By Marcia Neel, Heather Mansell, and Dr. Dave Gerhart
Most educators are not aware that billions of dollars in federal funding are available for schools and districts to use to support arts education.
Start the Year on the Right Note with this Healthy Habit Tracker
Start the new year on the right notes with our free Healthy Habit Tracker worksheet! Have students choose habit ideas from the Music and Self-Care lists on the bottom of the worksheet (or come up with their own!) to list in the habit column of the spreadsheet.
Avoiding 9th Grade Attrition: Strategies for an Effective Transition to your High School Music Program
The transition between middle school and high school is a critical time for music students. With the growing pressure to take on more academic rigor and increased opportunities to participate in activities and groups at the high school, many students and families can feel anxious about balancing these various interests and time commitments.
New Tuner in MakeMusic Cloud
We’re excited to announce the launch of the new MakeMusic Cloud Tuner!
Just in time for the school year, we revamped our tuner into something more robust for our users.
Print on Demand Is Here
Please Note: As of August 1, 2021, Print is only accessible to users with Print add-ons. Learn more.
Our goal at MakeMusic Cloud is to provide solutions for every learning situation that music teachers and students are faced with this school year.
New Favorites List Feature in SmartMusic
We’re excited to announce the launch of the new Favorites List feature in SmartMusic!
Just in time for the school year, now you can easily save, organize, and access your favorite titles in SmartMusic—whether it’s content from our unrivaled repertoire library, or content you’ve created yourself in Compose or Sight Reading Builder.
Using MakeMusic Cloud to Teach to National Standards
In June of 2014 the National Coalition for Core Art Standards released the new Core Music Standards. The overarching goal of these new standards is to foster Music Literacy defined as the ability to understand a medium and communicate in that medium.
6 Simple Steps for Starting Your Music Booster Organization
Have you been struggling to get funding for your growing music program? Though schools and districts have the bulk of the responsibility for providing the needs of school music programs, often they fall short of the mark.
The Practice Revolution: A 3 Pronged Approach to Productive Practice
There are four principles that I consider to be the fundamental framework for music instruction: Posture, Pulse, Phonology and Personality.
Product Update: MIDI Assessment
You asked, we listened. In the last month, we’ve made many improvements to help educators and students work more efficiently in MakeMusic Cloud (SmartMusic).