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
March 25, 2025 Encore Tours What to Expect on Tour: A Director’s Guide Backstage Blog Planning Your Tour Learn More
December 4, 2014 Peter Ede The Truth About the Sound of Music Salzburg in Austria! It’s the city of music: home of Mozart and the world famous Salzburg Festival. Backstage Blog
December 2, 2014 Tori Cook Support Your Music Community This #GivingTuesday Well, folks, it’s #GivingTuesday once again! With so many non-profit organizations out there, it can be hard to decide which are the most important for your donations. Backstage Blog Music Educator Resources
November 25, 2014 Tori Cook 11 Things a Choir Director Can Be Thankful For… As a hypercritical choir director, I often find myself a pessimist in rehearsals, focusing on ways my choir can improve instead of focusing on everything that is already… Backstage Blog Music Educator Resources
November 21, 2014 Maggie Rodriguez Snapshots in Time with Encore Tours It’s a busy time of the year especially for ACIS and Encore Tours staff. However, we always make it a point to support the arts in our community. Backstage Blog
November 19, 2014 Ward Dilmore Elementary Strings Program November Now that you’re two months into the school year with your elementary strings program, there are three goals you can strive to address: 1. Backstage Blog Music Educator Resources
November 11, 2014 Maggie Rodriguez A Music Memorial It is amazing how a memory can be jarred from a simple phrase, sound or song. Recently two of our staff members, Maggie Rodriguez and Tori Cook, went to the UK on a trip together. Backstage Blog
November 4, 2014 Tori Cook All About Ensemble Management: Keeping Your Choir Organized As choir directors, we’ve all struggled from time to time trying to keep our choirs organized. Backstage Blog Music Educator Resources
October 30, 2014 Tori Cook Meet Encore Tours New Staff Member: Frieda Krantz Get to know our Encore Staff, passionate and well-traveled individuals who work hard to make your Encore Tours experience truly unforgettable. Backstage Blog
October 27, 2014 Tori Cook Encore’s Eerie Earworms – The Halloween Playlist The Encore staff is really getting into the Halloween spirit. Backstage Blog