Sibelius user and guitarist Kevin Callahan interviewed
Kevin Callahan is a Seattle-based guitarist, composer and teacher who happens to be a Sibelius user. I've communicated a lot with Kevin over the years: he's a Mac enthusiast, dabbles…
Avid at the 2009 Oscars
There's a great little piece up on the Avid web site about the 2009 Academy Awards, which were presented last night. It says: We’re honored to announce that the industry’s…
Why choose Sibelius over Finale?
Everybody knows that when you're looking for professional-quality music notation software, you basically have a choice between Sibelius and Finale, and people sometimes ask me why they should choose Sibelius…
5 Sibelius plug-ins you should download today
Everybody loves lists, so I'm told. So here's a list of five extra plug-ins available for download from the Sibelius web site that you should consider adding to your copy…
Tip: Editing instrument names quickly
There are currently almost 200 additional plug-ins for Sibelius available for download from the Sibelius web site. They're really an incredible resource, and if you've never taken the time to…
Video tutorial: Unpitched percussion in Sibelius 5
Unpitched percussion is one of the more complex parts of music notation, and although we have tried hard to hide as much of this complexity as possible in Sibelius 5,…
Sibelius’s Worksheet Creator: “worth the cost of the software on its own”
Tom Rudolph's latest post is about the Worksheet Creator in Sibelius 4 and later. He says: If you are a Finale user, you might want to purchase a copy of…
Howard Goodall’s advice for young composers
Last night I had the pleasure of attending the award ceremony for the Sibelius Student Composer of the Year 2008 competition, at the Royal Academy of Music in London. All…
Philip Sheppard’s tips for becoming a composer in the new media age
Philip Sheppard is a British composer, cellist and Sibelius user, and this year he's giving a series of lectures at the Royal Academy of Music in London about how to…
Sibelius user Derek Bourgeois has written more symphonies than any other Briton
Today's Guardian newspaper in the UK has a fascinating article about composer Derek Bourgeois, who has been a Sibelius user for many years. Derek has completed 44 symphonies, making him…
