Apollo's Fire was awarded major grants through the NEA American Masterpieces initiative in 2009 and 2010, for Jeannette Sorrell's research, creation, and recording of the innovative crossover program, "Come to the River: An Early American Gathering." This recording because a top-10 bestseller on Billboard Classical in 2011. The album was hailed by the American Record Guide as "one of the most joyous releases, intoxicated by the sheer joy of being alive." European debut and international touring Apollo's Fire made its London debut in 2010 in a sold-out concert at Wigmore Hall, with a BBC broadcast. The ensemble toured Europe again in 2011, 2014, 2015, and 2018, including sold-out concerts at the BBC Proms in London, Madrid's Royal Theatre, Bordeaux's Grand Théâtre de l'Opéra, Bergen's, Austria, major venues in Lisbon (Portugal) and Metz (FR), as well the Boston Early Music Festival series and Cal Performances at Berkeley/San Francisco. Their London concert in 2014 was praised by The Daily Telegraph for "superlative music-making, combining European stylishness and American can-do entrepreneurialism" – and named one of the "Best 5 Classical Music Concerts of 2014." Apollo's Fire has performed two major U.S. tours of the Monteverdi Vespers (2010 and 2014) and a 9-concert tour of the Brandenburg Concertos in 2013. In 2013, Apollo's Fire became the first baroque orchestra to be taken onto the touring roster of Columbia Artists Management (CAMI) for exclusive representation. In 2019 they switched to the management of Opus 3 Artists. In summer 2015, Apollo's Fire reached heightened international attention with its sold-out debuts at the Tanglewood Festival, the BBC Proms in London, and the Aldeburgh Festival (UK), as well as the Festival Paesaggi Musicali Toscani in Tuscany. The tour program, "A Night at Bach's Coffeehouse," featured Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 with Jeannette Sorrell as harpsichord soloist. The Boston Musical Intelligencer wrote that Apollo's Fire "conquered Tanglewood," In 2015 Apollo's Fire also performed sold-out concerts at the Library of Congress (Washington) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. In spring 2016, Sorrell led the orchestra in her dramatic conception of J.S. Bach's St John Passion, to critical acclaim from The New York Times which wrote, "Magnificent... the production belonged entirely to Ms. Sorrell, who devised the concept, which she called 'a dramatic presentation'... the orchestra was excellent... exquisite moments." In 2017, Apollo's Fire returned to the Tanglewood Festival and made its debut at the Ravinia Festival. Both