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Notation Express Stream Deck profile for Sibelius

March 7, 2019March 14, 2019

At NYC Music Services we’ve released a brand new tool for Sibelius users to dramatically speed up their work. It’s called Notation Express and it’s a fully customized profile for the Elgato Stream Deck console that makes powerful Sibelius features easy and fun to use.

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New edition of Copland’s Billy the Kid ballet with Peabody Orchestra

February 15, 2019February 20, 2019

We’ve been “road testing” a new edition of the full ballet of Copland’s Billy the Kid with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra to make the music the very best it can be before it’s published.

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2018: Looking back and ahead

December 27, 2018January 3, 2019

As another year comes to a close, it’s time once again to reflect on the past year on Scoring Notes and in the world of music notation software and related technology — and to look forward to what’s ahead.

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2018 holiday shopping guide from Scoring Notes

December 10, 2018December 21, 2018

There are plenty of holiday shopping guides — but none, I assure you, with this unique list of recommendations. I’ve assembled a list of some of my favorite products that I think you will enjoy as well, and relate to the task of creating music notation (more or less!).

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Introducing the Norfolk and Pori chord symbol fonts for Sibelius — and an angled slash variant

December 6, 2018December 10, 2018

At NYC Music Services, we’ve released seven new free chord symbol fonts for Sibelius. Four of the fonts are part of the Norfolk family. The other three fonts are the inaugural members of a new font family called Pori. Pori is a derivative of Petaluma, the handwritten font that first appeared in Dorico 2.0. One of the Pori fonts is something very special.

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Music notation seminar in New York on November 1

October 29, 2018November 1, 2018

The Society of Composers and Lyricists in New York is presenting a seminar entitled “Music Notation Tools and Tactics” on Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 7 pm. We have a free discount code for Scoring Notes readers.

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10 years for the blog

October 11, 2018October 11, 2018

We celebrate the 10th birthday of the Scoring Notes blog by looking back to October 11, 2008 and ahead the the future.

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Printing music for The Tonight Show in Central Park

September 14, 2018September 18, 2018

Jimmy Fallon brought The Tonight Show outdoors to the Summer Stage at Central Park. Joining the show’s house band The Roots were musicians from the New York Philharmonic, making for a unique 20-piece ensemble. NYC Music Services played a small but important role in printing the music that got on the stands.

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Road report: London diary

August 21, 2018August 23, 2018

While I had the chance, I decided to take a few days to visit colleagues in London to catch up on all the latest. Fortunately (for me) they were working hard during the summer and hadn’t skipped town. Enjoy this virtual travelog!

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Summer 2018 reading list from Scoring Notes

July 13, 2018July 18, 2018

If you happen to have missed some of our news, tips, tutorials, and reviews from the last several months, don’t worry — we’ve got you covered with this post with a summary of what’s been happening so that you can take it to the beach.

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When preparing Stravinsky for Link Up, the engraver is also a student

April 30, 2018July 13, 2018

We prepare all of the orchestral music for Carnegie Hall’s Link Up educational program, for students in grades 3 through 5. It’s deeply satisfying taking a masterwork by a great composer like Stravinsky and revisiting it by setting the notes anew. It wasn’t just the grade school students who were educated during this process!