Overview

The Performance Ensemble Solution is designed for music educators who work with ensembles, such as bands, orchestras, choirs, and others. It includes a variety of tools and resources that can be used to help students practice and improve their skills, including assessment tools for practice and sight reading, as well as a comprehensive curricular library for use in the classroom. This solution is intended to be useful for music educators working with students of all skill levels, from beginners to advanced musicians. It is marketed as a comprehensive resource for strengthening individual musicianship skills within ensembles.

Included Software

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MusicFirst Classroom

A central hub for software integrations, student portfolios, gradebook, communication tools, and curricular resources.
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Focus on Sound software in browser
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Focus on Sound

A multimedia music encyclopedia to develop listening skills, theory, composing, and musical knowledge.
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PracticeFirst feedback in browser
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PracticeFirst

PracticeFirst is a cloud-based practice software that provides students with instantaneous and intuitive feedback, allowing them to gain meaningful insights into the quality of their practice.
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Sight Reading Factory

Sight Reading Factory makes practicing the important skill of sight reading easy, effective, and fun! This cloud-based service allows you to customize and generate unlimited sight reading examples instantly, on-demand for music educators and students.

Content

The MusicFirst Library is a collection of courses, units, lessons, and assessments within the MusicFirst Classroom that has been carefully selected and curated by a team of expert music educators, and offers a wide range of materials that are ready for use in the classroom and can be customized to meet the needs of individual educators and their curricula. 

Available Courses

Habits of a Successful Beginning Band Musician - Scott Rush, Jeff Scott, Marguerite Wilder
Music FUNdations for Band - Scott Lang, Robert Sheldon
Habits of a Successful Musician - Scott Rush, Rich Moon
Habits of a Successful Middle School Musician - Scott Rush, Jeff Scott, Emily Wilkinson, Rich Moon, Kevin Boyle
Beginning Band Course - Dr. Jim Frankel (MusicFirst)
Intermediate Band Course - Dr. Jim Frankel (MusicFirst)
Advanced Band Course - Dr. Jim Frankel (MusicFirst)
Habits of a Successful Choral Musician - Eric Wilkinson, Scott Rush
S-Cubed: Successful Sight Singing - Dale Duncan
Middle School Chorus Course - MusicFirst
High School Chorus Course - MusicFirst
Music FUNdations for Strings - Scott Lang, Robert Sheldon
Habits of a Successful String Musician - Christopher Selby, Scott Rush, Rich Moon
Beginning Orchestra - MusicFirst
Intermediate Orchestra - MusicFirst
Advanced Orchestra - MusicFirst
Complete Method for Modern Guitarists - Michael Durig
Introduction to Mariachi/Introducción al Mariachi (Available in Spanish and English) - John Nieto 

Included Resources

Flip
Incredibox
InTune Monthly Magazine
Metronome/Tuner
Music Tech Helper Blog
MusicEDU
MusicTheory.net
YouDJ for Education

Pricing

Solution

50-99
Users
100-999
Users
1000+
Users
MusicFirst for Performance Ensembles
$11.001
$11.001
Price on request
  1. Plus $99 setup fee on new MusicFirst Classroom sites.

Case Study

See this solution in action

Rotolo Middle School

Performance Ensembles
Batavia, IL
Keith Ozsvath, Band Director at Rotolo Middle School in Illinois, successfully used the Sight Reading Factory software to improve sight reading skills in his middle school band ensembles. He found that by incorporating SRF into rehearsal he was able to improve his students' sight reading and enhance their overall musicianship.

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