MusicFirst_USCatalog_2013

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MusicFirst, the Digital Education Division o the Music Sales Group,

was ounded with one mission in mind: ofer music teachers and the

students easy-to-use, afordable cloud-based solutions that enable

music learning, creation, assessment, sharing, and exploration on an

device at any time, anywhere.

The MusicFirst team is made up o current and ormer music educatwith decades o experience with integrating technology efectively

into the music curriculum. Our staf is always available to answer an

questions you may have, and can train you on how to implement an

music technology tool into your teaching.

who we are

what is the cloud?We rmly believe that the future of music software is in the cloud. In-

stead of purchasing a boxed software product and having it installed

on a school computer, cloud-based software lives online. To access cloud-

based software, all you need is a web browser. This allows teachers and

students to utilize state-of-the-art software tools on any computer at any

time. Or for that matter, any internet enabled device, like an iPad, smart-

phone, laptop, or even a Smart Board.

what it means to you

Now every student in your program can have access to the latest

sotware or a raction o the cost you would pay or site licenses

and individual copies o sotware.

Students and teachers can access their work and software anywhere.

Teachers have ultimate control over what students can utilize

and work on.

Our software is cross-platform and is tablet ready it really can

be used on anything: iPad, smart phone, laptop, whiteboard,

PC, and more!

There are many benets to using software in the cloud! Here are a ew that you will wonder

how you lived without.

All teacher and student work is saved in the cloud, making assessment easy and convenient.

Because the software lives online, you never have to worry about upgrading or getting

your school IT department involved.


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O-Generator Learning to Composeuses Rock, Pop and Dance styles to

explore the undamentals o music and composition by manipulating

individual sounds. The design engages students on a visual and aural level

while encouraging them to create composition styles o their own.

O-Generator is perfect for students learning basic songwriting com-

prehensive lessons encourage students to create their own complete

songs. O-Generator is diferent rom other sotware because students

create their own music the loops are NOT preset!

Tailored for ages 8 16 years old, the software Includes a host of virtual

contemporary instruments making it ideal for teaching songwriting to

students with or without instrument playing ability.

Allows students to create and record their own loops, which are saved

as WAV/AIFF audio les.

Files can be exported into any sequencer, enabling students to record

vocals on top o music they have created.

Short video tips help to improve workow.

The new larger screen allows or engaging graphics with an intuitive,

easy-to-use circular design.

Students participate in quizzes at the end of each lesson to test and

refresh knowledge of the information covered.

When saving, students can share songs between themselves or the

teacher.

Step-by-step audio lessons allow students to learn independently or in

pairs via headphone splitters.

Contains teacher guide and printable pages.

To nd out more about implementing an educational version of Learning to

Compose in your music program, visit musicfrst.com

[email protected] MusicFirst.com Toll Free: 855-896-3344

a un and educational tool or music composition

Music Theory & Aural Skills

SKU Description Price per individual box SKU Description Price per individual box

OGLTCSINGLE Learn To Compose - single copy $69 OGBUNDLESINGLE LTC/WM bundle - 1 copy $125

OGLTC5PAK Learn To Compose 5 pack $169 OGBUNDLE5PAK LTC/WM bundle - 5 pack $285

OGLTCEXTRA LTC extra seats (add to 5 pack) $25 OGBUNDLEEXTRA LTC/WM bundle - extra seats ( add to 5 pack) $40

OGLTCSCHOOL LTC school wide license $599 OGBUNDLESCHOOL LTC/WM bundle - school wide lisence $999

Bundle with O-Music World Music and save!


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O-Generator World Musicallows students to explore African &

Latin Music. Students learn various styles from Salsa to Samba to African

Soukous. O-Generator World Music features two parts; Play and Learn.

The Play section is a unique live percussive experience that teaches

students how to practice and play Latin American and African Rhythms.

In the Learn section, students create rhythms and compose African and

Latin music in the computer lab using step-by-step audio lessons, and

their own creativity. NO preset loops!

Live playing! The only sotware that allows students to play

percussion in the classroom environment.

Ideal or both independent and whole class learning.

Features both a Teacher Guide Book and Screen Guide.

Record unction allows students to record their own loops, which

are saved as WAV/AIFF audio les. These les can be imported

into any sequencer such as Cubase, Audacity, Garageband, or

Logic.

Features a variety o videos with lessons on how to play worldpercussion.

Step-by-step audio lessons allow students to learn independently

or in pairs via headphone splitters.

Ability to export as notation, for use in programs such as Sibelius

or Finale.

Intuitive, easy-to-use circular design.

Tailored or students ages 10-17 years old, and is available at an

accessible price.

To nd out more about implementing an educational version of World Music in

your music program, visit musicfrst.com


explore arican and latin music

Music Appreciation & Learning

SKU Description Price per individual box SKU Description Price per individual box

OGWMSINGLE World Music single copy $69 OGBUNDLESINGLE LTC/WM bundle - 1 copy $125

OGWM5PAK World Music 5 pack $169 OGBUNDLE5PAK LTC/WM bundle - 5 pack $285

OGWMEX TRA World Music extra seats (add to 5 pack) $25 OGBUNDLEEXTRA LTC/WM bundle - extra seats ( add to 5 pack) $40

OGWMSCHOOL World Music school wide license $599 OGBUNDLESCHOOL LTC/WM bundle - school wide lisence $999

Bundle with O-Music Learning to Compose and save!


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Music World from Charanga is a sae, new online space

where students can learn, explore and develop instrumental and

musicianship skills. Ideal for beginner players, Charanga Music World

is the perect addition to your instrumental music program. Children

learn in a fully personalized and stimulating online world with design

inspired by some of the worlds most popular and successful

childrens websites. Its serious learning and great fun: children love it!

Features 24 instruments.

Kid-approved animation with colorul imagery.

Tailored or children learning in whole-class ensembles,

small groups, or individually.

Backing tracks include Latin, reggae, rock, urban, grime,

jazz, afro-beat, and Western classical style.

Children watch musical video clips that correspond to which

part of the World they are navigating: jungle, city, island, etc.

Children have control over the tempo, backing track mix

and the animation display.

Routine opportunities or guided improvisation.

Loads o videos show technique modeling

appropriate to childrens level, inspirational performances,

and unny clips.

Aural skills are developed through copy-back activities and a

composition app helps to stimulate personal creativity.

Children take part in quizzes to assess their development

at each stage o learning.

the digital learning community or music


To nd out more about implementing an educational version of Charanga Music

World in your music program, visit musicfrst.com


SKU Description Annual Subscription Price

CMW250 Charanga Music World (up to 250 student logins) $199



CMWDL600 District license (30 teachers/600 students) $999

CMWDL3000 District license (150 teachers/3000 students) $4,999


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Sound Words provides over 500 terms that are dened using

clear explanations, music notation, photos, and videos.

Instruments uses images, audio, and specially-created videos

to educate students on over 130 musical instruments across

classical, folk, jazz, rock, and world music.

Thousands of randomized listening tasks help students understand

terminology and identify the look and sound of instruments.

Students have access to Focus on Sound anywhere they have

an internet connection, enabling them to work from home,

computer lab, or the library.

Teachers can choose to use the class-presentation mode, or

allow students to work independently.

Teachers receive detailed feedback on student progress and

have the ability to export inormation to Excel spreadsheets.

Focus on Sound is a un, exciting new music education

software for Windows, AppleMac, tablets and smartphones

which allows students to develop listening skills. Featuring

hundreds o photos, recordings, music scores, videos and a

ully integrated testing system, Focus on Sound provides two

exciting new multimedia software products; Sound Words and

Instruments. Developed or students aged 10 to 18, Focus on

Sound: Instruments introduces the sound o musical instruments

and voices, while Sound Words educates students on the termsused to describe musical composition and perormance.

powerul multimedia tool or listening skill development


To nd out more about implementing an educational version of Focus on Sound

in your music program, visit musicfrst.com



FOS250 Focus on Sound (250 student logins) $199



FOSDL10 District license (10 schools - 250 logins at each) $999

FOSDL50 District license (50 schools - 250 logins at each) $4,999


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extensive streaming musical library

Naxos Music Library is a vast online library o classical,

jazz, country, world, rock, pop and blues music brought to you

by the worlds leading classical music label Naxos. It is a compre-

hensive guide to all things classical music. The library contains

complete catalogues or selected recordings of over 650 independent

labels and eatures a wide range o standard and specialist

repertoire. With the Naxos Music Library, students can discover

an almost endless collection o music, and stream it instantly.

More than 81,350 CD-length recordings equivalent to

1,168,900 tracks uploaded, with addition of over 1,000

CD-length recordings every month.

Music notes, cover artwork, tracklist, instrumentation and

publisher inormation is provided.

More than 40,000 composer and artist biographies.

Search by composer, works or easy-to-use keyword search.

Advanced Search enables search by 10 dierent categories,

including playing time, year o composition, label, instrumentand category.

Proessor playlists can be created or diferent assignments and

courses. Students can also create their own playlists.

Standard sound quality and premium sound quality ash streams.

Online statistics and sophisticated unctions or administrators

o institutions.

Simple setup without having to install special sotware.

Access with computers or mobile devices from anywhere,

anytime, in-campus or remote access.

naxosmusiclibrary


To nd out more about implementing an educational version of Naxos Music

Library in your music program, visit musicfrst.com



NAXOS1 Naxos audio library (1 user) $225

NAXOS3 Naxos audio library (3 users) $675

NAXOS5 Naxos audio library (5 users) $1,125


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Inside Musicprovides students a un, all encompassing

educational guide through the world o music composition.

Three prociency levels are oered; beginner, intermediate,

and advanced, each o which include seven comprehensive

lessons. Designed to bring together important resources

or busy teachers, the lessons include a variety o listening

examples, musical scores, and illustrations o important

concepts. Inside Music can be accessed rom a school

computer lab, or students can work independently from anycomputer with an internet connection.

Lessons can be projected for an entire class from a single

computer while students complete their assignments

outside o class.

A one-year license provides full access anytime, anywhere to

an online composition curriculum, and instruction.

Includes ormative and summative assessments.

Appropriate for general music, band, orchestra, choralprograms, music production, and theory classes.

Teacher pages include a program guide, lesson guides, and

student account management tools.

Designed with grades 5-12 in mind, however, it can be used

at any grade depending on students prior knowledge.

Appropriate for students who possess basic, intermediate,

and advanced music literacy knowledge and skills.

Fully compatible with interactive white board technology.

Noteight Crescendo is included as part of Inside Music,

which allows student composers to create, play, share, and

print their original compositions.

To nd out more about implementing an educational version of Inside Music in



exploring the world o music composition



INSIDE1-9 Inside Music (includes 150 student logins) $259


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Music Deltaofers a un, graphical, interactive musical

experience or elementary students beginning music appreciation,

general music or music history. It lives online and can be accessed

by students on any computer via a school wide license. Developed

originally in Norway, Music Delta takes a fun approach to learning

about music history and appreciation, with animated characters

guiding students through pop, jazz and classical music history. It

also has several extremely creative areas where students can learn

theory/fundamentals and also remix or interact with existing music

to create their own versions o songs.The program eatures two sections: Music Delta Planet and Music

Delta Master.

Music Delta Planet contains introductory un pages about music

history, and is a place to sing and play folk songs. It uses animated

characters and locations to show how music developed over time.

Its totally interactive and a fun way to get started.

Music Delta Master is a deeper, interactive and curriculum based

series o modules on music perormance, theory, composition

and history. Students learn about music perormance, music

theory (eaturing eight modules or study o all the rudiments o

music), music composition and genres (including classical, pop/

rock, jazz and blues, as well as musical time periods, composers,

artists, and instruments).

To nd out more about implementing an educational version of Music Delta in



making music history interactive



MD250 Music Delta (250 student logins) $199



MDDL10 District license (10 schools - 250 logins at each) $999

MDDL50 District license (50 schools - 250 logins at each) $4,999


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The worlds best cloud-based sequencer for education.

You always have the latest version o the sotware every

time you log in no software installation or software

updates.

FAST and EASY. No setup or learning curve.

Works on any computer with internet access.

Very low cost school wide educational pricing.

Create and edit audio and MIDI entirely without

downloading sotware.

Cloud based, accessible directly in your web browser. Save your work and share it with others.

Suite of Virtual Instruments including a drum machine,

a GM synth and a sample player.

Large loop library with 11 real time efects.

Import MIDI les.

Automation volume and pan.

Audio recording and basic audio editing tools.

Find out more at soundation4education.com.

Soundation4Education is an afordable, advanced

online music making application. Now educators have the

ability to enable students to create and record on world-

class software in school and at home with full access to

their work from any location. Soundation has all the features

of a traditional DAW, including audio recording, USB MIDI

input, and so much more. All online!

To nd out more about implementing an educational version of Soundation in



create music on the web

Music Sequencing & Production


SOUNDAT99 Single school site license (99 student logins) $199





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Noteightis an online music application that lets you create, view, print and hear music notation with

professional quality, right in your web browser. Separate from the public Noteight.com site, Noteight also

ofers a product designed especially or K-12 educators that ofers teachers and students a private, secure

online community. Its perfect for group composition, repertoire sharing, informal sharing or anything else you

want to do with notated music.

Specically designed for K-12 learning.

Easy-to-use interace allows younger learners to intuitively interact with notation and musical ideas.

Young musicians can nally experience notation as a learning by doing activity - one that they can pursue

both at school and at home with Noteight.

Can be used anywhere, anytime; frees teachers and students from labs or classrooms.

Lessons and exercises are easily accessed from students home computer.

Noteight scores are accessible on any modern mobile device, including smartphones, the iPad and other tablets.

Comes with on-going support and eature updates.

To nd out more about implementing an educational version of Noteight in



create, view, print and hear music in your browser

Music Notation


NFCLASSROOM Notefight Classroom - 1 site, 250 student logins $195

NFTEACHER5 Notefight Teacher - 5 sites, 75 students per site $295

Notefight customized license size call or pricing


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stay up to date with the greatest music education tools available

Training & Professional Development

Training

At MusicFirst, we believe that efective music teacher training is essential.Technology moves so fast, it seems impossible to stay current and relevant we can help!

Our training ocuses in two areas:

Mastering existing tools for music software delve deeper inside

the tools you own already or wish to purchase

Using music software eectively in the classroom, both for teacher

preparation and with students make the most of the tools available

to deepen and broaden the quality of your teaching and the studentslearning, and develop great lesson plans and curriculum

To nd out more about how our Training and Professional Development can

benet your school, visit musicfrst.com


Overview o music technology.

How to get started with music technology in my school or district.

The basics o music technology: MIDI, audio, sotware and hardware.

Introduction to Finale, Sibelius or Noteight (your choice).

Introduction to GarageBand, Mixcraft, Pro Tools, Cubase or Sonar (your

choice).

Ear Training, Theory & Music Fundamentals training tools for music teachers

How to get started with using technology to compose/create music.

Music technology tools or elementary, middle or high school teachers.

Music technology tools or the band, choral or orchestral director.

21st century music technology cloud based tools and distance

learning tools.

SKU Description Price

TRAOSOD One day on site training (6 hour contact time) $1,599

TRAOSHD Hal day on site training (3 hour contact time) $999

TRAWBOD One day web-based training (6 hour contact time) $695

TRAWBHD Hal day web-based training (3 hour contact time) $495

Below is a sample of the most popular training courses we run.

We can create customized trainings too.


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SKU Description Price SKU Description Price

9910-62462-00 Musition single copy or school $149 per invividual box OGWMSINGLE World Music single copy $69 per invividual bo

9910-62464-00 Musition 5-user lab pack $499 per invividual box OGWM5PAK World Music 5 pack $169 per invividual b

9511-65268-00 Musit ion mult i-user (minimum 10) $80 per invividual box OGWMEXTRA World Music ext ra seats (add to 5 pack) $25 per invividual bo

9511-65272-00 Musition Cloud license, per stu dent $29 year subscription OGWMSCHOOL World Music school wide license $599 p er invividual b

9910-62463-00 Musition Individual Student Edition $99 per invividual box OGBUNDLESINGLE LTC/WM bundle - 1 copy $125 per invividual b

9910-62458-00 Auralia single copy or school $149 per invividual box OGBUNDLE5PAK LTC/WM bundle - 5 pack $285 per invividual b

9910-62460-00 Auralia 5- user lab pack $499 per invividual box OGBUNDLEEX TRA LTC/WM bundle - ex tra seats ( add to 5 pack) $40 per invividual bo

9511-65265-00 Auralia mult i-user (minimum 10) $80 per invividual box OGBUNDLESCHOOL LTC/WM bundle - school wide lisence $999 per invividual b

9511-65271-00 Auralia Cloud license, per student $29 year subscription CMW250 Charanga Music World (up to 250 logins) $199 annual subscrip

9910-62459-00 Au ralia Individual Student Edition $99 per invividual box CMW500 Charanga Music World (up to 500 logins) $299 annual subscrip

9910-62476-00 Aur. & Mus. bundle, single copy or school $249 per invividual box CMW750 Charanga Music World (up to 750 logins) $399 annual subscrip

9910-62478-00 Aur. & Mus. bundle, 5-user lab pack $799 per invividual box CMWDL600 CMW District license (30 teachers/600 students) $999 annual subscrip

9511-65267-00 Aur & Mus. multi-user license, per seat $60 per invividual box CMWDL3000 CMW District license (150 teachers/3000 students) $4,999 annual subscri

9511-65270-00 Aur & Mus. 4 multi-user license, per seat $60 per invividual box NAXOS1 Naxos audio library (1 user) $225 annual subscrip

9511-65274-00 Aur. & Mus. 4 Cloud license, per student $24.50 year subscription NAXOS3 Naxos audio library (3 users) $675 annual subscrip

9511-65273-00 Aur. 4 & Mus. Cloud license, per student $24.50 year subscription NAXOS5 Naxos audio library (5 users) $1,125 annual subscrip

9910-62477- 00 Aur. & Mus. Individual Student Edition $1 59 per invividual b ox FOS250 Focus on Sound (250 student logins) $199 annual subscrip

MD250 Music Delta (250 student logins) $199 annual subscription FOS500 Focus on Sound (500 student logins) $299 annual subscrip

MD500 Music Delta (500 student logins) $299 annual subscription FOS750 Focus on Sound (750 student logins) $399 annual subscrip

MD750 Music Delta (750 student logins) $399 annual subscription FOSDL10 District license ( 10 schools - 250 logins at each) $999 annual subscrip

MDDL10 District license (10 schools /250 logins) $999 annual subscription FOSDL50 District license (50 schools - 250 logins at each) $4,999 annual subscri

MDDL50 District license (50 schools /250 logins) $4,999 annual subscription INSIDE1-9 Inside Music (includes 150 student logins) $259 annual subscrip

SOUNDAT99 Single school license (99 student logins) $199 annual subscription NFCLASSROOM Notefight Classroom - 1 site, 250 student logins $195 annual subscrip

SOUNDAT250 Single school license (250 student logins) $299 annual subscription NFTEACHER5 Notefight Teacher - 5 sites, 75 students per site $295 annual subscrip

SOUNDAT500 Single school license (500 student logins) $399 annual subscription Not efight customized l icense size call or pricing

SOUNDAT750 Single school license (750 student logins) $499 annual subscription TRAOSOD One day on site training (6 hour contact time) $1,599

OGLTCSINGLE Learn To Compose - single copy $69 per invividual box TRAOSHD Hal day on site training (3 hour contact time) $999

OGLTC5PAK Learn To Compose 5 pack $169 per invividual box TRAWBOD One day web-based training (6 hour contact time) $695

OGLTCEX TRA LTC extra seats (add to 5 pack) $25 per invividual box TRAWBHD Hal day web-based training (3 hour contact time) $495

OGLTCSCHOOL LTC school wide license $599 per invividual box

2013 Price List

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