I encourage my students to consider an online subscription for SmartMusic. “SmartMusic is award-winning learning software with the power to transform music learning. Students of all ages and skill levels can play or sing with professional accompaniments, making practice both rewarding and fun. An affordable subscription to SmartMusic gives students the opportunity to explore a wide variety of music from the world’s largest accompaniment library featuring thousands of titles for band and orchestra, solo contest repertoire, popular method books, jazz, and skill-building exercises.”
SmartMusic listens as a student practices and gives constant feedback on how well they play. SmartMusic then scores and is able to send a recording to me.
Most all of the method books that my students use are available through this service, as well as accompaniments for the District, All State and New England audition pieces and a lot of band literature. Many schools in the Champlain Valley are using the program.Please check it out!