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Auralia (software)
Auralia is an Ear training music program that was created by Australian software publisher Rising Software. The first version of the program was released in 1994 for Windows 3.1. Rising Software launched Auralia for the Mac platform in 1999. It is used by schools, tertiary institutions and private indivduals.

History
Auralia was developed by Peter Lee and Hamish Moffat in Melbourne, Australia. Whilst completing their final two years of high school they saw a need for a drill-based program that would assist students with ear-training exercises. They formed Rising Software in 1994 and released Auralia 1.0 the same year.

Rising Software later began developing Musition – a music theory and musicianship program In 2003 Sibelius (software) (now Sibelius) began to distribute Auralia, adding it to their group of software programs that form the Sibelius Education Suite.

Earlier versions of Auralia were available in German, Swedish, Chinese and Hungarian. Current version in English only.

Windows and Mac Versions

 * In 1994 the first Windows version was released
 * The first Macintosh version was released in 1999
 * Auralia 2.0 for Windows was released in 1998 with a revised interface and an additional 15 training topics
 * Auralia 2.1 for Windows was released in 1999 and included the addition of the Professor feature
 * Auralia 2.1 for Macintosh was released in 2003
 * Auralia 3 for Windows was released in 2005
 * Auralia 3.5 for Windows was released in 2008 with improvements to syllabus selection and sharing and test import and export functions

Awards
Auralia was awarded the Australian Music Association's Australian Made Award in 2005

Auralia 3 was nominated for a BETT award for Digital Content in the Secondary category Auralia 3 was shortlisted for the British Educational Suppliers Association's 2007 Educational Resources Award