Global Cultural
Exchange
Preparing young women to become cultural ambassadors through music, leadership, international learning, and meaningful exchange.
GPTT is building a global pathway where girls do more than travel. They study, perform, host, collaborate, and carry the sound of New Orleans into the world.
Music Without Borders
The world becomes the classroom.
The Global Cultural Exchange Program expands the mission of Girls Play Trumpets Too by connecting young women to cultures, communities, and musicians beyond New Orleans.
Through travel preparation, cultural education, international collaboration, visiting students, and partner-led exchange experiences, GPTT students learn how to represent themselves, their city, and their music with confidence.
This is not simply a travel program. It is a leadership pathway that uses music as the bridge to global understanding.
What this program makes possible
- Girls see themselves as global citizens and cultural ambassadors.
- Students experience music as a language shared across borders.
- International students and artists can learn from New Orleans culture.
- Partners can invest in education, representation, and opportunity.
More than music. More than travel.
Every exchange is built around preparation, cultural respect, musical excellence, and leadership development.
Music
Performance, masterclasses, jazz heritage, ensemble work, and cross-cultural collaboration.
Culture
Language, history, traditions, food, community life, and meaningful cultural immersion.
Leadership
Confidence, public speaking, professionalism, teamwork, service, and global awareness.
Exchange
Student visits, host families, school partnerships, artist connections, and shared learning.
Where the exchange lives
GPTT is developing global exchange opportunities connected to Scandinavia, Belize, and Tanzania while continuing to build additional cultural partnerships.
Scandinavia
Welcoming international students into the GPTT community for music, learning, and New Orleans cultural immersion while exploring reciprocal opportunities for GPTT students abroad.
Belize
Building bridges through youth music education, cultural connection, community engagement, and shared learning across the African diaspora.
Tanzania
Connecting students to African heritage, Swahili language learning, cultural history, music, and leadership through a direct global pathway.
Prepared to represent.
Before students participate in exchange activities, GPTT prepares them to move through global spaces with confidence, respect, discipline, and awareness.
- International etiquette and cultural awareness
- Public speaking and professional conduct
- Passport readiness and travel preparation
- Safety, wellness, and team responsibility
- Representing New Orleans music with excellence
One trumpet. Three valves. A world of sound.
The three-valve design idea from the provided concept works well as a GPTT metaphor: each global connection changes the note, expands the sound, and gives the girls a new way to understand the world.
Three ways to participate
Become a Cultural Ambassador
GPTT students prepare through music, leadership, cultural learning, and program readiness before being considered for exchange opportunities.
Support the Exchange
Families can help host visiting students, support preparation activities, and help students share their exchange stories with the community.
Build With GPTT
Schools, universities, cultural institutions, embassies, funders, and arts organizations can help create pathways for exchange.
Moments from the exchange
Use this section as a living scrapbook. Replace these placeholders with real photos, short student reflections, travel journals, rehearsal clips, and partner visits as the program grows.
“A trumpet does not stay in one room. Neither should the girls who play it.”Girls Play Trumpets Too
Help remove the barriers.
Global exchange requires more than a plane ticket. Donor and partner support helps make the full experience accessible, prepared, and meaningful.
Travel Access
Passports, airfare, local transportation, lodging, meals, and travel readiness support.
Program Preparation
Music instruction, cultural workshops, language exposure, leadership training, and student materials.
Student Storytelling
Photo, video, reflection journals, community presentations, and post-exchange impact reporting.
Become a Global Cultural Exchange Partner
GPTT is seeking schools, universities, cultural institutions, corporations, foundations, embassies, tourism partners, and individual donors who believe girls deserve access to the world.