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.
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We 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.
Charanga 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.
Charanga is proud to be a finalist in the Brighton & Hove Business Awards “Innovation and Business” category for their ground-breaking Wider Opportunities programme inspira.
Charanga 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.
Charanga 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.
Lambeth 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.
