July 14, 2025 Encore Tours Announcing Prelude 2026 in Rome We’re excited to officially announce that Prelude 2026 will take place in Rome, Italy, from January 15–19, 2026, over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. Backstage Blog Learn More
June 2, 2025 Encore Tours How to Use Our Repertoire Library to Plan Your Next Tour Setlist Backstage Blog Planning Your Tour Learn More
April 22, 2025 Encore Tours How Encore’s Price Guarantee Protects Your Tour: No Surprises, Just Stability Backstage Blog Planning Your Tour Learn More
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June 1, 2020 Encore Tours ACIS Connect: Exploring Ancient Greek Columns On Thursday, May 28, our friends at ACIS launched a brand new series of free virtual events to keep travelers connected with international cultures at a time of restricted travel. Backstage Blog
June 1, 2020 Encore Tours Encore Live: Upcoming Schedule As schools across the country transition to a largely virtual learning environment, it has been made abundantly clear that online learning can present a number of challenges for both students and … Backstage Blog
May 27, 2020 Encore Tours Virtual Director’s Exchange – Episode 3 (Ft. David Grandis and Arnaud Schotte) In the third episode of our Virtual Director’s Exchange, David Grandis (Director of Orchestras at William & Mary) and Arnaud Schotte (Director of Brass at Conservatoire de Lyon) join hos… Backstage Blog
May 6, 2020 Encore Tours Virtual Director’s Exchange – Episode 2 (Ft. Ian Keatley and Sean Boulware) In the second episode of our Virtual Director’s Exchange, Encore’s own Jon Linker speaks with Ian Keatley (Director of Music at Southwark Cathedral) and Sean Boulware (Choir Conductor … Backstage Blog
April 30, 2020 Jon Linker J.D. Frizzell on How To Make a Virtual Choir Video If you are a choir director, there’s no doubt that you have likely heard dozens of conversations about creating a virtual choir video. Backstage Blog
April 17, 2020 Frieda Krantz Virtual Tourism: Experience England, France, and Italy Working as a musician, there is so much joy in performing and traveling. Backstage Blog
April 8, 2020 Encore Tours Virtual Director’s Exchange – Episode 1 (Ft. Gerald Wirth and Suzanne Woodruff) Music educators and directors around the world are currently dealing with the same difficult set of challenges. Backstage Blog
April 6, 2020 Jon Linker Taking Your Ensemble to Canada Our friendly neighbor to the north offers a great opportunity to try an international tour while staying relatively close to home. Backstage Blog
April 3, 2020 Encore Tours Maintaining Creativity in a Distance Learning Environment Editor’s Note: During this challenging time, we want to express our appreciation to the music educators who have been forced to take their classrooms online to provide students with a safe … Backstage Blog