Hands-on Sibelius training at the Marin Youth Center
If you're within travelling distance of San Rafael, California, you may be interested to know that my friend Bruce Munson, who was for many years the sales manager for the…
Michael Zev Gordon’s Allele scored in Sibelius
Coming up in July are three opportunities to hear a remarkable new choral work in which singers sing parts derived directly from their own genetic code. The new piece, Allele,…
Useful plug-ins for handling rests in voices
This post is written by Bob Zawalich, author of more than 200 plug-ins for Sibelius. Adding notes in a new voice can create a number of rests that you may…
How many displays do you have?
Here's a little question for you for the weekend: what kind of computer do you run Sibelius on, and how many displays do you have attached to that computer? What's…
Working with lyric hyphens
Continuing a series of posts about lyrics in Sibelius, today I'm writing about lyric hyphens. The humble hyphen plays a central role in your lyrics... literally. It appears between different…
Traditional lyrics beaming and slurs on melismas
Continuing a series of posts looking at lyrics in Sibelius, today I'm going to talk about a couple of plug-ins that can help you achieve a traditional appearance for the…
Adding extra lines of lyrics
Continuing a series of posts about lyrics in Sibelius, today we're going to talk about adding extra lines of lyrics. Each line of lyrics uses its own text style. This has…
Making lyrics something to sing about
One of the mature music notation programs recently touted lyrics that "instantly appear exactly as they'll print out" as one of the major new features of a new version that…
A brief history of music printing
A few years ago, Ben and Jonathan Finn, the original creators of Sibelius, were interviewed for a TV programme here in the UK for The Open University for the TA212…
Barlow’s Nocturne for Solo Clarinet, Marimba and Strings scored in Sibelius
British conductor and composer Stephen Barlow recently completed a major new work for clarinettist Emma Johnson, entitled Nocturne for Solo Clarinet, Marimba and Strings. First performed by the Ulster Orchestra…
