This week we added 34 new ensemble titles to the SmartMusic Repertoire Library. These additions included choral titles as well as pieces for concert band, jazz ensemble, string orchestra and full orchestra:
‘S Wonderful Gershwin, Ira; Gershwin, George; Baker, Paul Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.SmartMusic Update August 2015
Today we released a SmartMusic update. While a few small improvements are included, the primary purpose of this release was to resolve two issues:
Certain Mac users were crashing when exporting MP3 files or submitting assignments An SSL handshake issue was preventing some Windows users from launching SmartMusicIf you are using the latest version of SmartMusic, this update will be applied automatically unless you have turned off automatic updates.
Tarpon Springs, Florida: Marching Band Champions and More
I keep hearing great things from Florida about the Tarpon Springs High School music program, whose marching band is a seven-time Bands of America AA and AAA Division National Champion (seen above in Grand Nationals).
2015 Southwest Summer Music Exhibition
The 2015 Southwest Summer Music Exhibition begins this Thursday on the beautiful River Walk in San Antonio, Texas.
Choral Music in SmartMusic
Last week, for the first time ever, we added choir repertoire to SmartMusic. In addition, a new Choir category was added to the “Find Music” section within SmartMusic to make these titles easily discoverable:
Most of the choral pieces found in SmartMusic today are titles that are regularly at the top of state contests lists.
Rob Stein on Marching Band and SmartMusic
Musicians and superheroes have a lot in common. Besides both being forces for good, they also frequently fulfill different roles by day and night.
SmartMusic Choir Repertoire Released
Last week we added 49 SmartMusic choir titles to our continually growing collection of repertoire:
Title Comp/Arr Publisher Pepper Level African Noel – TTB Moore, Donald; South African Folk Song BriLee Music Publishing Co.MakeMusic Acquires Weezic
Early this morning we announced that MakeMusic has acquired Weezic, the augmented sheet music innovator. View the press release.
Members of the Weezic and MakeMusic teams, seen in MakeMusic’s Boulder offices in June, 2015.
SmartMusic Update July 2015
We are happy to announce that SmartMusic will be updated in the next few days.
Additions include:
Choral content – A new Choir category has been added to Find Music and will appear in My Library when choral content is downloaded.SmartMusic Repertoire Released: 20 Ensemble Titles
We recently added another 20 new ensemble titles to the growing collection of SmartMusic repertoire. Among the pieces for Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, String Orchestra and Full Orchestra included in this batch are:
Nautical Bits and PiecesAs the title suggests, “Nautical Bits & Pieces” contains short excerpts from eight well-known sea and river songs.