clinic and Music for All (MFA).

A visionary in music education, Grogan initiated TeachMusic, a coalition dedicated to addressing the challenges faced by music educators. This initiative works to support and recruit the next generation of music educators through partnerships with organizations including the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), the American String Teachers Association (ASTA), MFA, the National Association for Music Education, the NAMM Foundation and many others.

Grogan has conducted alongside Gustavo Dudamel at Disney Hall for the LA Philharmonic’s Youth Orchestras of Los Angeles National Festival and collaborated with renowned composers and artists such as Omar Thomas, Amanda Harberg, Eric Whitacre, Lowell Liebermann, Richard Stolzman, Stefan Hoskuldsson, Julian Schwarz, the Boston Brass and the Canadian Brass. His recording credits include March of the Gypsy Fiddler on OMAC Records with Mark O’Connor, the Ahn Trio and New Jersey Youth Symphony, featured on classical music radio throughout the country.

Previously, Grogan served 11 seasons as the Education and Community Engagement Conductor of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) and as Conductor and Artistic Director of the NJSO Youth Orchestras, InterSchool Orchestras of New York and the New Jersey Youth Symphony. He was the founding Artistic Director of two El Sistema-inspired programs in New Jersey: CHAMPS and the Paterson Music Project. He has taught at the University of Michigan, Ithaca College and Baylor University, where he was Associate Director of Bands and Marching Band Director.

Dr. Julie Yu Choir Conductor

Dr. Julie Yu Bio

About Dr. Julie Yu

Dr. Julie Yu is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies at the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University and the Artistic Director of Canterbury Voices.

She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from the University of Central Oklahoma, a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from Oklahoma State University and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting from the University of North Texas. Before joining OCU and Canterbury Voices, she taught at Norman North HS (OK), San José State University and Kansas State University.

Yu has given presentations and conducted her choirs for state and regional conferences of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), National Association for Music Education, DoDEA Europe Honors Music Festival and the European Music Educators Association. She is a past president of the Southwestern Region of the ACDA and served as an International Conducting Exchange Fellow to Kenya.

Her favorite area of research and performance is working as a guest clinician/conductor for various honor choirs and professional organizations.

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Ozark • June 8-21, 2026

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