The Samohi Symphony has traveled extensively. In 1996, the Symphony took part in the International Youth Music Festival in Valencia, Spain. In 2004, 2008 and 2014, the orchestra traveled to Prague, Brno, Salzburg, and Vienna. By invitation from the city of Hangzhou, China, the Symphony also participated in an East Asian tour in 2006. In 2018, the orchestra traveled to Argentina and Uruguay, performing in Buenos Aires, Rosario, and Montevideo. In its travels, the Samohi Symphony has performed in several of the most revered concert halls in the world, including multiple concerts at the Rudolfinum in Prague and at Carnegie Hall in New York. 2024 marked the Symphony’s first return to Europe since 2014 with performances at the historic Gewandhaus in Leipzig and at the Berlin Philharmonie.

In 2006, as part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s “Sounds About Town” series, the Samohi Symphony Orchestra became the first public high school to perform at Walt Disney Concert Hall. In the following years, the orchestra returned twice to Walt Disney Concert Hall, through a partnership with the Los Angeles Music Center. When a scheduled European tour was cancelled due to the 2016 bombings in Brussels, the Samohi Symphony Orchestra held a benefit concert for the International Red Cross, using its fourth performance at the Walt Disney Concert Hall to raise funds for victims of terrorism and violence.

The orchestra owes much of its success to the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District and Santa Monica High School leadership for their continued support of music education, the city of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Orchestra Parents Association for its financial support and the volunteer work of so many dedicated parents.