Smart Music Project

The School of Music at the University of North Carolina - Greensboro is dedicated to developing and integrating new technologies into all areas of music education. One of the most exciting and useful tools available today for performance oriented students is Smart Music software available from Coda Music. This computer software aids developing musicians in a number of key areas: first and most important, although the software is not intended to replace an accompanist, it will play - with complete accuracy - the piano or orchestra accompaniment to any piece for which a smart music program is available. The technology goes beyond the traditional music-minus-one recordings in that tempos and expression can be completely controlled; moreover, with the "intelligent accompaniment" function activated, the music will follow the performer's tempo changes. The program also comes with a metronome, a tuner, a tuning trainer, playback loops and more. Indeed, we feel so strongly about this technology that the School of Music has dedicated two practice studios entirely to the use of Smart Music. Until recently, however, the accompaniments availabe for saxophone were limited to a handful of core pieces. Through a generous grant from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, the woodwind area of the School of Music has begun a project to record accompaniments for the major repertoire of each of the woodwind instruments on Smart Music. To date, the following saxophone pieces are available to UNCG saxophone students on Smart Music:

Willy Bauwaerts Trilogie
Johannes Brahms Sonatas #1 and #2, Op. 120
William Bolcom Concert Suite
Eugene Bozza Aria
Andre Caplet Legende
Paul Creston Sonata
Claude Debussy Rapsodie
Erwin Dressel Partita
Henri Eccles Sonata
Jean Francaix Cinq Danses Exotique
Cesar Frank Sonata in A Major
Stacy Garrop fragmented spirit
Stacy Garrop Tantrum
Alexander Glazounov Concerto Op. 109
Ida Gotkovsky Brillance
Jascha Gurewich Concerto
Bernhard Heiden Sonata
Karel Husa Elegie et Rondo
Jacques Ibert Concertino da Camera
Vincent d'Indy Choral Variee
Andre Jolivet Fantasy-Impromptu
Libby Larson Holy Roller
Allesandro Marcello Concerto in C Major
Frank Martin Ballade
David Maslanka Sonata
Paule Maurice Tableaux de Provence
Darius Milhaud Scaramouche
Robert Muczynski Sonata
Claude Pascal Sonatine
Alfred Reed Ballade
John Fitz Rogers A Savage Calculus
van Rossum Pathetic Concerto
Roger Sancan Lamento et Rondo
Marilyn Shrude Renewing the Mythe
Piet Swerts Klonos
Carl Anton Wirth Beyond These Hills