Killzone 2 soundtrack scored in Sibelius
With video games now as big business as the music and film industries, and the latest computers and consoles accommodating even the highest of production values, it's no surprise that…
Photos from Billy Cobham’s Drum Academy at WOMAD Summer School
A few days ago I posted about this year's WOMAD Summer School, which is taking place this week in Bath. Jazz drummer Billy Cobham is hosting a series of Drum…
Plucked From Nowhere composition competition
I was recently contacted by conductor and composer Geoffrey Alvarez about a composition competition that his ensemble, the Alvarez Chamber Orchestra, is running. From his web site: The Alvarez Chamber…
Meet drummer Billy Cobham this week at WOMAD Summer School
Legendary jazz/fusion drummer Billy Cobham will be leading a Drum Academy strand at this week's WOMAD Summer School, which takes place from July 27th through July 31st, at Bath Spa…
Sibelius 6 gets perfect score from Music Tech magazine
The August 2009 issue of Music Tech magazine includes a glowing review of Sibelius 6 from writer Keith Gemmell, who also wrote the reviews of Sibelius 4 and Sibelius 5…
Export MusicXML from Sibelius 6 with Dolet 5
Recordare LLC have today announced the release of Dolet 5 for Sibelius, the latest version of their plug-in for MusicXML export. Dolet 5 works with Sibelius 5.1 or later, but…
Musical performance and the machine
If you've got a bit of time to spare, this paper by Mark Marrington, delivered at the Coventry University National Music Performance Symposium on 10 June, is a fascinating read…
Score for Wesley biopic composed on Sibelius
The forthcoming biopic of John and Charles Wesley from Foundery Pictures, titled simply Wesley, features a score by conductor and composer Bruce Kriesling, composed on Sibelius. Kriesling was profiled by…
Students start music publishing business using Sibelius
A group of students in the Music Business programme at Indiana State University have started a music publishing business to publish a teaching method for five-string banjo by Louie Popejoy,…
Kirk Hamilton: “Magnetic Layout will save untold hours of my life”
Back in January I posted about San Francisco-based composer/singer/songwriter/all-round-talented musician Kirk Hamilton's new album, The Exited Door, for which Kirk used Sibelius to score many of the songs. Kirk kindly…