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Sibelius Music Notation

Date

February 10-May 2, 2025

Online

Course Code

8005A

Credits

3

Tuition

$1146

Course Description

This course is designed for K-12 educators who want to explore and create notation projects using Sibelius Ultimate. Activities include creating musical examples ranging from simple lead sheets to ensemble scores with parts, as well as custom worksheets for music theory, composition, performance, flashcards, and more. Lesson projects will feature participant-designed materials that can be immediately applied to the curriculum. No prior experience with Sibelius is required! The course is suitable for both Mac and PC versions of Sibelius.

Sibelius Music Notation

Instructor

Vince Leonard

Producer and composer Vincent A. Leonard Jr. has had works premiered nationally and internationally. He is published by Arrangers Publishing Company, Educational Programs Network, and National Music Works. He co-authored Recording in the Digital World; Finale: An Easy Guide to Music Notation; Sibelius: A Comprehensive Guide to Music Notation; and Musical iPad. In 1996, he and fellow producer and engineer Jack Klotz Jr. formed Invincible Entertainment and 3 IPS Studio, and have released two CDs, Magic Up Our Sleeve and On the Brink of Tomorrow. Compositional credits include the feature film Running On Empty Dreams, theme and episode music for the Captain Courteous radio series, and numerous theater pieces and industrials. Leonard has provided orchestrations for world premiere productions of Redwall for Opera Delaware, Elliot and the Magic Bed, Isabelle and the Pretty-Ugly Spell and The Little Princess for Upper Darby Summer Stage. Also widely known as a copyist and arranger, he has worked on projects with Peter Nero, the Philly Pops Orchestra, Doc Severinsen, the London Symphony Orchestra, Chuck Mangione and Leslie Burrs, and in musicals by Duke Ellington, Alan Menken, Kurt Weill and Mitch Leigh. Leonard is a member of NARAS and ASCAP, and is active as a clinician and music software beta-tester for Apple computers. 

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