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Katerina Gimon: “Composers, be bold! Send your music into the world!”

Katerina Gimon: “Composers, be bold! Send your ...

As a composer, there are so many grants, commissions, opportunities, and other things that you just won’t get. The vast majority, in fact. It's just inevitable! But just know that...

Katerina Gimon: “Composers, be bold! Send your ...

As a composer, there are so many grants, commissions, opportunities, and other things that you just won’t get. The vast majority, in fact. It's just inevitable! But just know that...

Notation for Wagnertuba: The Definitive Guide

Notation for Wagnertuba: The Definitive Guide

You have been handed a bizarre, oblong brass instrument and some music in an unusual transposition. Playing it feels oddly familiar yet also alien and strange - the sound is...

Notation for Wagnertuba: The Definitive Guide

You have been handed a bizarre, oblong brass instrument and some music in an unusual transposition. Playing it feels oddly familiar yet also alien and strange - the sound is...

It's Time to Let Finale Die

It's Time to Let Finale Die

The software life cycle, compared with the entire history of music, is terrifyingly fast. Finale, the backbone of the musical theatre industry, still used by hundreds of thousands of composers...

It's Time to Let Finale Die

The software life cycle, compared with the entire history of music, is terrifyingly fast. Finale, the backbone of the musical theatre industry, still used by hundreds of thousands of composers...

IHS 56: Lessons from our second conference

IHS 56: Lessons from our second conference

Vivian and I are taking it easy this week, coming off the high (literally, 5000 feet elevation!) of attending the International Horn Symposium (IHS) in Fort Collins, Colorado. This was...

IHS 56: Lessons from our second conference

Vivian and I are taking it easy this week, coming off the high (literally, 5000 feet elevation!) of attending the International Horn Symposium (IHS) in Fort Collins, Colorado. This was...

Zachary Senick: Uncovering Ukrainian chamber music

Zachary Senick: Uncovering Ukrainian chamber music

My Background & Inspiration I am a bassoonist originally from the prairies (Western Canada) and began playing bassoon in high school when I was 16. I immediately fell in love...

Zachary Senick: Uncovering Ukrainian chamber music

My Background & Inspiration I am a bassoonist originally from the prairies (Western Canada) and began playing bassoon in high school when I was 16. I immediately fell in love...

Sibelius for Android being used on a train

Sibelius for Android & my quarter-life crisis

Today marks the official launch of the ép blog! We are going directly into the weeds, because it is early days, and I have neither readership nor sponsors to answer...

Sibelius for Android & my quarter-life crisis

Today marks the official launch of the ép blog! We are going directly into the weeds, because it is early days, and I have neither readership nor sponsors to answer...