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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July 8, 2015 Tori Cook Funding Your Music Program in Under 1 Hour Bake sales? Car washes?! Who has time for that? As music teachers, we try to focus all of our time and energy just on teaching the music. Backstage Blog Music Educator Resources
June 29, 2015 Anita Mandl The Truth Behind Vienna’s Famous Sachertorte (and other Austrian dishes)! I have arrived in my favorite European city, Vienna, the classical music capital of the world; you could even say the cake and pastry capital of the world! I am here to meet my Encore group, Inter… Backstage Blog
June 23, 2015 Tori Cook How to Plan a Musical Mission Tour in 5 Steps (For Church Choirs) Musical mission tours are an important part of transforming cultures and societies throughout the world. Backstage Blog
June 15, 2015 Ward Dilmore 6 Universal Truths on Motivating Musicians to Practice Every ensemble director faces this universal challenge: motivating musicians to practice. Backstage Blog Music Educator Resources
June 11, 2015 Tori Cook Summer Reading: 3 Compelling Books for the Music Teacher Hang in there—the school year is almost over! As summer quickly approaches, it’s time to start thinking about all the things you’re going to check off of y… Backstage Blog Music Educator Resources
June 9, 2015 Maggie Rodriguez Truly Poetic: A Touring Story by St. Anthony’s High School Choir, New York Earlier this year, St. Backstage Blog
June 5, 2015 Maggie Rodriguez A Performance Tour Collaboration with the SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities This spring, the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities took the world stage on their performance tour of Central Europe. Backstage Blog
June 2, 2015 Cindy Esquibel Sing-Alongs at the Temple of Heaven Traveling to China was quite an amazing, if not slightly surreal, experience for me. Backstage Blog
May 26, 2015 Tori Cook Encore Sponsors the 2015 Walk For Music & the Arts Encore Tours is a proud sponsor of the walk and we are committed to giving back to music programs across the country. Backstage Blog