MakeMusic, Inc. engages in the design, development, support, and marketing of application software solutions to music educators, music-makers, and the music publishing industry. It offers SmartMusic software, a music teaching and learning solution for band, orchestra, and choir students for use at school and at home, as well as provides access to its library of band, jazz ensemble, and orchestra literature. The company also provides SmartMusic Gradebook, a Web-based grade book that enables teachers to post assignments to students, receive completed assignments from students, assess student achievement, and manage student records. In addition, it offers Finale family of products, including music notation software, which enables a musician to enter musical data into a computer using the computer keyboard, a musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) equipped electronic music keyboard, or other MIDI-equipped instruments, and displays the data on a computer screen as a musical score.The company's SmartMusic solution serves public school music administrators, music educators, and students primarily in the United States; and Finale notation products serve composers, arrangers, publishers, and music teachers worldwide. It distributes SmartMusic solutions primarily through its Web site, smartmusic.com; and Finale notation products through distributors and retailers in the musical instrument, educational, and consumer electronic channels, as well as through Web sites, catalogs, and in-store displays. The company was founded in 1990 and is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.