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| MakeMusic Releases SmartMusic 10.0 MakeMusic announces the release of SmartMusic 10.0, a major update to the music learning software. Also released is SmartMusic Impact, a web-based student grading and records management system that saves music educators time by computerizing the posting, grading, submitting and managing of student assignments and their automatically assessed grades. Together they provide music educators the means to guide, motivate and inspire student practice time as well as a practical, realistic way to document individual student progress and comply with current assessment standards. Most importantly, SmartMusic 10.0 and Impact transform the teaching of the core curriculum of bands, orchestras and choirs: the preparation of music for public performances, on which music teachers spend 95% of their class time. In the past, SmartMusic has won awards for fostering student achievement related to solo literature for contests. This activity, however, is peripheral to the fundamental challenges of preparing large ensembles for concerts. SmartMusic 10.0 and Impact address these large ensemble needs and, for the first time, SmartMusic is central to the primary objectives of school bands, orchestras and choirs. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Computing News :: home page |