MAKING NOTES
Dorico 6.1 adds Etude Elements, condensing improvements, and more
Update 13 October 2025: We have today released a small maintenance update to Dorico 6.1, bringing the application to Dorico 6.1.10. This fixes a few important issues that have been reported since the release of Dorico 6.1, and is recommended for all Dorico 6 users. We...
Dorico 6.0.20 brings proofreading improvements
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Dorico 6.0.20, a free update for Dorico 6 users that includes more than 70 bug fixes, and introduces a significant change in the way the brand new Proofreading panel works. Read on for more details. Update (10...
The Splentino typeface: reviving Plantin for musical scores
In this guest post, Ben Byram-Wigfield tells the story behind the creation of the Splentino typeface, which is included with Dorico 6. The Plantin typeface was designed in 1913 by the Monotype Drawing Office, near Redhill in the UK, under the direction of Frank...
SHOWCASE
Orchestrating a truly mysterious UFO: Valensole 1965 with Noga Kedem
Valensole 1965 is a drama directed by Dominique Filhol, who also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Matthias Van Khache and Vahina Giocante, telling the story of farmer Maurice Masse, who discovers a UFO in his lavender field at dawn that takes off at an astonishing...
The Sing! Hymnal, made in Dorico
The Sing! conference is a Getty Music initiative focused on faith and fellowship through congregational singing, hymns and worship, this year taking place 1–3 September 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2017 by hymn writers Keith and Kristyn Getty, the annual...
Kazimierz, A Story of Love and Destiny: a one-act opera by William Goldstein
In this #DoricoShowcase conversation, William Goldstein, Emmy-nominated composer, pianist and improvisational artist best known for his work on the iconic 1980s tv series Fame, talks about his transition from Finale to Dorico whilst composing and orchestrating Kazimierz, A Story of Love and Destiny: a one-act opera for the 2nd International Festival IMAGINE Culture Without Borders in Poland.
TUTORIALS
Translating Finale projects to Dorico using MusicXML
Since the news that Finale has been discontinued, the main questions we've received from Finale users looking to migrate to Dorico concern what to do with their existing Finale projects, and how to move them over to Dorico. In this tutorial, we'll talk about when it...
Learn Note Input in Dorico: New series of tutorial videos released
I love Dorico, but then I have a rather special relationship with it. Not only am I in the extremely fortunate position to help present it to the world—by helping to shape the features and designing the user interface—I also have the great honour of showing it off to...
Tip: Fix page layout and edit Flow Headings in Dorico Elements 4
Overwriting text tokens to add titles and other information can lead to layout issues. In Dorico Elements...
OPINION
Female composers in the Dorico manual: centenary edition
The Dorico 4 manuals now contain music by over 100 different female composers.
In this post, Dorico’s documentation author Lillie looks at ten of these and invites you to listen to some excellent recordings.
Women composers and the Dorico Operation Manual
As of this moment in time, there are excerpts of music by sixteen different women composers spread throughout the Dorico 2 Operation Manual. There are a few by some ‘typical’ names from the canon too of course, like Debussy, Mozart, and Brahms, but I wanted to make a...
Classical Music in the Age of #MeToo
In recent years, the issue of sexual harassment has sent shockwaves reaching from the film industry to national governments – and the world of classical music has not been immune from revelations. Earlier this year, the Washington Post published the results of its...
NEWS
Orchestrating a truly mysterious UFO: Valensole 1965 with Noga Kedem
Valensole 1965 is a drama directed by Dominique Filhol, who also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Matthias Van Khache and Vahina Giocante, telling the story of farmer Maurice Masse, who discovers a UFO in his lavender field at dawn that takes off at an astonishing...
Dorico 6.1 adds Etude Elements, condensing improvements, and more
Update 13 October 2025: We have today released a small maintenance update to Dorico 6.1, bringing the application to Dorico 6.1.10. This fixes a few important issues that have been reported since the release of Dorico 6.1, and is recommended for all Dorico 6 users. We...
Fall for Dorico Masterclass
To help you get started using Dorico as easily as possible, I will be hosting free Zoom sessions throughout September and October. The sessions will guide you through each topic listed below, and you'll have the opportunity to ask questions in person during the...
Productivity improvements in Dorico 2.2
Flow headings in Dorico 2.2