MakeMusic Announces Release of SmartMusic for iPad

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MakeMusic, Inc. today announced the official release of the widely anticipated SmartMusic iPad app, which is now available in the Apple App Store. The new interactive music education app delivers the revolutionary functionality pioneered in the desktop version of SmartMusic, including quality practice tools, assessment, and accompaniment features-all for use on the iPad, which has been widely adopted by the education marketplace.

"SmartMusic has become the standard music learning software for s! tudents and music educators throughout the United States, and creating a SmartMusic app for the iPad was a natural evolution for our groundbreaking product to provide the most advanced tools for our educators and students on a mobile platform," said Karen VanDerBosch, CEO. "We are elated to be able to respond to the requests of so many of our educators by transforming how students learn and perform music using the iPad. It's a privilege to work together with so many music educators, and we are committed to delivering innovative music solutions in ways that address our educators' needs.

Features of SmartMusic on the iPad include:

• Music on screen
• Practice with high quality accompaniments
• Practice specific measures at your desired speed
• Record, compare and save performances
• Select start and stop measures
• See how you performed with red/green notes assessment
• Support for brass, percussion, string! , woodwinds, and voice

Along with a SmartMusic annual subscription, the app gives unlimited access to SmartMusic's expansive repertoire library, including over 50 method books, nearly 50,000 skill building exercises and a combined 22,000+ solo and ensemble titles by major publishers, such as Alfred, Hal Leonard, Belwin, Kjos, Barnhouse and others. The method books, solo and ensemble literature, jazz improvisation, and vocal skill-building exercises that have made SmartMusic invaluable in the music classroom, and as a practice companion for students, are now available for students to use on iPads anytime, anywhere.

"When we first started to demonstrate SmartMusic on the iPad at music educator conventions over the winter, we were amazed by the tremendous excitement and positive feedback we received from music educators and students alike," stated Michael Williamson, SmartMusic Product Manager. "We were able to take many of the suggestions we received and include them into this debut version. We will continu! e to work with our music educators to build upon the many innovative features of this initial release." With more schools adopting one-to-one iPad programs and the acceptance of 'bring-your-own-device' into the classroom, SmartMusic on the iPad provides the most robust music learning software available on any mobile platform.

SmartMusic on the iPad is available for FREE on the Apple App Store and joins the growing family of MakeMusic mobile products, including SmartMusic Inbox and Finale Songbook for music notation. The ability for students to receive and submit assignments will be added to the SmartMusic app this fall.

More information about SmartMusic and other MakeMusic brands can be found at makemusic.com.

About MakeMusic, Inc.

MakeMusic®, Inc. is a world leader in music technology whose mission is to develop and market solutions that transform how music is composed, taught, learned and performed. For more than 20 years, ! Finale® has been the industry standard in music notation software, enabling composers, arrangers, musicians, teachers, students and publishers to create, edit, audition, print and publish musical scores. MakeMusic is also the creator of SmartMusic® interactive software that is transforming the way students practice. With SmartMusic, students and teachers have access to thousands of band, orchestra and vocal pieces allowing students to practice with background accompaniment and get immediate feedback on their performance. SmartMusic allows teachers to individualize instruction and document the progress of every student. The SmartMusic Inbox™, an Android™ and Apple® mobile application, provides additional access for teachers to review, grade and comment on student assignments. MusicXML™ is an Internet-friendly way to publish musical scores, enabling musicians to distribute interactive sheet music online and to use sheet music files with a wide variety of musical appli cations. Garritan™ sound libraries provide musicians with state-of-t! he-art virtual instruments with the playback quality of a live performance. Additional information about this Minnesota company can be found atwww.makemusic.com.