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New Music Ace Maestro.


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 Dr., Ste. 725, Chicago, IL 60606, (800) 474-0903; www.harmonicvision.com; Current users of Music Ace or Music Ace 2 can apply a credit of 60 percent of their installed product's retail value to an upgrade purchase of Music Ace Maestro (1) (Maestro NT) An earlier name for scheduling software for Windows NT from Tivoli Systems, Inc. When IBM acquired Tivoli in 1996, the program was renamed IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler. .

Harmonic Vision has released Music Ace Maestro for professional music educators teaching music primarily to elementary-aged students.

Music Ace Maestro combines the 48 award-winning music lessons from Music Ace and Music Ace 2, sequences them in pedagogical ped·a·gog·ic   also ped·a·gog·i·cal
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of pedagogy.

2. Characterized by pedantic formality: a haughty, pedagogic manner.
 order and includes a new suite of student assessment and curriculum management tools called "Maestro Manager." Developed as an attractively-priced upgrade for current users of Music Ace products in the schools and private studios, as well as a complete music theory curriculum for new users, Music Ace Maestro comes in a standalone stand·a·lone  
adj.
Self-contained and usually independently operating: a standalone computer terminal. 
 version and in lab-packs or network versions supporting from five to 5,000 workstations.

Maestro Manager is a suite of student assessment and curriculum management tools that enable music educators to create and manage multiple customized lesson sequences (syllabi syl·la·bi  
n.
A plural of syllabus.
), manage student and group instructional options, import student assessment data from existing installations of Music Ace and Music Ace 2, export student assessment data in industry-standard format and archive student and group assessment records.

The new Music Ace Maestro features 48 self-paced lessons and games that teach beginning music students of all ages the basics included in the National Standards for Music Education. Maestro Max, Harmonic Vision's signature animated virtual instructor, uses an animated piano to lead students through the interactive, fun lessons.

The powerful, easy-to-use "Music Doodle Pad" stimulates creativity by allowing beginners to compose com·pose  
v. com·posed, com·pos·ing, com·pos·es

v.tr.
1. To make up the constituent parts of; constitute or form:
 and hear their own music using different instrument sounds. This feature provides hours of fun and learning.

Music Ace Maestro ships on a single CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc.
CD-ROM
 in full compact disc read-only memory

Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser).
. The "Educator's Guide" includes a User Guide, student worksheets and activity ideas. Free demos are downloadable from Harmonic Vision's Web site.

For more information, contact Harmonic Vision.
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Title Annotation:Music Merchandise; Harmonic Vision
Publication:American Music Teacher
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 1, 2005
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