Sibelius 6 users: beware of Mac OS X 10.6.7 update
Update –- 26 April 2011 Apple have released a fix for this problem, which is available now from Software Update. Read all about it. Original post -- 29 March 2011…
Abbey Road anthem competition open for entries
To celebrate the 80th birthday of the world-famous studios in London, Abbey Road is staging a competition to find the next great choral anthem. Up to ten composers will have…
Dennis Tobenski: Sibelius “makes me open to try different things”
I happened upon a short interview with New York-based composer and vocalist Dennis Tobenski (pictured right) on the web site of fellow composer Thomas Deneuville. Tobenski is a young American…
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra reads student’s Sibelius score
Young composer Jared Richardson was profiled this past weekend in the Times Colonist newspaper in Canada. Having only started composing a couple of years ago, this 17-year-old high school student…
Typing notes in text
Sometimes you might need to show note symbols in the middle of a run of regular text. Sibelius makes this as easy as pie. Simply right-click during input of most…
Sibelius helps The Sound of Mumbai to the screen
When Cambridge graduate and horn player Joseph Walters decided in 1998 to travel to India to learn the tabla after completing his studies, he fell in love with the country.…
Four types of selection in Sibelius
A couple of days ago, I wrote that one of the axioms of efficient use of Sibelius is: "Copy, don't reinput." With that in mind, I thought it was worth…
Getting selective with filters
One of the axioms for efficient use of Sibelius is: "Copy, don't re-input." If you can copy and paste something rather than input it again, you're going to save time.…
