MakeMusic, Inc. has announced that it has joined forces with Music for All, Inc. (MFA) in their mission to support music and the arts in education. MakeMusic’s corporate sponsorship represents MFA’s first partnership agreement since the September 2006 merger of Bands of America and the Music for All Foundation. MFA is one of the largest and most influential US national music education organizations in support of active music-making.

At the core of this partnership is MakeMusic’s SmartMusic – learning software for students of all levels in band, orchestra and choir. Equipped with more than 30,000 accompaniments, 50,000 skill-building exercises and recording capabilities, students play or sing their part with accompaniment and receive, in real-time on the computer, detailed feedback on their performance. Musicians can control tempo, key, practice loops and tuner, and they can even record their performances and assessments and e-mail or burn assignments onto a CD.

ITG members may already be familiar with SmartMusic since a CD for the program was distributed to all members, along with details of a subscription deal, last year.  For more details of SmartMusic and the new link between MFA and MakeMusic, please visit the websites listed below.

Websites:
SmartMusic
Music for All
MFA press release on the MakeMusic partnership