MAKING NOTES
Dorico 6.2.30 update now available
Today we are pleased to release Dorico 6.2.30, a further free maintenance update for Dorico 6. This update includes several useful new features and improvements, alongside more than 40 bug fixes and enhancements across many areas of the application. Improved Cantai...
Dorico 6.2.20 update released with Cantai support
We have today released Dorico 6.2.20, another small but mighty update for Dorico Pro 6, Dorico Elements 6, and Dorico SE 6. This release focuses specifically on integration with Cantai, the vocal synthesis plug-in from Turing Opera Workshop that is also released...
Dorico 6.2.10 update now available
Following hot on the heels of Dorico 6.2, released two weeks ago, we are pleased to announce the release of a further minor update to Dorico 6, bringing it to version 6.2.10. This update is free to all existing Dorico Pro 6, Dorico Elements 6, and Dorico SE users, and...
SHOWCASE
Dorico Showcase: From Finale to Dorico with Jean-Yves Malmasson
In our latest Dorico Showcase, we spoke with composer, conductor and music educator Jean-Yves Malmasson, whose musical studies include piano, composition, and the ondes Martenot at regional and national conservatories in France, about his recent publications with...
Shaping Future Composers: Dorico Supports Sound and Music’s In the Making — Lillie Harris on how the programme shaped her career
This marks the second year we are supporting Sound and Music’s In the Making, the UK’s only year-long development programme for composers aged 14–18. The course combines a summer residential with year-round mentoring, workshops, and career guidance, helping young...
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...
TUTORIALS
Dorico SE Summer Sessions Dorico auf Deutsch
Dorico SE Summer SessionsWas sind die Summer Sessions? Warum diesen Sommer nicht tiefer in die kostenlose Notationssoftware Dorico SE eintauchen? Diese Reihe von Livestreams deckt viele nützliche Themen für deine musikalischen Aufgaben ab. Wann findet das statt? Die...
Dorico SE Summer Sessions
What are the summer sessions? This summer why not take a deep dive into the free notation software, Dorico SE, with this series of live streams covering many useful topics for your musical needs. When is it? The series will run for five sessions on Wednesdays from...
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...
OPINION
Laptops for schools
While we at Steinberg do offer Cubasis for Android and Chromebook, there are also many low-cost Windows laptops available at similar prices. When schools are looking for laptops for students as part of a mobile IT lab or a 1:1 device program, they often prefer to stay...
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...
NEWS
Save on Dorico and instruments in the Scoring Essentials Sale
From 13 May until 26 May 2026, you can save 30% on Dorico 6 new licenses, updates, and upgrades, or save up to 50% on bundles including the Iconica Opus and Etude sound libraries. It's a great time to step up to Dorico 6 and add some new expressive possibilities to...
Dorico 6.2 update now available
We're pleased to announce the immediate availability of another big free update for Dorico Pro 6, Dorico Elements 6, Dorico SE 6, and (very soon) for Dorico for iPad users. Dorico 6.2 brings significant notation improvements in areas including repeats, guitar...
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...
Productivity improvements in Dorico 2.2
Flow headings in Dorico 2.2