When your students have proficient music reading skills, you can spend more time working on expression, intonation, articulation, phrasing, and more.
Composer Cues – Umbrella by Andy Beck
Hear composers describe their creative process, offer teaching suggestions, and provide messages to performers in our Composer Cues series.
SmartMusic July 2022 Repertoire Update
In the last month, our Repertoire Development team added 51 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.
Power Your Creativity with SmartMusic
SmartMusic is designed to not only help with music practice, but to enhance your music creation as well. The key to maximizing your creative potential is having a suite of easy-to-use tools at your fingertips.
Power Your Practice with SmartMusic
Learning a musical instrument takes a lot of practice! Nothing motivates you or your students’ successful practice more than a sense of exploration and fun.
Power Your Teaching with SmartMusic
At SmartMusic we understand the amount of time and care you devote to each rehearsal, lesson, and performance. SmartMusic can help you to focus on your students by putting a wealth of tools at your fingertips that improve the operational aspects of the classroom.
Power Your Potential with SmartMusic
It has certainly been a(n) ______________ [fill in the blank: interesting/trying/exhausting/different/challenging
/enlightening] couple of years. And we at SmartMusic want to thank you for all that you’ve done to keep the love of music going, staying the course, sticking with us as we maneuver through these uncharted waters.
Tips for Recording Various Instruments in MakeMusic Cloud
Part of pointing your students toward success in MakeMusic Cloud is ensuring that they’re set up to take the best recording of their performances, thus receiving the most accurate assessments.
FAQs on Federal Funding for Music Education
As educators, you’re likely aware that there are funds being allocated to schools and districts across the country as part of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and the COVID relief bills that have been signed into law over the last several years.
Free Activity: Making Mood Music Playlists
Has a song ever changed your mood? Do you like to listen to a particular song or artist when you are happy or sad?