We’re thrilled to offer a Summer 2022 Encore University semester - keeping you singing, dancing, creating, and learning throughout the summer months!
Our Summer 2022 session features 10 more courses, facilitated by top-notch performer-educators and clinicians. Registration is open NOW, and classes start June 6th, so be sure to sign up soon!
This expansive Encore University curriculum is available to you, all inclusive for up to 100 individual classes for $185 per semester;.
Here’s what we’re offering this semester. Each 10-week course runs one hour per week, beginning the week of June 6, 2022. Click HERE to register.
MONDAY
1:00 pm
Movement and Mobility for Singers with Sara Lavan
4:00 p.m.
Basic Musicianship with Thomas Colohan
TUESDAY
1:00 p.m.
Music Theory I with Jonathan Kolm
4:00 p.m.
Music Theory II with Jonathan Kolm
WEDNESDAY
1:00 p.m.
Class Voice I//II with Jacquelynne Fontaine
4:00 p.m.
Music as Literature (Encore Book Club) with Mary Ann East - The World in Six Songs by Daniel Levitin
THURSDAY
1:00 P.M.
Ballet Barre and Stretch with Sara Levan
4:00 p.m.
Shakespeare's Women in Opera with Natalie Lerch
FRIDAY
1:00 P.M.
Ear Training and Sight-Singing I/II with Mary Ann East
4:00 p.m.
Art History/Virtual Museum Tours with Adrienne Wyman
We are pleased to announce: Annual Encore Summer Chorale Institutes return in 2022!
Regardless of your level of experience, you will love these fun and educational choral camps. In five days, our conductors will mold singers into polished chorale ensembles. They will present a grand finale concert at the end of their week!
Don't miss these wonderful opportunities to work with one or more of Encore's dynamic faculty. A rehearsal CD and music will be provided in advance to assist singers in preparing for the program.
Encore Comes to Wilmington FREE REHEARSAL AND OPEN HOUSE
SATURDAY, JUNE 25 9:30AM - 12:00 PM
Join us for a rehearsal to be run by David Simmons, conductor of The Encore Chorale of Wilmington, which will include vocal warm-ups, vocal strengthening, and the rehearsal of several fun choral works. Come for the entire morning or just part of the session; there is no obligation, and we would love to meet you! To learn more, click: Wilmington Retreat
Free Rehearsal and Open House Saturday, June 25 9:30 a.m. to Noon Trinity Episcopal Church 1108 N. Adams St. Wilmington, DE 19801 (Corner of Delaware Ave.)
Click HERE to register.
Encore is the nation's largest organization for adults over the age of 55. Encore, founded in the BaltImore-Washington area, has choral programs across the country, including Maryland; Virginia; Washington, DC; California; New York, NY; Ohio and Pennsylvania - and now Delaware. Come join us.
Enjoy Summer singing on Maryland's Eastern Shore!
Chorale - June 26-30, 2022 
With five days of instruction, our conductors will prepare you to perform on the grounds of historical Washington College. Each day will begin with breakfast to energize us for a morning that will include movement class, followed by a full choral rehearsal with Conductor Brian Isaac in the superb concert hall in the Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts. After lunch there will be an opportunity to enjoy the surroundings, relax, or participate in vocal technique classes or sections—it’s your choice.
A full afternoon rehearsal rounds out the daytime schedule. Singers may be seated for rehearsals and performances.
All meals will be provided in the campus dining room with a variety of offerings to please every palate. In the evening, we will keep you entertained with exciting performances by
artists of national and international reputation.
Singers will find comfortable accommodations in the residence halls with suites that include single bedrooms with a twin bed in each, shared bath, and common areas with kitchens and lounges. Couples, or a singer with guest, may elect a double room with two twin beds in a suite setting. All singers and conductors must show proof of full vaccination, including boosters.
Some of the repertoire you will sing includes:
Daa Naa Se (Oh Give Thanks), arr. Raymond Wise
Shine on Me, arr. Rollo Dilworth
The Road Home, Stephen Paulus
For Good (from "Wicked"), arr. Mac Huff
Amazing Grace, Keith McCutcheon … and more!
PRICE:
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- All-inclusive package: $895 Single/$795 Double
- Non-singing spouse or guest: $590 includes double room with singer, meals, and activities
- Commuter rate: $705 includes all rehearsals, meals, and activities
Click: WASHINGTON CHORALE to register.
Cancellation Policy for Washington College Chorale Camp
Registration fee due in full by May 1, 2022
Cancellation before May 1, 2022 – full refund minus $50 administrative/materials fee.
Cancellation between May 1, 2022 – May 24, 2022 – full refund minus $100 cancellation fee and $50 administrative/ materials fee.
Cancellation between May 25 – June 14, 2022, for any reason, Registrants will receive a 50% refund minus $50 administrative/materials fee. Commuter campers will receive a full refund minus $200 cancellation fee and $50 administrative/materials fee.
Cancellation after June 14th, 2022 – no refund
ROCKS - July 24-28, 2022
If you love to sing, love rock 'n' roll, and want to have a great time with like-minded singers age 55+, the Encore ROCKS Rock 'n' Roll Summer Institute is for you. Singers will be diving deep into the melodies, harmonies, and rhythms of the rock repertoire, during fun and intensive twice-daily rehearsals and evenings full of other fun activities. The camp culminates in a rockin’ finale concert!
Campers can count on an atmosphere that combines rigorous rehearsals under the direction of Encore Conductor and Director of ROCKS, Jeff Dokken, with downtime for socializing and sightseeing. The repertoire for the week will include music you grew up singing—and perhaps some music your kids enjoyed, too! LET'S ROCK!! All singers and conductors must show proof of full vaccination, including boosters.
Some of the repertoire you'll sing includes:
You Learn from “Jagged Little Pill” – Alanis Morisette, arr. Mark Brymer
Forrest Gump – Choral Selections – arr. A. Billingsley
Build Me Up, Buttercup – The Foundations (Tony Macauley & Michael D'Abo), arr. Roger Emerson … and lots more!
PRICE:
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- All-inclusive package: $895 Single/$795 Double
- Non-singing spouse or guest: $590 includes double room with singer, meals, and activities
- Commuter rate: $705 includes all rehearsals, meals, and activities
Click: WASHINGTON ROCKS to register.
Cancellation Policy for Washington College ROCKS Camp
Registration fee due in full by May 18, 2022
Cancellation before May 18, 2022 – full refund minus $50 administrative/materials fee.
Cancellation between May 18 – June 14, 2022 – Registrants will receive a refund minus a $100 cancellation fee and $50 administrative/materials fee.
Cancellation between June 15 – July 12, 2022 for any reason – Registrants will receive a 50% refund minus $50 administrative/materials fee. Commuter campers will receive a full refund minus $200 cancellation fee and $50 administrative/materials fee.
Cancellation after July 12, 2022 – no refund
Encore in Chautauqua: August 28-September 2, 2022
Guests who return to Chautauqua each year describe it as a place for renewal. 
The Chautauqua Institution was founded on the belief that everyone “has a right to be all that he can be -- to know all that he can know.” Encore agrees and that's why we have been returning to Chautauqua since our very first camp there in 2008. (Except for during Covid.) The end of August in Chautauqua is a tradition as old as Encore itself. It's easy to understand why if you've spent an evening on the porch of the Athenaeum Hotel, sharing wine and conversation with fellow Encore singers. Here's how a Chautauqua newcomer described her first Encore camp experience: "I felt like I was in a majestic palace surrounded by gorgeous flowers and homes and the lovely lake. It was my first time there and I was in awe about the whole experience. Spot on!
This Encore program will be conducted this year by Artistic Director Brian Isaac. Choral music will be a mix of traditional choral music, as well as rocks selections.
Each day will begin with morning movement class, followed by a full choral rehearsal with Conductor, Brian Isaac, and an opportunity to enjoy the surroundings, including lovely walks of the Institution’s grounds in the afternoons or sitting on the gorgeous porch overlooking Chautauqua Lake. There will be vocal technique classes and sectionals, as well as full rehearsals twice a day. Each evening we will enjoy a relaxing dinner in the beautiful Athenaeum Hotel dining room, followed by evening recitals and programs from artists of local and national reputation, to give participants a flavor of the “in-season” Chautauqua experience.The program will conclude Friday afternoon with a final choral concert. All singers and conductors must show proof of full vaccination, including boosters.
Some of the repertoire you'll sing includes: 
Hold Fast to Dreams, André J. Thomas
Come Fly with Me, arr. Kirby Shaw
And So it Goes, Billy Joel, arr. Bob Chilcott
Dance for Love, Z. Randall Stroope
Danny Boy, arr. Joseph Flummerfelt
True Light, Keith Hampton… and more!
PRICE:
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- All-inclusive package: $1,590 Single/$1,390 Double
- Non-singing spouse or guest: $990 includes double room with singer, meals, and activities
- Commuter rate: $775 includes all rehearsals, daily lunch, opening and closing dinner & activities
- Round trip bus fare: $200 (pickup locations TBD)
Click HERE to register.
Cancellation Policy for Chautauqua
Registration fee due in full by July 1, 2022
Cancellation before July 1, 2022 – full refund minus $50 administrative/materials fee.
Cancellation between July 1 – July 16, 2022– Registrants will receive a refund minus a $200 cancellation fee and $50 administrative/materials fee.
Cancellation between July 16 – August 16, 2022 – for any reason – Registrants will receive a 50% refund (including bus fare if applicable) minus $50 administrative/materials fee. Commuter campers will receive a full refund minus $200 cancellation fee and $50 administrative/materials fee.
Cancellation after August 16, 2022 – no refund
Encore is the nation's largest choral organization for adults over the age of 55.
Encore's mission is to provide an excellent and accessible artistic environment for older adults, regardless of experience or ability, who seek arts education and performance opportunities under a professional artist.
All Encore programs are conducted by professionals who know how to get the most from their members. So come join the excitement, either as a beginner or at an advanced level. This is a great way to develop or improve your musical abilities, meet new friends, and look forward to an exciting performance schedule.
You’re never too old to try something new—and have the time of your life!
Encore is an IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit tax exempt organization.
