Got Questions?

Here are a few tips to ensure your performances are engaging and enjoyable for you and our audience!

Folders

• All singers should perform with a solid-black, non-reflective folder (this can be a simple 3-ring binder) that holds all your choral octavos securely and in concert order.
• When taking the stage, please secure your black folder in your left hand, keeping it closed and at your side until the conductor takes the podium and signals for you to raise your music.
• When actively singing, it’s important to hold your folder in a comfortable position in front of your body, at mid-chest level, allowing you to easily see both your music and the conductor.

Acknowledging the Conductor / Guest Performers and Audience

• At Encore Creativity, we believe our conductors and guest performers are hugely important to the community we build in both rehearsals and performances. With that in mind, it’s completely acceptable to subtly acknowledge them at the end of a performance by clapping along with the audience in attendance.
• Before and during the performance, however, it’s best to remain completely focused on the conductor (not talking with other nearby singers, limiting unnecessary movement, and never signaling/waving to audience members from the stage).

As of July 2024, Encore singers are not required but are encouraged to stay up-to-date on vaccinations and boosters for COVID-19. For full information on our COVID-19 recommendations, please see the Encore Creativity COVID Task Force statement from April 25, 2024.

Encore follows the decision of the local school district to which a program belongs for weather-related closings. This means:

• If a city or county school district closes due to weather, in-person rehearsals in that district will not be held.
• If a rehearsal venue chooses to close independent of the school district, that ensemble will not meet in person.
• If a school district announces an early closure, rehearsals that begin prior to the early dismissal time will still meet. Rehearsals meeting after that time will not be held.
• If a local school district has a delayed opening, programs that meet after the adjusted start time will meet as scheduled.
• We encourage you to stay home if you feel personally uncomfortable with driving to
  rehearsal.

Encore offers online rehearsals each week, and any in-person singers are welcome to join an online rehearsal when they feel it is most convenient for them.

Click here to view our videography policy.

Click here to view a copy of our registration waiver.

Definitely not! No auditions are necessary for an Encore program and singers of all skill levels are welcome. Encore ensembles are comprised of people who have sung with organized groups for many years, as well as people who have never sung with a group before. Some didn't even know they could sing!

For our chorales, our fall season is typically focused on holiday music as our concerts are performed in December. We select some songs that touch on December holidays, but trend toward more seasonal secular music overall. In the spring, the sky’s the limit! We sing Broadway, oratorio, spirituals, and even a little opera. We always include a surprise or two to keep our singers – and our audiences – excited and surprised by the repertoire.

Encore ROCKS ensembles sing choral arrangements of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll hits of the 50s – 80s, with a sprinkling of modern-day hits. Our repertoire is meant to take you on a journey from the classics to the contemporary, and everything in-between.

Sentimental Journey Singers sing familiar songs in a warm group setting, like Sleigh Ride in the winter and Let it Shine for the spring, and, of course, the signature song Sentimental Journey.

Encore follows the decision of the local school district to which a program belongs for weather-related closings. This means:

• If a city or county school district closes due to weather, in-person rehearsals in that district will not be held.
• If a rehearsal venue chooses to close independent of the school district, that ensemble will not meet in person.
• If a school district announces an early closure, rehearsals that begin prior to the early dismissal time will still meet. Rehearsals meeting after that time will not be held.
• If a local school district has a delayed opening, programs that meet after the adjusted start time will meet as scheduled.
• We encourage you to stay home if you feel personally uncomfortable with driving to
  rehearsal.

Encore offers online rehearsals each week, and any in-person singers are welcome to join an online rehearsal when they feel it is most convenient for them.

Yes! We want you to experience every one of our talented conductors and to build relationships with singers throughout our Encore Creativity community. So, if you’re registered to sing with a chorale, you can visit and rehearse with any other chorale – just show up, check in with the Chorale or ROCKS Coordinator, and sing! Similarly, if you’re registered as a ROCKer, you can visit and rehearse with any other ROCKS ensemble. All you’ll need to do is provide proof of your COVID-19 vaccination and first booster to sing with a new ensemble – think of your COVID documents as your passport to our expansive Encore programming.

Yes! Anyone may attend the first rehearsal in the season to try out singing with an Encore ensemble without committing to our program. Experience the joy of singing with us – we know you’ll love it! After the first week of rehearsal, we require all singers to be registered with us.

Read our waiver here - this form will be a part of our sign-up process.

As of July 2024, Encore singers are not required but are encouraged to stay up-to-date on vaccinations and boosters for COVID-19. For full information on our COVID-19 recommendations, please see the Encore Creativity COVID Task Force statement from April 25, 2024.

We will honor individual requests for a full refund until 11:59 PM on the date of your registered program's second rehearsal. After this point, no refunds will be issued. If circumstances warrant a shut-down of in-person rehearsals, Encore has added online rehearsals to cover any sessions missed. Participants can continue the sessions online, until in-person rehearsals are restored. Since an alternative form of study is available, no refunds for the shut-down of in-person rehearsals will be issued.

Encore's refund policy is based on the specific state date of rehearsals. We will honor individual requests for a full refund until 11:59 PM on the date of your registered ensemble's second rehearsal.

If special circumstances warrant that a singer must withdraw from a program, a credit may be issued for a future rehearsal season.