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The MakeMusic Blog

Tips and news for musicians, educators, and composers

10 Ways to Use SmartMusic Playlists in Your Teaching

September 6, 2022 MakeMusic Official
10 Ways to Use SmartMusic Playlists in Your Teaching

Using the Playlist creation and sharing features in the SmartMusic by MakeMusic Music Catalog is an easy and quick way to organize yourself and share music with students and colleagues.

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Power Up! Beginning with the End in Mind: Daily Fundamental Processes

September 6, 2022 Dr. Arris Golden
Daily Fundamental Processes

For an instrumental music teacher at any level, the most important moments of the rehearsal are the first moments, when students prepare both mentally and physically for the rehearsal to begin.

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Composer Cues – Fanfare for a New Era by Pinkzebra

September 6, 2022 MakeMusic Official

In the Composer Cues series, composers describe their creative process, offer teaching suggestions, and provide messages to performers. Use this interview as repertoire inspiration for future programs.

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Power Up! Recharge, Rebuild, and Reinvigorate

September 5, 2022 Brian Balmages
Recharge, Rebuild, and Reinvigorate

This year feels different. While many programs may be in a rebuilding mode, a lot of things have become more certain.

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SmartMusic Q&A with Sing Me a Story

August 31, 2022 Autumn Dobbeck
Sing Me a Story

Sing Me a Story’s mission is to serve deserving families in need through the imaginative stories of their children and the power of music.

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SmartMusic’s Unrivaled Repertoire Library

August 24, 2022 MakeMusic Official
Unrivaled Repertoire Library

As an ensemble director, your literature selections define your success. No matter your repertoire choices, you want a practice app for your students with a library as vast and varied as the music you have programmed.

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Power Your School Year with SmartMusic

August 23, 2022 MakeMusic Official
power your school year
Ready for Classroom, Home Practice, and Educator Support

SmartMusic is your partner in and out of the classroom with our standard included features of Assignment Creation, Gradebook, Sight Reading Builder, and Compose Tool.

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How Can I Use SmartMusic with S-Cubed Sight Singing Program?

August 17, 2022 Dale Duncan
s-cubed sight singing

Are you an S-Cubed Sight Singing Program user who also has a SmartMusic subscription?

Maybe you have access to SmartMusic, and you’ve heard of S-Cubed, but you don’t know much about it, and you want to learn more?

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SmartMusic August 2022 Repertoire Update

August 12, 2022 MakeMusic Official
August 2022 Repertoire Update

In the last month, our Repertoire Development team added 43 new Interactive titles to the SmartMusic library.

Click here to view all of this month’s new Interactive solos and ensemble pieces as a PDF, or one of the shareable playlists below.

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Single Sign-On Is Here!

August 10, 2022 MakeMusic Official

As part of our initial step for Learning Management System integration, we have released Single Sign-On for the highest requested LMSs from teachers!

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