The orchestra has a long track record of successful and acclaimed international tours, with the main one occurring every 3 years. These tours have covered countries as diverse as the United States, Poland, and New Zealand. In 1998 the orchestra was the first British youth orchestra to tour South Africa since the end of Apartheid. For more information, please click here.

In the Summer of 2000 the Hampshire County Youth Wind and String Orchestras undertook a short tour of Poland. In Summer 2001, the County Youth Orchestra became the first ever British Youth Orchestra to tour Chile under the auspices of the British Embassy in Santiago. For more information, please click here.

The Wind and String Orchestras went to Italy in August 2002. To read a diary of their tour, please click here.

A tour of Western Bohemia, Eastern Germany and the Czech Republic was undertaken in Summer 2004, the climax of which was a performance of the Rite of Spring in Prague.

In Summer 2005, the String Orchestra, Wind Orchestra and Double Reed Ensemble made a successful visit to France.

The County Youth Orchestra toured northern Italy in August 2007.

In 2008, the string and wind orchestra will be going on tour to Spain, click here to follow the blog.