SmartMusic & Finale: A Program of Professional Development in Music Technology

Usdan presented "SmartMusic & Finale: A Program of Professional Development in Music Technology." The 5-day workshop took place from Monday, July 14 - Friday, July 18, 2014. Usdan’s workshop was taught by certified Finale clinician David Dolgon, and it covered the notation and composition program that is the industry standard in music notation software, enabling composers, arrangers, musicians, teachers, students and publishers to create, edit, audition, print and publish musical scores.
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Workshop topics for SmartMusic included:
How to teach students to practice effectively and efficiently
How to prepare your ensemble and soloists for NYSSMA evaluation
Exploring Content
Creating SmartMusic gradebook
Enrolling students
Addressing Common Core
Sending and receiving assignments
Functions
Creating Listening lessons
Workshop topics for Finale included:
Creating a document for export into SmartMusic
Creating Student Learning Objectives and testing in SmartMusic
Exploring Content
Creating Mp3 of your Finale documents
Creating Kodaly stick notation documents
Introduction to Finale Worksheets
Scanning music into a Finale notation file