July 6, 2026 Encore Tours Why the Concert Experience Is at the Heart of Every Encore Performance Tour For choirs, bands, and orchestra programs, a performance tour is never just about where you go. It is about what your ensemble gets to share when you arrive. Backstage Blog Learn More
June 17, 2026 David Solar Join us at the 2026 National Pastoral Musicians Convention Backstage Blog Learn More
March 30, 2026 Encore Tours A New Orchestra Festival at Boston Symphony Hall Backstage Blog Learn More
March 2, 2026 David Solar Meet Barbara Brown, Encore’s New Director of Orchestras Backstage Blog Learn More
September 5, 2014 Tori Cook The Best Performance Venues California Offers Do your future performance tour plans include traveling to California with your ensemble? Check out these top 5 performance venues in the area for your concerts! Backstage Blog
August 28, 2014 Peter Ede Vienna’s Zentralfriedhof: Resting Place of the Musical Greats Cathedral Zentralfriedhof, Vienna There’s a perhaps unlikely stopping place on any real musical lover’s tour of Vienna. Backstage Blog
August 26, 2014 Ward Dilmore The High Cost of a Low Price Concert Tour On my first foray into international travel, I had a certifiably disastrous concert tour experience with a tour company that promised Nirvana, but de… Backstage Blog Featured Resources
August 18, 2014 Tori Cook All the World’s a Stage at a Globe Performance Last week I attended a performance of Antony and Cleopatra at the Globe Theater in London with actors Eve Best and Clive Wood playing the lead roles. Backstage Blog
August 14, 2014 Tori Cook Choral Ensembles & The Importance of Open Rehearsals Every Wednesday night during the “school year”, I conduct a small barbershop chorus in North Shore, MA – the Harborlight Show Chorus. Backstage Blog Music Educator Resources
August 11, 2014 Ward Dilmore One Concert Tour and Its Lifelong Impact Chateau de Chenonceau As music teachers, we start our school year with high expectations for our students. Backstage Blog
August 7, 2014 Tori Cook Musical Tour to Bavaria – Nuremberg Highlight Albrecht Durer House As promised, here is part two of our musical tour to Bavaria (read part one, about Bayreuth, here!). Backstage Blog
August 5, 2014 Ward Dilmore Elementary Strings Recruiting: September Whether you’re a first-year strings teacher or a dedicated veteran, recruiting new members is essential to your existence. Backstage Blog Music Educator Resources
July 31, 2014 Tori Cook Music Teachers – What are Your August Plans? As we quickly turn the corner into the month of August (July, where have you gone?!), I was thinking of what you music teachers might be going through while you prepare for the ne… Backstage Blog