In July 2010, the USC Thornton School of Music presents their annual Pro Tools training workshops for music educators. Held on USC’s University Park Campus, faculty from Thornton’s Music Industry program and representatives from Digidesign will train music educators to teach the official Pro Tools courseware and develop curriculum for teaching digital audio recording related courses in the high school and college classroom. For more information, call (213) 740-3224 or email musicindustry@thornton.usc.edu.

NAMM would like to invite you to join them as they celebrate your vital role as teachers, musical mentors and community leaders at the third annual “Music Education Days” event Jan. 16 and Jan. 17, 2010 at the 2010 NAMM Show, the largest musical products trade show in the United States.

by Sandi MacLeod

SoundTree is proud to announce that we now offer an exclusive free grant writing service that, if your school qualifies, may be the best way to secure funding for all of your classroom music technology goals.  Using our team of grant experts, we are constantly searching for funding opportunities at the local, state, and national level that match the specific requirements for purchasing keyboard and guitar labs, audio recording studios, TV production studios, multimedia music technology labs, and more.

August 3, 2009 SoundTree is proud to announce that two new positions and two new staff members have been created to better serve your needs.

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The new year has brought some changes to the SoundTree staff.  We are thrilled to announce that Debra Barbre has joined the SoundTree team.  Debra will take over the Western Accounts Manager position, and Craig Wolka will take over as our Central Accounts Manager.  This move will bring increased personalized customer service to our customers in these territories. A little more about Debra...

While this company has been around for over 10 years in England, it is still one of those best-kept secrets here in the United States.  SoundBeam is a device that converts physical movement into sound.  Using ultrasonic sensors, the SoundBeam system detects the speed, gate and distance of even the smallest movements you make with anything from a fingertip to your entire body.  These ultrasonic signals are converted by the SoundBeam controller into MIDI information that can then be processed by a sound module, keyboard, or sampler.  The controller itself does not make any sound, but it does