The first statewide singing-in-tune effort will be piloted September '08-May '09.  Minnesota teachers and students will use Singing Coach, a software program to track improvement in singing accuracy during the year.  The Challenge will be sponsored by Electronic Learning Products www.elpcorp.com that produces Singing Coach and TUNEin to READING, a singing intervention program for struggling readers.  The Center for Lifelong Music Making will coordinate the Challenge with two music teacher organizations: the MNOrff Chapter and the Kodaly Chapter of Minnesota.

The piloting teachers are: