Author Archives: Michael

Dolet Plug-in Updates for Sibelius and Finale

Recordare has released new Dolet updates for Sibelius and Finale. Dolet 4.2 for Sibelius adds support for Sibelius 6 and includes bug fixes for double-note tremolos and cue-size noteheads. The Dolet 1.6 for Sibelius plug-in, intended for people using Sibelius … Continue reading

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Michael Jackson: 1958 – 2009

Sadly, I’m afraid that Tim Rice may have gotten it right in some of the lyrics to Evita: High flying, adored What happens now? Where do you go from here? For someone on top of the world The view’s not … Continue reading

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Coming Up: Madama Butterfly

There is a reason why some operas are so beloved and so often performed. While there are many great operas in the world, in and out of the repertoire, some works go beyond with a transcendent synthesis of music and … Continue reading

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Musikmesse 2009 in Frankfurt

Musikmesse was held earlier this month in Frankfurt. This is the big European music instruments show, similar to NAMM in Anaheim for the USA. It has been three years since I last attended Musikmesse, so this was a great chance … Continue reading

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Liskov Wins Turing

Prof. Barbara Liskov has won the Association for Computing Machinery’s Turing Award, often described as the Nobel Prize of computer science. This was great news to hear because Prof. Liskov was another of my very influential professors at MIT. When … Continue reading

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Dolet 4.7 for Finale Now Available

Recordare has released version 4.7 of our Dolet for Finale plug-in. The big new feature in this release is support for reading and writing Open Score Format (OSF) files. Open Score Format is a new format for distribution, interchange, and … Continue reading

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EMI Digital Shakeup

It’s been interesting watching EMI’s digital efforts from afar. Here was a record label that actually hired people like Douglas Merrill and Cory Ondrejka with flashy Silicon Valley high-tech resumes and chartered them to start innovating in digital sales and … Continue reading

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Coming Up: Palo Alto Chamber Chorus

Most of my performing these days is usually in symphonic and opera choruses. I sang in two chamber choruses back in Boston, but have yet to find a good fit with a full-time chamber chorus locally. So I am really … Continue reading

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