Overview

The Creativity solution is geared toward general music teachers at the middle or high school levels. It's a collection of software tools designed to help your students develop their creativity through composition and audio editing. Our team of expert music educators has carefully chosen these tools to include a range of options, such as notation software, a digital audio workstation, loop-creator, and more. Plus, you'll have access to over a dozen courses in the MusicFirst Classroom content library for a whole year. This is a great way to give your students the skills and inspiration they need to succeed.

Software

Our team of music education technology specialists has curated a selection of our most popular software applications for teaching general music and sparking student creativity. These includes a cloud-based DAW for teaching audio editing and podcasting, your choice of notation software for teaching composition, a multimedia music encyclopedia, all located within a central hub for organizing classes, student portfolios, grade books, communication tools, and curricular resources.

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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

A multimedia music encyclopedia to develop listening skills, theory, composing, and musical knowledge.
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Soundtrap for Education

Soundtrap for Education is an online Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) that lets students compose, record, edit audio, and collaborate with other students.
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Flat for Education

User-friendly, collaborative music composition software that allows students to compose pieces together in real-time.

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

Bzzkit - Gavin 'Beatbox' Tyte

You're the DJ! - Meaghan O'Connor-Vince

Introduction to Popular Music - MusicFirst

Musical Styles Course - MusicFirst

Middle School Music Technology Course - MusicFirst

High School Music Theory Course - MusicFirst

Additional Resources

Incredibox

YouDJ for Education

Shed the Music

Add-Ons

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Hyperscore

Hyperscore is a music composition program designed to unlock students' creativity, regardless of their level of prior music experience.
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Cool4School

Cool4School is a music resource for elementary and primary schools comprised of top-quality, accessible, relatable songs, spanning different genres, including Reggae, Latin, African, Funk, Pop, Rock, and more. Videos accompany the songs, encouraging the use of movement and dance, making it ideal for performance or simply a fun classroom experience.

Hardware

Hardware solutions from Focusrite and Novation will be available in early 2023. For more information, contact your Education Manager.

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Launchpad

The Launchpad Mini is Novation's most compact and portable 64 GB pad MIDI grid controller. It gives you everything you need to start performing in Soundtrap for Education - and it fits right in your bag. Start making and performing tracks wherever you are!
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Launchkey

Take control of any music setup with Launchkey 37, Novation’s inspirational MIDI controller keyboard. Create and play with your favorite DAW and connect external MIDI gear. Scale and Chord Modes expand your musical vocabulary, velocity-sensitive pads and keys provide expressive control.
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Vocaster

How do you get the essential studio setup your podcast needs? The answer has never been clearer. Get studio sound with the included professional quality mic. Hear your show in perfect detail with closed-back studio headphones. Set levels, enhance your sound with one click, and stand out with Vocaster One Studio in seconds. Create great sounding podcasts more easily than ever with Auto Gain, Enhance, the Easy Start tool and all the tools you need to get recording straight away.
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Scarlett

Turn ideas into records. With the simplest USB audio interface available from Focusrite, mic, headphones and all the cables you need to get started, Scarlett Solo Studio is ready to record every song you’ll ever write.

Pricing

Solution

50-99
Users
100-999
Users
1000+
Users
MusicFirst for Creativity
$13.00
$13.00
$13.00

Add-Ons

50-99
Users
100-999
Users
1000+
Users
Soundation Education
Digital Audio Workstation
$2.00
$2.00
$2.00
Hyperscore
Graphic composition tool
$199.00 per school

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