Human Target scores direct hit with orchestral soundtrack
In these days of low budgets and high technology, it's unusual for a weekly episodic television show to have an orchestral soundtrack performed by a live orchestra. For many years,…
Sibelius goes coast to coast on the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
One of the charitable organisations that Sibelius, and now Avid, has always been proud to support is the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, which travels around the United States providing…
The making of Pat Metheny’s “Orchestrion”
Just before Christmas, I posted about the sleeve art for guitarist, composer and Sibelius user Pat Metheny's new album, Orchestrion, which features a Sibelius 6 box lurking amidst the huge…
Composer Ellen Zwilich on how technology benefits musicians
The Palm Beach Arts Paper recently ran a profile of Pulitzer-prize winning composer and Sibelius user Ellen Zwilich, in advance of the Florida premiere of her acclaimed Septet for piano…
Unleash the power of text wildcards
Sibelius includes some simple but powerful features for working with text wildcards. Wildcards are text tokens that are automatically substituted with text from elsewhere. They're useful for situations where you…
How to connect Sibelius to Logic via ReWire
My good friend Philip Rothman at NYC Music Services has been creating a number of tutorial videos about Sibelius and Finale and posting them at YouTube. Philip is an expert…
Get an introduction to Sibelius at Somerset House
If you're within easy reach of London and have Sibelius 4 or later, you may be interested in spending an afternoon at Somerset House in the company of Neil Luck,…
SonicStrategy.net: “Sibelius leads from the front”
Composer Kampadi Okpa has written a head-to-head comparison of Finale and Sibelius for the web site SonicStrategy.net. It's a pretty detailed write-up, breaking down his impressions of both applications into…
Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon: “Sibelius saved our marriage”
Mexican-born composer Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon was recently interviewed by Tom Moore of Opera Today. Zohn-Muldoon is Associated Professor of Composition at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. The interview…
Hugh John: “Sibelius has consistently set new benchmarks”
On the eve of this year's BETT show, education technology journalist Hugh John has written a piece about the development of Sibelius 6, based on an interview I gave last…