Composer and educator David MacDonald describes in detail how he teaches composition using the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, and why he can't imaging returning to the dead-tree way of doing things.

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We ❤️ our orchestra librarians @librarianinglikeaboss

When it comes to learning how to use music notation software, there's no substitute for customized, individual tutorial sessions. That's why we're excited to offer instructional training for Avid Sibelius, Finale Music Notation Software, and Dorico through Notation Central.

New post! When it comes to learning how to use music notation software, there's no substitute for customized, individual tutorial sessions. That's why we're excited to offer instructional training for Avid Sibelius, Finale Music Notation Software, and Dorico through Notation Central.

Some nice scores of @jmontgomerymusic coming off the print run today.

New Scoring Notes podcast episode! Great fun talking with Sam Butler from @avid.sibelius and @davemacdo

New podcast episode! We talk with Sam Butler, the senior principal product manager for Avid Sibelius. Sam tells us about how Sibelius updates are released, his favorite new features, the ongoing accessibility initiative with Berklee, and what's cooking for the future.

Here's how to change the size of expressive text in Sibelius without affecting the size of music text used for dynamics.

If your Sibelius score suffers from an ailment where the page numbers unintentionally deviate from the conventions of left and right numbering, we have both the diagnosis and the cure.