Winter workshops in Washington state

December 15, 2011

Mike Klinger, the founder and proprietor of the Synthesis MIDI Workshop in Portland, Oregon, has been teaching music technology and helping educators and institutions make the most of music technology for more than 40 years. Ten years ago, he fulfilled a life-long dream to have a dedicated facility in which to teach and exhibit best [...]

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Come and see Sibelius at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago

December 13, 2011

The Midwest Clinic is one of the largest music education conferences in the world: hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of educators flock to Chicago, Illinois every December to share best practices, show off their wares, and promote increasing standards in music education and instrumental performance in particular. The show runs from Wednesday 14 December until [...]

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Avid Scorch 1.1 update brings over 90 improvements

November 30, 2011

Only yesterday I posted about Hal Leonard’s new Scorch-powered Sheet Music Direct app, but Avid’s own iPad app, Avid Scorch, has also recently seen a major update to version 1.1, which is a free update for existing users, or just $1.99 US (or equivalent in your local App Store) for new users, for a limited [...]

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New Sheet Music Direct app for iPad powered by Scorch technology

November 29, 2011

Sheet Music Direct is one of the world’s leading destinations for digital sheet music, and for many years has used Avid’s Scorch technology to provide high-quality sheet music in your web browser. Now Hal Leonard have released a new Sheet Music Direct app for iPad, currently available in the United States only, that brings more [...]

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Seeking a software developer to work on Sibelius

November 28, 2011

A rare opportunity has arisen to join our tight-knit and highly-talented development team to work on Sibelius and related products in our London office. If you are an experienced C++ developer who is musically-minded and would like to help develop future versions of Sibelius on Windows, Mac OS X, and perhaps other platforms in the [...]

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Congratulations to the 2011 Classic FM Music Teacher of the Year winners

November 15, 2011

Each year, Avid is proud to sponsor, along with Yamaha, the Classic FM Music Teacher of the Year competition. Run by the UK’s most listened-to classical music radio station, the Music Teacher of the Year competition sets out to recognise the most exceptional music teachers in UK schools across six categories (primary, secondary, special educational [...]

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Navigating around your score using plug-ins

November 11, 2011

In this guest post, Sibelius plug-in guru Bob Zawalich describes several of the plug-ins he has written to make navigating around long scores quicker and easier. Several downloadable plug-ins that make it easier to navigate in a score are available to Sibelius 6 and 7. Find these on the plug-in download page in the Navigation [...]

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Have your say in the future of Sibelius

October 31, 2011

After every major new Sibelius version release, we like to ask you, our customers, about your opinion of the latest version. Have you upgraded? If not, why not? If you did upgrade, has the product lived up to your expectations? And, most fun of all, you get to provide us with your feedback on a [...]

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DV Magazine on Sibelius 7: “Nothing else comes close”

October 28, 2011

Rob Sandall of DV Magazine, the magazine published by the UK’s largest music retailer, Digital Village, has reviewed Sibelius 7, and he loves it: When it first booted up I thought I’d accidentally clicked on a Microsoft Office application. If that sounds harsh, it wasn’t meant to be, as with their thinking caps on the [...]

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Reminder: Sibelius boot camp training this Saturday in New York City

October 27, 2011

This fierce-looking gentleman (courtesy jp_ns on Flickr) would like to remind you that this Saturday, 29 October, Sibelius sensei Ernie Jackson will be running two hands-on training sessions at Hunter College in New York City. Full details were posted a few weeks ago. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn many tips and tricks [...]

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