iSchoolBand Users,

I wanted to give all of you an update about what is happening over at iSchoolMusic.org.  We recently invited 100 schools to join us in our private alpha and we have been working day and night to get the bugs worked out.  The system is still a bit unstable, but we hope to get it ready for the next batch of invitations by next week!  We have decided to wait until the system is completely stable to move the iSchoolBand accounts over to the new system to save you the headaches!  We will keep you updated as things progress.

The new system is pretty much the same as the current iSchoolBand platform.  We have only added a few small features to improve parent integration and allow choirs and orchestras to use the system.  The other features listed on the homepage of iSchoolMusic will be in development over the next few months.  Our hope is to have several of them done in time for the Midwest Clinic this year! 

If you have any questions feel free to reach out!

best,

Chris Purifoy
Founder of iSchoolBand & iSchoolMusic

1. Print off the sign up forms for your students.

2. Schedule a computer lab for 1 period.

3. Hand out the signup sheets and watch all of your students sign up in less than 5 minutes.

4. Students will enter their parents email addresses as they sign up, our system will send each parent an email from you urging them to sign up.

5. Parents will be automatically added to the parent group so they will begin getting notifications immediately even before they sign up.

That’s it.  Your whole band family should now be in the database and ready to receive notifications from you!

Love,

iSchoolMusic

Thanks for the overwhelming response!  We are really about to do something amazing together!  After the first 2 days of pre-launch, 64 thousand students will be joining us at iSchoolMusic this fall!  My humble thanks.

We are only allowing 2000 schools to join us next fall for our first release to make sure we can handle the bandwidth and maintain reliable standards!  We will open up the doors a bit more before concert season as well, so if you miss your chance this fall don’t worry!  Sign-ups are on a first come first serve basis!  Don’t miss it!

More soon.  Check back or subscribe to this blog to get updates on our launch date and more on iSchoolMusic’s vision for music education.

Here’s to a simpler band year! Cheers!

Chris Purifoy
Founder, CTO
@iSchoolMusic.org