March 30, 2026 Encore Tours A New Orchestra Festival at Boston Symphony Hall There are certain stages that change how students think about performing. Boston Symphony Hall is one of them. Backstage Blog Learn More
March 2, 2026 David Solar Meet Barbara Brown, Encore’s New Director of Orchestras Backstage Blog Learn More
January 27, 2026 Encore Tours How an Encore Performance Tour Works: From Planning to Final Concert Backstage Blog Featured Resources Planning Your Tour Learn More
December 11, 2025 Encore Tours Announcing the 2026 Encore Crescendo Contest Backstage Blog Learn More
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 pr… Backstage Blog
April 1, 2020 Encore Tours The 12 Best Videos From The Acapella App Back in 2015, the app Acapella from PicPostPlay was released for iPhones, allowing users to record, synchronize, and share songs with multi-part vocal harmonies. Backstage Blog
March 31, 2020 Encore Tours How To Host A Virtual Fundraising Event Whether you’re raising money for new uniforms, additions to your music library, or even your next performance tour, every ensemble must be able to throw an effective fundraiser. Backstage Blog
March 27, 2020 Encore Tours The 10 Best TED Talks About Music Our new normal is filled with an abundance of stress and anxiety, whether it’s due to remote working, homeschooling your children, or claustrophobia stemming from … Backstage Blog
March 25, 2020 Encore Tours Using Google Classroom To Teach Music Editors Note: During this challenging and unprecedented period, we want to express our appreciation to the music educators who have been forced to take their classr… Backstage Blog
March 24, 2020 Peter Jones A Message from Encore’s President What strange times these are. Each day becomes a little more surreal as we move through uncharted territory. Backstage Blog