December 11, 2025 Encore Tours Announcing the 2026 Encore Crescendo Contest Performance tours create moments that stay with you. A quiet warmup before the doors open. A view from the risers that captures the character of a venue. Backstage Blog Learn More
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January 29, 2013 Chris Keeling What is the best way to learn to play music? Music is a form of communication. It gives the performer a medium at which to communicate their emotions, feelings, and even complicated thoughts. Backstage Blog
January 25, 2013 James Knapp Happy Conferencing! It’s conference time! The Encore team and I had the pleasure of attending the Florida Music Educator’s Conference earlier this month. Backstage Blog
January 11, 2013 Tori Cook Live in Musical Tours vs. Motion Pictures Follow-Up Photo courtesy of the New York Daily News I wanted to follow-up on my previous blog post regarding live entertainment versus motion pictures. Backstage Blog
December 21, 2012 Sabrina Nikolov Holiday Performance Tours The true spirit of Christmas The holidays always tend to remind me of the Christmas seasons that I spent in Europe. Backstage Blog
December 14, 2012 Chris Keeling Trying to Teach Music For the First Time My friend recently asked me to teach him the piano. I have been playing music most of my life, but I have never tried to teach someone how to play. Backstage Blog
December 5, 2012 Tori Cook A Great Choir Concert with Perkins School for the Blind! The Chamber Choir at Perkins Each year my choir, Chorus pro Musica, performs a joint concert with the chamber choir at the Perkins School for the Blind in Water… Backstage Blog
November 19, 2012 Rebecca Ray A Musical Memoir: The Importance of College Music Tours With the holidays approaching, memories are flooding my head and are taking me back to the most memorable seasonal performances in which I have performed. Backstage Blog
November 15, 2012 Tori Cook Live Entertainment in Musical Tours vs. Motion Pictures In the early 2000’s we were seeing the reemergence of musicals turned motion pictures. Backstage Blog
November 14, 2012 James Knapp One Fine Day and a Choir Tour to Europe! Photo courtesy of Allposters.com Madame Butterfly was the season opener for the Boston Lyric Opera. Backstage Blog