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 12, 2025 Encore Tours Sing in Prague’s Iconic Smetana Hall: Join Encore Voices Festival 2026 Backstage Blog 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
August 16, 2018 Moll Brown Meet Moll – New Encore Tours International Program Coordinator Hey there! I’m Moll, and I’m very excited to be joining the Encore Team. Backstage Blog
August 2, 2018 Kate Huffman Passenger Letter: Exceptional Choir Tour to Ireland After one singer returned from her Encore Tours trip to Ireland, she sent us this wonderful letter about her experience! We wanted to share her comments with our reader… Backstage Blog
July 26, 2018 Erik Peregrine Room for Everyone: Housing Transgender Musicians on Tour Ensuring that all singers have safe, comfortable housing situations is a critical part of planning any successful tour. Backstage Blog
July 19, 2018 Encore Tours [QUIZ] Which Country Should You Travel to With Your Ensemble? You’ve decided that you want to travel abroad with your ensemble, but how do you decide where to go? Don’t worry—we’re here to help!… Backstage Blog
July 12, 2018 Joe Becker 5 Songs for Summer Vacation Ah, summer! How we love to go to the beach, eat outside, and allow our coats to collect dust. Backstage Blog
July 10, 2018 Kate Huffman Making Travel More Accessible to All: Announcing Encore’s Personal Fundraising Pages Encore Tours is excited to announce our new tool to help passengers afford going on a performance tour! There’s no better gift to receive (or give) than a once-in-a-lifetime travel… Backstage Blog
July 5, 2018 Kaitlynn Eaton When Your Organist Isn’t Who You Expected What do you expect when you have a meeting with the Assistant Director of Music for a church? What gender are they? What should they look like? How should they dress? There are a lot of … Backstage Blog
July 3, 2018 Kate Huffman Meet Scholarship Recipient Spencer Meneghini At Encore, we take our mission of “taking your music program to new places” and supporting music directors both while on tour and at home in their rehearsal rooms very seriously. Backstage Blog
June 28, 2018 Ed Maki-Schramm Talk Organs and Touring with Ed Maki-Schramm at the 2018 AGO Convention If you will be attending the National Convention of the American Guild of Organists in Kansas City, July 2-6, 2018, I will be there too and would love to meet you. Backstage Blog