Hit’n’Mix is making some noise
Martin Dawe is the mastermind behind PhotoScore and AudioScore, the music scanning and audio transcription software used by thousands of Sibelius users around the world. His latest product is called…
Behind Bars author interviewed on BBC Radio 3 tomorrow
Elaine Gould, the author of Behind Bars, a new reference text on music notation, will be interviewed, together with Professor of Composition and Composer in Residence at the Guildhall School…
Oscar-nominated movies scored in Sibelius
In the entertainment business of movies, music and TV, the first couple of months of each year are dominated by glitzy awards ceremonies. As the company behind the industry-standard tools…
Braille music becomes more accessible, with a little help from Sibelius
Today's Guardian newspaper in the UK carries a story about the remarkable work of Lydia Machell of Prima Vista Braille Music Services. I've posted before about the quest that has…
Sci-fi author Alan Dean Foster “would like to take a year off to master Sibelius”
"Speculative fiction" blog SF Signal recently interviewed New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster (pictured right), author of more than 110 science fiction books. His most recent book is…
Montana student wins state-wide songwriting competition for Special Olympics
The Clark Fork Chronicle, a community newspaper in Missoula County, Montana, USA, this week has a story about local student Morissa Trunzo (pictured right), who has won a state-wide songwriting…
Read five pages from Hal Leonard’s new Sibelius book
Last month I posted an interview with Tom Rudolph and Vince Leonard, the authors of the second edition of Hal Leonard's book, Sibelius: A comprehensive guide to Sibelius music notation…
Sibelius helps The High Street Broadcast hit the airwaves
"Think of it as writing a one hour musical in a month while working a regular 40-hour-per-week job!" That's how pianist, composer and arranger Brent Bain describes writing songs and…
