Transforming Music Education Nationwide

Engaging video lessons, powerful teacher tools, and nationwide access—bringing quality guitar and ukulele instruction to K–12 classrooms, even where music educators aren’t available.

Logo for Consonus Music Institute. Basically a graphic of a sound wave with the company name next to it.

Consonus Music Institute (CMI) is a pioneer in blended learning for K-12 music education, enabling schools across the U.S. and Canada to offer structured guitar and ukulele instruction - even when teachers have no musical background.

Industry: K-12 Education
Services Provided: Video Production, Course Design, LMS Development, Marketing Content

The Challenge

Build a nationwide, scalable, teacher-friendly music curriculum.

  • Needed to turn raw content into a professional eLearning product.
  • Required an LMS platform to manage student/teacher progress and licensing.
  • Many target instructors had little to no prior musical experience.
  • Urgent need to drive adoption across hundreds of schools.

Our Solution

  • Course Production: Filmed 100+ hours of structured, engaging lessons.
  • Interactive Learning: Designed play-along exercises, music reading drills, ensemble activities.
  • LMS Development: Built a scalable platform with tracking, teacher groups, and licensing management.
  • Teacher Support: Created mini training courses for non-musician educators.
  • Marketing & Outreach: Produced promotional videos, webinars, and live seminars to drive awareness.
Guitar method being shown for laptop, tablet, and mobile devices along with the print copies of the books

The Results

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500+ Schools Adopted Nationwide
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Empowered Non-Musician Teachers
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Attracted Major Manufacturer Buyout Interest

The curriculum has been a game-changer - transforming access to music education for both students and teachers nationwide.

Ready for results like these?

Whatever your eLearning content or platform needs, Nicely delivers custom solutions that get results.

Learn more about our custom product training video services or take the first step by filling out the form. Old fashioned phone calls work too! (435) 363-6336

 

Professor Mike Christiansen holding a classical guitar for a testimonial on our effective eLearning development.

The teachers love the curriculum. They love the tracking system on the back end and the videos are exceptional.  We've had over 500 schools adopt the program and very few of them ever switch to something else.

Mike Christiansen

Director of Curriculum
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