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...
The Art of Practice – How to Hone Your Skills as an Amateur Ensemble
Playing as part of an amateur ensemble can be a fantastically rewarding experience, but it can also go badly wrong if you don’t bother to put in the preparation needed to fully develop your musical skills. We’ve discussed before how you can build your own concert...
Dorico Q&A – With Our Head of the Scoring Team, Ben Timms
Continuing our new Q&A series, we spoke to Ben Timms, Head of the Scoring Team at Dorico, to find out what music means to him. What musician (dead or alive) would you want to have dinner with? I’m not sure I would be brave enough to have dinner with the artists...