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1. MakeMusic, Inc. Provides Vital Web Resource for Music
Education
Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:00am EDT
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MakeMusic, Inc. Provides Essential Internet Source with regard to Songs Education
"Music Education And Learning Standards as well as Assessment" Web Site Developed for music
Educators and Administrators
MakeMusic, Inc. (NASDAQ: MMUS), creators associated with SmartMusic learning as well as
assessment software, these days announced the particular launch in the Songs education Standards
and Assessment site at www.musicstandards.org.
Music educators and administrators tend to be increasingly aware of increasing anticipations
surrounding the measurement along with documentation associated with student achievement.
However, your design, funding as well as objectives associated with arts assessment methodology
vary widely in the state, your district and often even the particular university level. The Particular
new site assembles this highly sought-after information, via all 60 states, in the single place for that
initial time. While any result, audio educators now have unprecedented use of vital details and
greatest practices from over the country.
"The objective of this amazing site aligns along with MakeMusic's dedication to nurture as well as
assistance songs education within our schools," said Doug Eicher, MakeMusic's vice president of
sales. "By providing this resource, we are enabling audio schooling leaders for you to collaborate,
talk about info and also help to make informed decisions with regards to music assessment."
The website consists of facts about songs standards, teacher evaluation policies along with contacts
regarding each along with every state department associated with education and also audio
educator association organizations. Guests are given the chance to collaborate inside a assortment
involving ways, which includes providing updates and also participating throughout state-level
dialogue forums. Additionally for you to providing the platform with regard to music educators,
content through this website will also be utilized to offer the National Symposium in music
Assessment, section of the National Association with regard to Audio Education's music Schooling
Week in Baltimore, June 24-25 (details from http://musiced.nafme.org).
"Along with various other music educators from across the country, I applaud MakeMusic's vision
along with determination to generate this useful collection of resources," mentioned Dr. Scott C.
Shuler, NAfME national president (2010-2012) along with Connecticut's arts schooling specialist.
"MakeMusic, furthermore for you to providing this helpful site, features confirmed being a new
valued companion towards the songs education profession. We had been excited to participate
within the development of this site, and are delighted to determine it still grow and become an
essential reference with regard to music educators and also administrators across the country."
View your music education Standards and also Assessment website with www.musicstandards.org.

2. Project Contributors
This project has been granted via the actual generous participation with the following music
education and learning leaders:
Dr. Timothy S. Brophy, director involving institutional assessment at the university associated with
Florida and professor regarding music education, past national chair associated with NAfME
Assessment SRIG (Special Analysis Curiosity Group)
Dr. Douglas C. Orzolek, professor involving music education, St Thomas university and national
chair-elect of the Society involving Songs Teacher Education
Dr. Kelly A. Parkes, assistant professor involving music schooling with Virginia Tech as well as
national chair associated with NAfME Assessment SRIG
Lynn Tuttle, Arizona director of arts education along with president in the State Education And
Learning Agency Directors of Arts Schooling (SEADAE).
About MakeMusic, Inc.
MakeMusic®, Inc. is a globe leader within music technology whose mission would end up being to
develop and market options that transform how songs will be composed, taught, learned along with
performed. With Regard To a lot more than twenty years, Finale® has been the particular sector
normal within audio notation software, enabling composers, arrangers, musicians, teachers,
students as well as publishers for you to create, edit, audition, print as well as publish musical
scores. MakeMusic can furthermore be the actual creator regarding SmartMusic® education and
learning computer software that is transforming the way students practice. Using SmartMusic,
students and teachers have got use of thousands of band, orchestra as well as vocal pieces allowing
students to practice together with background accompaniment and get immediate feedback upon
their performance. SmartMusic enables teachers to individualize instruction and document the
particular progress of every student. the SmartMusic® Inbox(TM), an Android(TM) along with
Apple® mobile application, provides additional access pertaining to teachers to review, grade and
comment on student assignments. MusicXML(TM) is surely an Internet-friendly approach to publish
musical scores, enabling musicians in order to distribute interactive sheet audio on-line and to use
sheet audio files with a wide array of musical applications. Garritan(TM) sound libraries supply
musicians using state-of-the-art virtual instruments with almost all the playback high quality of your
live performance. Extra info concerning this Minnesota company is found from
www.makemusic.com.
About NAfME
NAfME, on their e-mail list of world's largest arts training organizations, is the only association in
which addresses just about all aspects of music education. NAfME advocates at the local, state, and
national levels; provides resources for teachers, parents, along with administrators; hosts skilled
development events; and also supplies a assortment of opportunities for students as well as
teachers. The Actual Association orchestrates success regarding millions of students nationwide and
contains supported music educators whatsoever teaching ranges for a lot a lot more than a century
using initiatives such as the introduction of national standards for audio education. www.nafme.org
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MakeMusic, Inc.
Karen VanDerBosch, 952-906-3690
Chief Operating Officer as well as Chief Economic Officer
kvanderbosch@makemusic.com