BSM iPad Workshop at UWS Apple Store: 12/13/12

Bloomingdale School of Music teamed up with the Apple Store on the Upper West Side to offer a workshop on how to maximize the iPad musically. Apple Store Events Coordinator Mike Espar, who is also a percussionist and composer, offered BSM students the chance to explore several apps on iPads such as Sonata Note and ForScore. Students also had the opportunity to work on Garage Band for iPad, working together to compose songs and improvise.

Welcome sign at the Apple Store announcing the event.

A young BSM piano student experiments strumming a guitar on the iPad.

A BSM piano student uses a midi keyboard to record directly into the iPad.

A violin student recorded the Star Wars theme which was then combined with other instruments on GarageBand.

BSM students use iPads to compose pieces and record their own sounds.