August 11, 2025 Encore Tours 2025 Encore Crescendo Photo Contest Whether you sang in a centuries-old cathedral, performed under the lights of a world-class concert hall, or excited crowds at a bustling outdoor piazza, we know your Encore tour was packed with un… 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
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August 2, 2016 Encore Tours Behavior Guidelines for Youth Groups As you travel abroad, you are representing your family, your school, your community, and your country. Backstage Blog Get Ready To Travel
July 28, 2016 Encore Tours Band Director Tips: Know Your Community Steve Acciani has been a band director for almost 30 years and runs one of the top programs in the country at Diamond Bar High School in southern California. Backstage Blog Music Educator Resources
July 21, 2016 Encore Tours Imagine Taking Your Choir to New Places … Backstage Blog Featured Resources
July 13, 2016 Andrew Yaracs Fundraising and Promoting Your Music Performance Trip Fundraising: Necessary Evil of Music Performance Trips An essential part of planning a successful student travel opportunity is fundraising and promoting your music performance trip. Backstage Blog Music Educator Resources
July 12, 2016 Tori Cook Lesson Plan 11: Responding, Select – Teaching the Core Music Standards STANDARD: MU:Re7.1.E. Backstage Blog Music Educator Resources
July 5, 2016 Encore Tours What is the Role of an Encore Tour Manager? You’ve just received your first quote for an international performance trip from Encore Tours. You notice in the inclusions a line item: “Encore Tour Manager”. Backstage Blog Featured Resources Planning Your Tour
June 30, 2016 Maggie Rodriguez Little Known Repertoire for Orchestras: Elgar Symphony No. 1 Looking for a fantastic, but relatively unknown piece to perform with your orchestra? Consider Edward Elgar’s Symphony No. 1 in A-flat major. Backstage Blog Music Educator Resources
June 28, 2016 Tori Cook The Undeniable Benefits of Band, Orchestra and Choir Trips As a choir director and employee at Encore Tours, I can say without a doubt that every traveling ensemble undergoes a transformation at the end of the tour that enhances their music program on bot… Backstage Blog Music Educator Resources