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Students On Broadway is best known for delivering a superior level of on-tour ground management for Parade Bands and Orchestras and arts-inspired ensembles. With us… “Broadway” is a state of mind. It’s a dedication to T.E.A.M. Leadership excellence, giving it everything we have with each group, time & time again.

We bring the same Big Apple NYC / Broadway gusto, enthusiasm & experience to all of the destinations we serve. Life-enhancing moments can happen anywhere when our Red-Jacket team manages your ensemble’s on-tour travel experience. The incomparable NYC, of course, but also Orlando, Chicago & the Midwest Clinic, Washington DC, LA, Honolulu and beyond!

Our team, with its years of collective experience custom crafts, operates, and manages inbound student group travel experiences for bands, orchestras, choirs, theater arts, drama, dance ensembles, and those with a visual art, and fashion emphasis. Highlights of the SBNYC portfolio include hosting numerous ensembles for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center Performances, Custom curated Broadway Experience Workshops, Broadway in Chicago and Midwest Clinic, and Disney’s Magic Kingdom Parade in both Orlando & Anaheim.

A SBNYC tour guide leading a bus in the parking lot late at night in Orlando.
A group of SBNYC tour guides in New York
A group of students on a tour in a New York subway station
A SBNYC group on the New York subway

Our team’s ability to thrive in highly competitive fast-paced environment like NYC speaks to their talent, ambition, determination and the “rigid flexibility” required to assuredly manage student groups of 20-500+ on the ground at the destination. This team spirit is present in all of the cities in which we serve.   

Directors & Boosters have enough on their plate tending to the wellbeing and musical excellence of their students. A director from Ohio in a review said that we “sweat the small stuff“.  The booster president said “this is the 4th trip we have been involved with planning… our first two trips were with another travel company, and I can honestly say SBNYC is the best student travel company I have ever had the pleasure to work with”. Our team works with you from start to finish to ensure that you, your staff, the chaperones and students have a meaningful and superior group travel experience.

After experiencing T.E.A.M., the Students On Broadway difference, some directors and boosters have opined that we set the standard for on the ground student group management, especially on our home turf in NYC. Whether it’s our team’s red jackets, shirts, flags, or light sticks, feel assured that we will stand out in a crowd, in the middle of Times Square, below ground in an NYC Subway station, on the train during rush-hour, in a Disney World bus parking lot after the park closes on New Years’ Eve, or in any of our other cities and get your traveling ensemble from place to place in a safe & organized fashion.

Our Red-Jacket teams work in tandem to provide a tight knit; small town community feel in big cities and in crowded places. From surprise birthday celebrations to a group centric T.E.A.M. leadership approach to on-the-ground management, our collective goal is for your students to return home safe, enriched, and motivated to be their best selves.

A group of SBNYC students celebrating a birthday while on a trip
  • CLASS ACT!

    When we as the band directors and chaperones loaded the bus for the final time, class act is how we described Students on Broadway. We can’t imagine this trip without them. They were there from the very beginning up until the very end. It starts at the top with Jerry and extends to Aerial and Jessica for all of the organizing. We met in their office for the first time last Thanksgiving and shared what we wanted our kids to experience. They made every single detail happen and then some. JT, our tour manager, was phenomenal. He never left our side and addressed every concern we had and calmed our nerves when necessary. All five of our tour guides on the buses were beyond phenomenal. Our students gave them a genuine standing ovation this morning when checking out of our hotel. Tonight when saying goodbye, many of them were in tears. Students on Broadway is special. We were so thankful to have you on our team this week!

    Daniel Carlson
    Director of Bands, Lincoln HS Band
    12/16/2024
  • “SBNYC truly enabled a fantastic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade trip experience for Jenison Bands. Communication and pre-trip planning were top notch. They were very responsive to our requests, and offered options to fit our timeline and budget. All the travel, accommodation, and meal arrangements they made suited our group very well. Their ability to manage some fairly last minute curveballs with grace and positivity was remarkable. Their tour guides are both incredibly knowledgable and very personable. Our students loved spending time with them. I would enthusiastically recommend SBNYC for any student group visiting New York – especially any marching band with the exciting privilege of performing for the Macy’s Parade!”

    Dave Zamborsky
    Director of Bands, Jenison HS Band
    12/10/2024
  • "Greetings and Salutations ALL! I am Professor H. Wade Johnson, Director of Bands at Benedict College in Columbia South Carolina! We cannot thank Jerry Schwartz with Students on Broadway for the "RED Carpet" experience we had in New York during our Macy's trip! Splendid Service!! We recommend that you use him for an UNFORGETTABLE experience!"

    H Wade Johnson
    Director of Bands, Benedict College Band
    12/22/2022
  • “We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. The food was great, and the space was perfect for our large group. The DJ did an excellent job and kept the kids entertained the whole evening. I cannot say enough about SBNYC. My husband & I were the booster presidents during the 2021 Macy’s trip and didn’t hesitate to recommend SBNYC to the new booster president for this year’s trip to Orlando. SBNYC’s commitment to detail and their willingness to be transparent with pricing sets them apart from all other travel companies out there. This is the 4th trip we have been involved with planning with the Centerville band. Our first two trips were with another travel company and I can honestly say SBNYC is the best student travel company I have ever had the pleasure to work with I highly recommend them to any school group planning a trip.”

    Angela Boerger
    Former Booster President, Centerville Jazz Band
    12/11/2022
  • “These guys are the real deal. Let me start by saying that I’ve been traveling with bands for almost 30 years and have used multiple other companies in different states traveling all over the world. I can’t even begin to tell you how unbelievable the entire team at SBNYC is. I’ve never worked with such a personal, more knowledgeable and warm hearted group dedicated to the students first. As a director I have been fortunate to participate in the Macy’s Day Parade in NYC on a three different occasions and travel quit extensively. This most recent experience with SBNYC was by far the best of all of them not only because of the detail plans that were meticulously thought out before the trip for over three years, but because of what was offered and available while on our trip...."

    Brad Pollock
    Director of Bands, Trabuco High School
    12/22/2021
  • "It was an absolute pleasure knowing and working with you all for the past 2.5 years. Your grace and professionalism through all the crazy things, the pandemic in particular, is commendable. I can’t overstate how happy I am with the services and communication you provided to us at Union, creating an absolutely unforgettable experience for everyone involved. I can’t imagine calling upon an organization other than SBNYC for student travel to the Big Apple, and I’ll shout it from the mountaintops. You guys are top-shelf and I can say thanks enough. Here's hoping our paths cross again in the future!"

    Charles Pisarra
    Director of Bands, Union HS
    11/30/2021

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