Are Common Core Compliance and Recertification Credits part of your challenge as a music educator? Then you’re going to love this! Encore Tours is excited to announce a new benefit for our current and future Directors – our Bonus Rewards Program designed to meet your Common Core and Recertification needs. Your Encore Tours Sales Consultant has all the details you need to obtain your one, two, or three credit transcript at the conclusion of your Encore performance tour. These are Graduate Level Professional Development Semester Credits/Units provided by one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in California, and accepted by school districts throughout the USA. Simply put, you can earn up to three semester credits/units for recertification each time you travel with Encore! What better way to earn these necessary credits for recertification than by travelling with your music ensemble on the trip of a lifetime? You’re passionate about your work. The hours you devote to building your ensemble prove it. Encore Tours feels that you should receive the maximum benefits for all your hard work. In addition to fundraising support, insurance-for-all, and great performance venues with guaranteed audiences, you can now obtain Graduate Level Professional Development Semester Units/Credits for Recertification. While you’re taking your music to new places, we’re making sure you receive all the credit you deserve.
November 2, 2026 Encore Tours Venue Spotlight: Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral Explore St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna: its history, its deep ties to Haydn and Mozart, and what it’s like for your ensemble to perform there. Backstage Blog
October 27, 2026 Encore Tours Music Tour Planning Mistakes: 7 Horror Stories to Avoid Every music director has heard one. The tour where the price went up after families had already paid. The concert where the ensemble outnumbered the audience. Backstage Blog
October 21, 2026 Encore Tours Meet Encore Tours at the 2026 Midwest Clinic Encore Tours is heading to The 80th Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference, taking place December 16–18, 2026, at McCormick Place West in Chicago. Backstage Blog