eLearning for music

With years of experience behind them, Charanga develop and manage sophisticated web-based educational systems for the learning and teaching of all aspects of music

Charanga is a UK company set up in 1996 by Royal College of Music graduate Mark Burke, and computer scientist Paul Fletcher. From 1997, Charanga published a wide range of award-winning music software titles selling over 2 million units, becoming the market leader with brands such as ‘Music Coach’, ‘Instant Play’ and ‘Teaching You’. The company received a Design Council award in 2001 for excellence in software design and business exports.

Charanga has always maintained a close link between its specialist software development, content authoring and licensing and for the past four years has provided the UK’s leading online digital learning system for music now used by over 60 Local Authorities many now in partnership with the local LA Platform or RBC.

Today, Charanga is maintaining its commitment to providing children, young people and teachers with innovative software combined with authentic fully licensed media rights. In a groundbreaking partnership with Two-way traffic and Sony Pictures, Charanga has very recently launched www.MillionaireforSchools.co.uk, an online fully licensed cross-curricular educational resource built around Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Replacing trivia questions with targeted curriculum content, this unique resource currently covering Maths, English, Science and Music at KS2 and KS3, brings learning platform usage at home closer to a TV experience and helps to engage children and their parents in a new and exciting way.

News

Finalists for the e-Government National Awards 2009We are delighted to announce that one of Charanga’s most pioneering digital learning partnerships with Lancashire Music Service, is a finalist in this year’s e-Government National Awards 2009.

Finalists for the BETT Awards 2010Charanga Music is very proud to be a finalist in the BETT Awards 2010. We have been nominated in the “Digital Collections and resource banks” category.

Finalists for the Brighton and Hove business awards for technical innovationCharanga is proud to be a finalist in the Brighton & Hove Business Awards “Innovation and Business” category for their ground-breaking Wider Opportunities programme inspira.

NASS logoCharanga is delighted to welcome Nottinghamshire Arts Support Service (NASS) as a partner in the Music Service eLearning development program. Over the coming months over 250 Nottinghamshire schools and over 5000 students will begin to use cutting edge Nottinghamshire Arts Support Service interactive resources to complement their face to face teaching.

FMS logoCharanga has begun work on a major redevelopment the Federation of Music Services website. The new website will have greatly enhanced professional support, communications, and CPD capability as well as an engaging platform on which to celebrate the musical and artistic achievement of the thousands of young people that come into contact with Music Services on a daily basis.

LMS logoLambeth Music Service launches its new online eLearning resource at the Southbank Centre to widespread acclaim. The online resource that Lambeth Music Service have developed in partnership with Charanga offers online interactive support for Music Service Director Brendon Le Page’s highly successful Musitrax program.

Charanga is delighted to welcome West Sussex Music Service as a partner in the Music Service eLearning development program. From September 2008 West Sussex Music Service will be expanding its successful Key2Music program to include interactive resources developed with Charanga. Primary teachers and students will be able to access the Music Service’s interactive resources through the Music Service’s new online eLearning system enabling valuable reinforcement to take place between lessons.

W.E.L.B. Music Service have entered into an exciting eLearning partnership with Charanga where they will work together over the coming months to deploy a stunning range of interactive instrumental, vocal, and curriculum resources to a large proportion of schools in Northern Ireland. Charanga is delighted to be supporting W.E.L.B. Music Service’s innovations and ambitious vision to provide high quality opportunities for thousands of young people across Northern Ireland.

Charanga is delighted to welcome Norfolk Music Service as a partner in the Music Service eLearning development program. Music Service director Maureen Hanke needs no introduction as one of the country’s most successful and charismatic music educators and everyone at Charanga is excited at the prospect of working together over the coming months to develop state of the art eLearning resources for the people of Norfolk and beyond.

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