July 27, 2017 Kate Huffman How Choirs Can Work with Orchestras: From the viewpoint of the Executive Director Encore’s Ward Dilmore with the Chorus America panelists on working with orchestras: Linda Moxley, Jeffrey Jordan, and Henry Leck Guest blogger Linda Moxley is an arts manager with o… Backstage Blog
April 28, 2017 Mollie Emerson 8 Tips for Leading a High School Band and Choir Trip as a First-Year Music Teacher This blog was written by guest blogger Mollie Emerson as part of our First Year Music Teacher Series. Backstage Blog Featured Resources
November 10, 2016 Melody Potratz This Gets Easier, Right?: Teaching Choir in the Second Year “Well it’s your second year so it’ll be easier this time around,” is a sentence I heard a few too many times this summer. Backstage Blog
June 28, 2016 Tori Cook The Undeniable Benefits of Band, Orchestra and Choir Trips As a choir director and employee at Encore Tours, I can say without a doubt that every traveling ensemble undergoes a transformation at the end of the tour that enhances their music program on bot… Backstage Blog Music Educator Resources
April 29, 2016 Melody Potratz How to Prank Your Choir I Am Cat Lady My sixth graders in third period have crowned me Cat Lady of River City. Backstage Blog Music Educator Resources
December 3, 2015 Melody Potratz Setting Up a Middle School Choir Classroom From Scratch We are pleased to introduce our new guest blogger, Melody Potratz, as part of our First Year Teacher Series. Ms. Backstage Blog Music Educator Resources
August 4, 2015 Tori Cook 13 Ways You Know You’re on a Choir Tour You Know You’re on a Choir Tour When… You sing Disney show tunes… for hours… and hours…. perfecting the harmony of your “wimoweh’s”. Backstage Blog
July 28, 2015 Stan Pretty The Emerald Isle’s Successful Adult Choir Tours Working with Encore Tours has given me the great pleasure of touring with students and their inspirational music directors for many years. 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