March 30, 2026 Encore Tours A New Orchestra Festival at Boston Symphony Hall There are certain stages that change how students think about performing. Boston Symphony Hall is one of them. Backstage Blog Learn More
March 2, 2026 David Solar Meet Barbara Brown, Encore’s New Director of Orchestras Backstage Blog Learn More
January 27, 2026 Encore Tours How an Encore Performance Tour Works: From Planning to Final Concert Backstage Blog Featured Resources Planning Your Tour Learn More
December 11, 2025 Encore Tours Announcing the 2026 Encore Crescendo Contest Backstage Blog Learn More
April 30, 2014 Roni Hyman Encore Tours at the 2014 Walk for Music This past Sunday, April 27, Encore Tours was lucky enough to get the chance to attend and exclusively sponsor Boston’s 11th annual Walk for Music, an event where indiv… Backstage Blog
April 25, 2014 Roni Hyman Argentina: The Country That Has It All What do you picture when you hear the word “Argentina”? Is it the beautiful, bustling city of Buenos … Backstage Blog
April 3, 2014 Ward Dilmore If You’re a Band Director, You’ll Love This Picture your band marching in the St. Patrick’s Day Parades in Dublin and Limerick. You really can’t imagine a more exciting experience. Backstage Blog
April 2, 2014 Ward Dilmore A Proven Cure For Music Teacher Burn-Out I taught strings in grades K-college over 32 years. By my 16thyear in the profession, like many of us who teach music, I began to feel frustrated and tired. Backstage Blog
March 28, 2014 Tori Cook Music Festival Highlight – Carmel Bach Festival The Carmel Bach Festival is an important music festival celebrating the works of Johan Sebastian Bach, renowned composer and musician. Backstage Blog
March 18, 2014 Ward Dilmore Our “Prelude” to Overseas Performance Travel St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna This is an abridged version of Ward Dilmore’s article. Backstage Blog
March 13, 2014 Cindy Esquibel “Music saved my life…” – Alice Herz-Sommer The Oscars are a much anticipated event every year (at least for me) and I made sure to watch along with millions of people across the country. Backstage Blog
March 10, 2014 Adrian Metcalfe When Travel Changes Lives As an Encore Tour Manager, it is sometimes easy to forget our tagline, which appears on all of our merchandising. Backstage Blog
February 28, 2014 Peter Ede Don’t Stop Believin’ At Encore Tours, we pride ourselves on our highly professional Tour Managers, who are by your side on your performance trip from start to f… Backstage Blog