Registration is now open for four online Sibelius courses in 2014 headed by Katie Wardrobe of Midnight Music: Basics, Speedy Arranging, Advanced, and Projects for Students.
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On the road: Score prep master class at Berklee
A report from the Berklee College of Music, giving a master class on digital score preparation to talented students.
Sibelius training in Cape Town, South Africa this October
Sibelius user Engela Fullard got in touch to let me know that she will be running a training session covering both Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7 at Parow North Primary School in Parow North, Cape Town, South Africa on 15 October 2011, between 8.30am and 11am, for the very reasonable price of R150. Engela is […]
Cengage’s Mastering Sibelius 6 book now available
Cengage have just published a new book about Sibelius, called Mastering Sibelius 6. Based on Marc Schonbrun’s book Mastering Sibelius 5, Gabriel Cobas has revised and expanded upon the original author’s work to bring the book fully up-to-date with all of the new features and changes introduced in the latest version of the world’s best-selling […]
Celebrating young musicians at the Schools Prom
Last night I had the privilege of attending the first of this year’s three Music For Youth Schools Prom concerts. Every November, more than 3,000 young musicians from schools around the United Kingdom come together to put on a series of three concerts showcasing the remarkable breadth and depth of music making that goes on […]
More Sibelius training in Marin County this October
My friend and former colleague Bruce Munson got in touch to let me know that he will be running two more Sibelius training sessions at the Marin Youth Center in Marin County, CA this coming October. On 2 October, between 9am and 4pm, Bruce will be running an Intermediate to Advanced Sibelius training session: A […]
Avid’s Buzz blog features Sibelius guest blogger
The Avid Community site features a number of blogs from other people around Avid, and it’s worth checking out if you’re interested in the wider world of Avid products in the fields of digital video and audio. The Buzz blog is currently running a series of four posts written by guest blogger Martin Smith, who […]
Sibelius sponsors search for music teacher of the year
For the past several years Avid, and before that Sibelius Software, have been privileged to sponsor Classic FM’s Music Teacher of the Year competition, which seeks to recognise six of the most inspirational music teachers in the UK’s schools. There are categories for primary, secondary, special needs, peripatetic and newly-qualified teachers. This year’s winners will […]
Sibelius and Auralia help Bensalem students learn music
Yesterday’s Bucks County Courier Times newspaper carried a story about Bensalem High School, which has recently installed a new lab full of iMac computers running Sibelius, Auralia and Garageband. Teacher Mike Zimmerman is running a music technology class for the school’s students. The article says: “Primarily, for music technology, we used GarageBand, Sibelius and some […]
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 opportunities to children all over the country to get their hands on some seriously cool kit for media creation. Along with stations running Sibelius and […]