Boulder-based MakeMusic acquires Paris-based Weezic

BOULDER — MakeMusic Inc., a Boulder-based maker of SmartMusic interactive music-learning software, announced on Thursday its acquisition of Weezic, based in Paris.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Weezic is an interactive music practice tool that provides accompaniment and assessment for student performers. Its technologies include polyphonic assessment and adaptive score following, which can sync the score with the soloist even when the musician skips measures. Weezic is web-based, rather than downloaded and installed.

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“We are committed to growing SmartMusic and providing world class practice tools to musicians, teachers and composers,” MusicMaker’s chief executive Gear Fisher said in a prepared statement. “With this acquisition, SmartMusic will become available on the web, and in particular, it will become accessible on Chromebook.”

“An equally exciting aspect of this acquisition is the addition of the Paris-based Weezic team,” said Fred Flowerday, MakeMusic’s vice president of product. “This group is composed of top-notch talent with proven acumen for solving incredibly difficult technical challenges. Their agility and ability to continuously innovate and iterate represents an exceptional fit into the SmartMusic ecosphere.”

Nicolas Arbogast, Weezic co-founder, said in the statement that, the company was founded to “build the best digital platform for practicing music.

“Joining MakeMusic will allow us to reach that goal faster,” he said. “SmartMusic has been driving music-learning software forward since the 1990s. Our combined expertise will ensure that this was just the beginning.”

Through the acquisition, MakeMusic SAS will be established in Paris, providing the company a physical presence from which to grow European operations. Existing Weezic products will be wound down over the coming months, in order to focus the entire team’s efforts on a web-based solution of SmartMusic. MakeMusic provides music technology designed to develop and market solutions that transform how music is composed, taught, learned, and performed.

MakeMusic is headquartered at 7007 Winchester Circle, Suite 140, in Boulder.