Dan Materazzi and Christina Tussel can’t wait to go back to Europe someday.

“Ever since we got back to the United States and the plane landed, I started saving money to go back,” said Materazzi, a Southern Regional High School junior who was one of seven Southern music students to join 123 others for the American Music Abroad (AMA) Gold Tour 2019 in July. “I met so many new people and made a ton of new friends, and it was just an awesome experience!”

“It’s an experience I hope any music student can experience,” said Tussel, Materazzi’s classmate who plays the tuba.