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1952–2025

In Memory of Michael Clohesy

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Creating Performance Tours for Choirs, Bands, and Orchestras

We guarantee the best venues, reliable travel experiences, rewarding exchange opportunities, warm local audiences, 24-hour travel support, and more! We are a tour company you can trust to plan your trip of a lifetime.

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As a choir director, it was great to bring my students on an exceptional tour experience and not have to worry about all of the details. I was able to focus on my students & the music!
Megan C.
High School Choir Director
Germany 2024
The church venues were outstanding and each was beautiful and had marvelous acoustics ... KI promoted the concerts well and our attendance was one of the highest ever. Our singers had a great experience.
Ralph S.
Church Choir Director
Italy 2023
KI Concerts delivered an outstanding trip for our youth orchestra. Follow-through and implementation, particularly on the ground in Japan, were fantastic.
Nien H.
Youth Orchestra Director
Japan 2024
I wouldn't travel internationally with anyone else. With KI I feel like I am being treated like family. The concerts and venues are top notch.
Terese G.
College Choir Director
England & Scotland 2024
This was an excellent trip. The representative that we worked with was excellent and the app made the trip easy for everyone on the trip and at home to follow. Student, chaperones, and teachers all enjoyed the experience.
Jeanette M.
Middle School Choir Director
Italy 2024
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In Memory of Michael Clohesy (1952–2025)

Our world is brighter, and the connective spirit of music amplified because of Michael Clohesy.

Michael and his husband, Oliver, shared a vision and built KI Concerts together into an international leader in performance travel. Michael was both architect and steady hand, guiding KI through its formative decades, expanding its reach, and ensuring that hundreds of choirs, bands, and orchestras could share their music and fellowship across borders.

Their marriage was one of love, creativity and commitment. Together, they created opportunities for performers to connect across cultures, for communities to be built through shared song, and for music to act as a bridge to understanding. Michael and Oliver were a remarkable pair that encompassed the very best of us all and cultivated a diverse and beautiful circle of intimate friends across many continents.

Among those friends is the inimitable Craig Hella Johnson, whose reflections lift us during these difficult days:

“Michael possessed that rare combination of quiet wisdom and fierce compassion—a gentle soul who carried within him an oceanic depth of intelligence and purpose. Behind his warm smile and quick wit lay a quiet warrior who fought tirelessly for justice and equality, never taking himself too seriously even while taking on the most serious cultural battles of our time.

His partnership with Oliver was nothing short of extraordinary—together they created not just a business, but a legacy that continues to connect hearts and cultures through the transformative power of music.”

Michael’s legacy will indeed live on in the global stages where KI Concerts ensembles perform, in the bonds forged among the musicians and families who travel with us, and in the sustained impact of the organization he helped to create. His KI family misses him dearly. And we will carry his spirit forward with gratitude, respect, and love, while keeping our dear friend and colleague Oliver — and all who loved Michael — in our hearts.