It's one thing to talk about a vibrant partnership with educators, but the real key is changing the word "partner" from a noun to a verb. How is Roland actively fulfilling this partnership role as we eagerly embrace the next century?

From the moment that the Roland Corporation was founded in Japan in 1972, it has been known as an innovator within the music industry. This was dramatically demonstrated when Mr. Ikutaro Kakehashi, Roland's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, was part of the movement that led the way to establishing MIDI as a worldwide standard for electronic musical instruments.

In addition to producing outstanding hardware and software, Roland is a leader in providing services that benefit educators and music-makers at every level, such as Roland's Intelligent System of Music (ISM). The value of ISM is that it can be integrated into a teacher's curriculum to help achieve goals set for their students.

ISM is not a method of teaching - it is a philosophy. While technology itself won't create music-makers, it will , as a partnering tool with teachers, introduce a whole new level of energy into music teaching and learning. Music products excite music-makers only to the extent they know how to use them. ISM pulls together these products, both hardware and software, and offers music educators a wide range of exciting possibilities for teaching and learning music. As an added bonus, ISM is an intelligent teaching assistant in multiple teaching environments.