MAKING NOTES
Dorico 5.1.40 update released, introducing contextual help
We're pleased to announce the release of the latest update for Dorico 5, version 5.1.40, which is free for all Dorico Pro 5, Dorico Elements 5, Dorico SE 5 and Dorico for iPad users. This update includes more than 20 bug fixes, a number of useful improvements to...
Dorico 5.1.30 update now available
We're pleased to announce the release of the latest maintenance update for Dorico 5 for macOS, Windows, and iPad. Dorico 5.1.30 is available now as a free update for existing Dorico 5 users, and includes some 45 bug fixes and a number of useful improvements. As...
Dorico 5.1.20 update brings engraving improvements
We're pleased to announce the immediate availability of another new Dorico 5 update, coming just a few weeks after the release of Dorico 5.1.10 in January. Dorico 5.1.20 is a free update for existing Dorico Pro 5, Dorico Elements 5 and Dorico SE users, and there's a...
SHOWCASE
Arnau Brichs Wins Prix Élan 2024 with ‘Degrees of Presence’
In our latest interview, we had the pleasure of speaking with Arnau Brichs, a young composer based in Barcelona, whose talent has recently received significant recognition in the music world. Arnau has been awarded numerous international prizes, including the Prix...
‘How Proud The Pines’: A Centennial Celebration for F. Austin State University, Composed by Stephen Lias
We are thrilled to feature an exclusive interview with Stephen Lias, a distinguished composer and Professor of Composition at Stephen F. Austin State University. Stephen is also the founder and leader of the annual Composing in the Wilderness program offered by the...
Composing for ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’: John Frizzell’s Journey with ‘Abduction’ Using Dorico
John Frizzell is a renowned American film composer recognized for his collaboration with Mike Judge. His impressive portfolio includes scoring music for iconic projects such as Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Office Space, and the recent Beavis and Butt-Head Do the...
TUTORIALS
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...
Tip: Add notations during note input
You don't need to exit note input to create other notations. For example, type Shift+D to open the...
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
Using Dorico for iPad in education
Since the release of Dorico for iPad three years ago, we have been delighted to welcome tens of thousands of new Dorico users, downloading the app for free from the App Store. The app is consistently the top-rated music notation and composition app in the App Store,...
Dorico 5.1.40 update released, introducing contextual help
We're pleased to announce the release of the latest update for Dorico 5, version 5.1.40, which is free for all Dorico Pro 5, Dorico Elements 5, Dorico SE 5 and Dorico for iPad users. This update includes more than 20 bug fixes, a number of useful improvements to...
Dorico 5.1.30 update now available
We're pleased to announce the release of the latest maintenance update for Dorico 5 for macOS, Windows, and iPad. Dorico 5.1.30 is available now as a free update for existing Dorico 5 users, and includes some 45 bug fixes and a number of useful improvements. As...
Productivity improvements in Dorico 2.2
Flow headings in Dorico 2.2