Welcome back teachers and directors! The start of a new school year is filled with energy and excitement, but let’s be honest, it can also be filled with administrative hurdles.
Why the Student Practice Experience Matters and How MakeMusic Helps
You spend your days in the room with your students modeling tone, correcting posture, building ensemble skills, and doing the hundred other things that make you a great director.
Level Up Your Sight-Singing: Introducing Sing at First Sight Templates
Sight-singing is one of the most important skills for any singer to develop, and often one of the most intimidating.
Introducing Multiple Choice Assessment
We are thrilled to open a brand-new chapter in comprehensive music learning by introducing our first-ever written assessment type: Multiple Choice Assessment.
Free PD, No Friction: MakeMusic Academy
Whether you are looking for those final end-of-year PD hours or want to bank some credits this summer (hopefully while sitting by the pool), we have your solution with a zero-cost and low-friction training platform.
Elevating Every Note: A Look at What’s New (and What’s Next) in MakeMusic Cloud
As we come to the end of another school year, our mission at MakeMusic Cloud remains the same: to provide music educators with comprehensive tools that transform the way students learn and engage with music.
Two Conductors, One Vision: Introducing Co-Teaching in MakeMusic Cloud
As every music educator knows, a great performance is rarely a solo effort. It takes a team of directors, sectional coaches, student teachers, and performers to bring a program to life.
See the Big Picture: Full-Score Viewing is Here!
Teachers, we heard you loud and clear. While the ability to focus on individual parts and receive real-time assessment is the bread and butter of practice, you also need to get your entire class practicing together.
MakeMusic Cloud is the New Exclusive Home of GIA Habits
Chicago, IL & Boulder, CO – December 17, 2025 – GIA Publications, Inc., a world leader in music education resources, and MakeMusic Cloud, the leading interactive music practice and assessment platform, today announced an exclusive, long-term partnership that unites one of the most trusted names in instrumental pedagogy with the power of digital learning.
Available now: Audio/Video-Only Assignments
We have been listening closely to your feedback and suggestions, and we are excited to announce that one of our most-requested features is available now: audio/video-only assignments!