The first-ever national singing-in-tune project!
Rapidly expanding, the Great American Singing Challenge™ currently includes 175 music teachers and 8,000-10,000 students in 5 states: Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota, Illinois. Piloted in 2008-'09, the project uses a free computer software program to assess students on their singing accuracy. The highest scoring and the most improved students from every school are honored at Sing-Alongs with their families in the spring.
Teachers say:
· Motivating! Students were fascinated by and loved singing with the program.
· Accuracy and motivation have gone through the roof with students who used it regularly.
· Finally, a scientific way to measure/assess a student’s ability to sing in tune!
· Some students came back again and again to try to improve their score.
· Even shy students were willing to sing.
· Students liked getting specific and immediate feedback.
· I’d love to have the 4th graders do it as well.
· I will assess each choir member (5th and 6th graders).
· The families loved the Sing-Along.
Sign up now for 2010-'11!
Contact Ann Kay, Director
Center for Lifelong Music Making
952.937.1110
annckay@comcast.net
