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Solfera is a mobile-first platform for aural skills training, the foundation of musicianship.

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Solfera is a New York music education technology company building a mobile-first platform for aural skills: structured curriculum, targeted drilling, and global competition for the ear.

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Solfera is building the aural skills infrastructure music education has never had: a mobile-first platform that trains intervals, chords, rhythm, and dictation through a structured curriculum, deliberate drilling, and ELO-ranked competition. A Delaware C-corporation pursuing B Corporation certification, Solfera's mission is to empower every person on the planet to expand and achieve their artistic potential.

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Music is one of the most widely studied disciplines in the world, yet no scalable system exists to develop and measure aural skills, the ear training that underpins all musicianship. Solfera is building it: a mobile-first platform where a structured curriculum (Campaign), targeted drilling (The Shed), head-to-head competition (VS), ranked Leagues, and a global semi-annual competition (Resonaré) turn practice into measurable progress. Founded in New York and incorporated in Delaware, Solfera is pursuing B Corporation certification, with a specific focus on access: 3.6 million U.S. public school students have no school music education. Solfera's mission is to empower every person on the planet to expand and achieve their artistic potential.

Juilliard professor. Columbia doctoral researcher. EMMY-recognized PBS contributor. Music education policy economist.

Classical musician, composer, and arts administrator. Formerly U.S. GSA, Metropolitan Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra. BM, Juilliard; MA, Columbia.

Operatic soprano. Corporate operations at P\S\L and Oxford Properties Group (OMERS).

Composer and scholar. DMA candidate, The Juilliard School.

Contemporary composer and producer. SUNY Purchase Composition Conservatory.

Campaign

Sequential curriculum on a progressive map, split into Rhythm and Pitch tracks.

The Shed

Targeted drilling on intervals, chords, rhythm, and dictation.

VS

Blind head-to-head timed competition feeding an ELO-based ranking.

Leagues

Ranked tiers from Bronze through Diamond, based on rating and consistency.

Resonaré

Semi-annual global competition: the Olympic Games of music listening.