Last year around this time, we released a solo collection called Spooky Solos. This collection contains 14 songs that fit this time of year perfectly like The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, In the Hall of the Mountain King, I’m So Happy I’m a Ghost and more.
As I write this, SmartMusic includes more than 2,800 concert titles, and the number is continually growing.
The Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME) is a non-profit whose mission is to assist music educators in applying technology to improve teaching and learning in music.
In addition to using SmartMusic in practice rooms and at home, many educators are using SmartMusic in the classroom too.
Windy Fullagar and her sons, Jack (baritone) and Wilson (trumpet). I love Wilson’s shirt (although it looks pretty clean to me)!
Mark D’Angelo and Bob Grifa pictured at the 2010 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago
I think many educators occasionally question whether the long hours and paperwork are worth it.
Sometimes a fun educational activity may be the perfect fit for your lesson plans. Here’s an idea for using SmartMusic in your class on just such an occasion.
In my last blog, I shared some ideas of how SmartMusic can help percussion students practice more musically AND develop mallet keyboard awareness.
Three snare drum methods were recently added to the SmartMusic repertoire library. As a percussionist and former music educator, I was very pleased with this development, as I know these methods will be very beneficial to teachers and students.
In my last post we discussed how to group SmartMusic assignments together as a unit. Today we’ll assign a unit.