Mussila is a music learning app from Iceland that teaches basic musical skills in a fun way. The program is designed for children 6–10 years old, and helps kids learn the fundamentals of pitch, rhythm, reading music, and even music theory. The activities are engaging and useful, and builds on new skills with new content is added monthly.
This award winning app has been recognized by the Finnish Educational Quality Certificate as a quality learning solution that aligns with learning science principles. Mussila also came out on top when the best of Nordic edtech was on show at the Nordic Edtech Award at Xcited in Helsinki. Check out other awards the app has won, including the Parents Choice Award and more, here.
Learn all about how the app works here and be sure to download it this summer to help your kids experience the joy of learning a new instrument!
About Mussila
Mussila Music School is an award-winning app with hours of musical lessons, challenges and games carefully crafted by musical experts and educators, designed to provide a playful experience.
Mussila was founded by Margrét Juliana Sigurdardottir, a DipRAM postgraduate from the Royal Academy of Music in London, and computer engineer Hilmar Thor Birgisson, an avid game player and developer. After receiving grants from The Icelandic Technology Fund and the Nordic Game Institute, they set up their talented team in 2015 to revolutionize music education using a gaming and joyful approach. Mussila believes in music-making being part of our everyday lives, and that music education should be available for everyone. Since then, Mussila has worked to design, develop, and validate an educational app that meets all the requisites for teaching and learning the basics of music in an entertaining and fun way. In 2020 Jon Gunnar Thordarson took over as the CEO of the company, today Mussila is an international team with experts from the arts, music, IT, and digital marketing. Mussila was recently granted the EAF EdTech Evaluation from the Education Alliance of Finland. The app did very well in the impact evaluation and earned The Pedagogical Quality Certificate.
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