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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
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
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
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 & 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...
Finale: Three Tips for Aligning Dynamics
This is a still-relevant repost of my original segment on the Finale Blog from December 2021. If your creative process is as chaotic as mine, then you’ve probably emerged from a...
Finale: Three Tips for Aligning Dynamics
This is a still-relevant repost of my original segment on the Finale Blog from December 2021. If your creative process is as chaotic as mine, then you’ve probably emerged from a...