Press Releases and Posting Your Ensemble’s Press Kit
Whether it's for local concert promotions, touring overseas, or just posting on your website, a well-constructed press kit can be…
Lesson Plan 12/13: Responding – Analyze & Interpret – Teaching the Core Music Standards
Lesson Plan 12: Responding – Analyze MU:Re7.2.E.Ia Explain how the analysis of passages and understanding the way the elements of…
Chorus America’s Online Learning Program Sponsored by Encore Tours
Chorus America’s online learning program is a professional development opportunity that covers the topics choruses and choral leaders want to…
The 5 Most Insightful Thoughts from Tri-M Scholarship Applicants
We recently announced the winner of the 2016 Tri-M/Encore Tours Scholarship in which high school applicants were asked to write an essay…
Defining Music as a Universal Language: Interviewing the 2016 Tri-M Scholarship Winner
Hi, Lydia! Thank you for taking the time to interview with us today. The Encore staff thought your essay on…
Lesson Plan 11: Responding, Select – Teaching the Core Music Standards
STANDARD: MU:Re7.1.E.Ia Apply criteria to select music for specified purposes, supporting choices by citing characteristics found in the music and connections…
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…
Money Matters
With Encore, most of your traveling expenses are already covered. Still, there are some financial items you'll need to consider…
Lesson Plans 9 & 10: Performing, Present – Teaching the Core Music Standards
STANDARD: MU:Pr6.1.E.Ia Demonstrate attention to technical accuracy and expressive qualities in prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music…
4 Reasons Your Ensemble Needs a Press Kit
We’ve all faced the dreaded task of trying to piece together our ensemble’s press kit. Whether it is for your…