I was wondering if VDL2.5 worked with Encore?

It depends on Encore's MIDI or plugin hosting capabilities. If it's capable of hosting AU (mac) or VST (PC) instrument plugins, it's possible it could work, but you may also have to contend with the challenge of percussion mapping which allows for proper display/playback of unpitched percussion parts. Currently, [url=https://www.tapspace.com/Finale-2010-Academic-pr-89.html]Finale[/url] and [url=https://www.tapspace.com/Sibelius-6-Competitive-Crossgrade-pr-87.html]Sibelius[/url] are the two notation programs that we know work well with VDL 2.5. I believe both companies offer ";Competitive Crossgrade"; pricing for Encore users as an incentive to switch to their programs.