Chicago, IL & Boulder, CO – December 17, 2025 – GIA Publications, Inc., a world leader in music education resources, and MakeMusic Cloud, the leading interactive music practice and assessment platform, today announced an exclusive, long-term partnership that unites one of the most trusted names in instrumental pedagogy with the power of digital learning.
We have been listening closely to your feedback and suggestions, and we are excited to announce that one of our most-requested features is available now: audio/video-only assignments!
As a music teacher, your schedule is likely full of lesson planning, rehearsals, grading, and advocating for your program, leaving little room for extra tasks.
On May 21, Muse announced that their music education platform MuseClass would be discontinued on July 31, 2025. For many music educators, this may significantly disrupt planning for the upcoming school year.
We’re back with another round of exciting updates to the MakeMusic Cloud library! Whether you’re planning your next performance or just looking for something new to practice, there’s plenty to discover in this month’s additions.
Let’s explore how you can use MakeMusic Cloud’s new Annotations feature to maximize student home practice time.
The new Annotations feature can be accessed in Compose and is intended to be used by students through Assignments in Practice—opening up a new line of communication between teacher and student!
We’ve had teachers like you on our minds as we have recently made helpful updates to Units and the Assignment process.
We have an exciting announcement—Sight Reading Studio is now free for a limited time. We hope this enables even more musicians and music educators to experience how impactful Sight Reading Studio can be to improve sight reading skills.
We know that supported student musicians can more easily become lifelong lovers of music and the arts. The supporting adults in a child’s life very often want to help, but do not always feel equipped to assist with music education, especially if they don’t play an instrument or read music themselves.
Thank you for being part of the MakeMusic family in 2023. We’ve had a great year and are excited to see what 2024 will bring, but first, we’d like to reflect on what we’ve accomplished together over the past 12 months.