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MakeMusic, Inc. (Nasdaq:MMUS) announced today the receipt of an order for 3,000 SmartMusic� student subscriptions from the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD). This is in addition to 70 SmartMusic teacher subscriptions the school district purchased in April 2007. TUSD is widely recognized for its leadership and innovation in arts education as evidenced by its ongoing commitment to the Opening Minds Through the Arts (OMA) project. OMA, which began as a pilot program within TUSD in 2001, is a nationally recognized research-based program that integrates the arts into teaching reading, writing, math and science in public elementary and middle schools. OMA has grown to include 17,000 students, including 35 elementary and two middle schools within TUSD, and has received significant national attention and funding. Independent assessment has proven that OMA improves both test scores and teacher effectiveness. By adopting SmartMusic, TUSD hopes to further improve teacher effectiveness and student development as well as document student progress. SmartMusic gives music educators the ability to guide how and what students practice, and SmartMusic Impact� enables teachers to easily assign and grade assignments for all students. This helps solve the challenge of meeting assessment and accountability requirements and was a significant contributing factor to TUSD�s purchase decision. MakeMusic is refining sales and marketing strategies to focus significant efforts on selling the SmartMusic solution to school districts. These efforts will be supported with district pricing incentives, additional sales personnel and lead-generation marketing. In addition, MakeMusic will continue to invest in creating new repertoire to expand the content within SmartMusic. �We greatly admire Tucson Unified�s leadership in arts integration and are delighted to have this opportunity to work with them as they incorporate SmartMusic into their curriculum,� stated Ron Raup, president and chief operating officer. �We see this purchase as an early indication of the value represented by the combination of SmartMusic and SmartMusic Impact. This is a viable solution for districts contemplating the challenge of easily and objectively assessing student progress.� For more information, visit www.smartmusic.com or www.makemusic.com. About OMA Founded on scientific findings about music�s role in brain development and education, Opening Minds Through the Arts (OMA) is a leader in a national movement to integrate arts education with core curriculum. OMA began in the 2000-2001 school year as a pilot project at three elementary schools in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD). In the five years since, OMA has grown to 35 elementary and two middle schools within TUSD, is being introduced into other Arizona schools, and has received significant national attention and funding. Independent assessment has proven that OMA improves both test scores and teacher effectiveness. Most important, OMA students from disadvantaged environments are starting to close the gap in academic performance and are now surpassing both state and national standards in all tested areas. Details at http://www.omaproject.org About MakeMusic, Inc. MakeMusic, Inc. is a world leader in music-education technology whose mission is to enhance and transform the experience of making, teaching and learning music. Among its leading products are Finale�, the world�s best-selling music notation software, and SmartMusic�, the complete music practice system that features Intelligent Accompaniment� and the world�s largest interactive accompaniment library. MakeMusic maintains its corporate headquarters in Minneapolis. The company can be reached at www.makemusic.com. Certain statements found in this release may constitute forward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements reflect the speaker�s current views with respect to future events and financial performance and include any statement that does not directly relate to a current or historical fact. Our forward-looking statements in this release relate to our sales and marketing strategies and investment in the creation of repertoire. Forward-looking statements cannot be guaranteed and actual results may vary materially due to the uncertainties and risks, known and unknown, associated with such statements. Examples of risks and uncertainties for MakeMusic are described from time to time in our reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission (including our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB). Investors should not consider any list of such factors to be an exhaustive statement of all of the risks, uncertainties or potentially inaccurate assumptions investors should take into account when making investment decisions. Shareholders and other readers should not place undue reliance on �forward-looking statements,� as such statements speak only as of the date of this release. We undertake no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements.