Our Initiatives
At the Encore Music Education Foundation, Inc., we aim to use creative and unique initiatives to increase our capacity to fund and support musical talents and programs everywhere. Please read below for more information on our current initiatives.
“The Magic of Music”
~EMEF 2025 Fundraising Initiative Theme~
We are happy to announce our 2025 fundraising theme: The Magic of Music. As we look towards the year ahead, we want to celebrate the magic that music can bring to our lives, and the lives of those in need. Magic can be truly created through music; Music can heal, give hope, help grieve, repair, inspire, invoke memories once forgotten, and bring people together – what else is there in this world that does that other than maybe magic?
EMEF aims to bring this magic to all students in need. When students have the chance to explore music education, follow their passions, and shoot for the stars, the future is limitless and magic can happen.
On Saturday, November 8th, 2025 we will be hosting a gala and silent auction event! Each year, EMEF, in collaboration with Encore Music Academy and Recording Studios, holds a musical fundraiser benefit event. All proceeds from the event benefit EMEF and scholarships for students of music in need. Stay tuned for more information about the program and exciting opportunities to participate!
50/50 Raffle Initiative – Tickets On Sale Now!
Join our 50/50 raffle! EMEF’s 50/50 raffle tickets for 2025 are NOW AVAILABLE to purchase in person at Encore Music Academy and Recording Studios – located at 3 Bent Street, Franklin, MA 02038. Tickets can also be purchased at Encore’s upcoming Senior Concert and Spring Recitals this year, and members of the Encore EnHarmonix Recording Ensemble will also be selling them!
Tickets are $10 a piece and we will sell a minimum of 200 tickets this year – meaning the winner will take home at least $1,000!! We will draw the winner at our next special fundraising event in Fall 2025 – perfect timing to help purchase all of those holiday gifts!
More information on our Fall 2025 special event coming soon.
New Encore EnHarmonix Albums Available NOW!
All profits from the sale of Encore EnHarmonix’s six albums go directly to the Encore Music Education Foundation, Inc., supporting the Foundation in providing scholarships and subsidies to deserving music students and programs in need!
“Magic”
To celebrate the magic that music can bring to the world and our 2025 Fundraising Initiative – The Magic of Music – the Encore EnHarmonix are proud to present their inspired album, which includes whimsical and fantastical covers of your childhood movie favorites. Take a listen below to hear excerpts from beloved childhood movies such as “Frozen”, “The Little Mermaid”, and “The Princess and the Frog”! 100% of the proceeds of this album contribute to supporting music students and programs in need through the Encore Music Education Foundation, Inc. This album was recorded one voice and one instrument at a time during Covid, and features children ages 8-18. Give this a listen – it’s truly magical!
“FAB”
60 years to the week before this Encore EnHarmonix album was released, the Beatles reached the number one spot on the Billboard charts in the U.S. for the very first time with the song “Love Me Do.” It seems only fitting then that The Encore EnHarmonix proudly released their very own Beatles tribute album during that same week in 2024, “FAB,” on all digital platforms, including Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and YouTube, to name a few!
This album, re-imagined and produced by Lisa Ostrow, engineered and mastered by Emma Newton, with arrangements by Emma Newton and Patrick Dreier, is performed by The Encore EnHarmonix, a group of very talented young singers, ages 9 to 18, directed by Rebecca Abalutzk.
“STARS”
The Encore EnHarmonix are proud to present: STARS! We are so excited to announce that Encore Music Academy and Recording Studios’ recording ensemble’s new album is available for purchase! Check out this video below for a sneak peak, and check out a preview of the album at the link below!
All proceeds benefit the Encore Music Education Foundation, Inc.; give us a call, message, or email for more info.
Encore Students Raise Money for EMEF Through Benefit Concerts!
In Spring 2020, longtime Encore student, Katie Laurence, dedicated her National Honors Society Service Project to the Foundation! Katie has taken voice, music theory, and more at Encore along with her family for years, and has grown to have a fierce love of music and all it has offered her. To give back, Katie decided that she would like to hold a benefit concert, to raise enough money to support one student in need’s music education for a whole semester at Encore Music Academy and Recording Studios!
Katie met that goal through her enormous efforts, with help from volunteers, family, and friends. We are forever grateful to Katie’s commitment to access to music education for all, and are so proud of her! Check out her speech here:
Katie’s National Honors Society Service Speech
Also in 2020, another longtime Encore student, Bableen Gill, used her 8th Grade Capstone Project at the Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School to raise money for EMEF through a talent show! We are so grateful to Bableen for thinking of us, and raising money for students in need.
Worcester Red Sox Performance Initiative
Encore’s very own recording ensemble, the EnHarmonix, performed two songs and the national anthem at a Summer Worcester Red Sox game! It was “Broadway Night” at the ball park, and in honor of that, the EnHarmonix performed two Broadway-themed songs. A percentage of proceeds from tickets bought went towards the Foundation, to support scholarships for music students in need!
Check out the Encore EnHarmonix singing the National Anthem at McCoy Stadium!
Volunteer Initiative Coming Soon
Check back soon for more details if you would like to be involved and help the Foundation raise money for scholarships and subsidies through donating your time!