Dorico 5.1.20 update brings engraving improvements

We're pleased to announce the immediate availability of another new Dorico 5 update, coming just a few weeks after the release of Dorico 5.1.10 in January. Dorico 5.1.20 is a free update for existing Dorico Pro 5, Dorico Elements 5 and Dorico SE users, and there's a...

Alessandro Grego triumphs in the Penderecki Composers’ Competition with ‘El mar de l’eterno,’ composed using Dorico

Alessandro Grego is an Italian composer who recently won the Penderecki Composers’ Competition with his music composition El mar de l’eterno, among a total of 94 scores that were submitted to an international jury by composers from across the globe. In a conversation...

Behind the Score: Orchestrator Bernard Duc and “His Dark Materials” at the BBC Proms

His Dark Materials is a fantasy TV Series produced by BBC One and HBO, based on the trilogy of Philip Pullman’s novels. The music of the series was written by Grammy-award winning Scottish composer Lorne Balfe. In late August this year, there was a medley of it...

Learn Note Input in Dorico: New series of tutorial videos released

I love Dorico, but then I have a rather special relationship with it. Not only am I in the extremely fortunate position to help present it to the world—by helping to shape the features and designing the user interface—I also have the great honour of showing it off to...

MAKING NOTES

Dorico for iPad 2.0 now available from the App Store

Dorico for iPad 2.0 now available from the App Store

We are pleased to announce that a new version of the top-rated music notation app for iPad, Dorico for iPad, is now available for free download from the App Store. If you already have Dorico for iPad installed, go to the Updates tab in the App Store app on your iPad...

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There and back again: the story of Dorico 4’s development

There and back again: the story of Dorico 4’s development

It’s been a long time since the release of Dorico 3.5, back in May 2020. At that point, we expected that Dorico 4 would be released in May or June 2021, but a unique combination of circumstances led to us changing our plans significantly before the end of 2020....

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SHOWCASE

Dorico Showcase: Composer Paul Brody asks “Are you in love?”

Dorico Showcase: Composer Paul Brody asks “Are you in love?”

This post is part of a series that aims to shine a light on projects in which Dorico has played a part. If you have used Dorico for something interesting and would like to be featured in this series, please let me know. Composer and sound artist Paul Brody has a deep...

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Dorico Showcase: Bringing Keats The Musical to the stage

Dorico Showcase: Bringing Keats The Musical to the stage

This post is part of a series that aims to shine a light on projects in which Dorico has played a part. If you have used Dorico for something interesting and would like to be featured in this series, please let me know. Bringing a new, original musical to the stage is...

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TUTORIALS

OPINION

NEWS

Dorico 4.3.20 maintenance update now available

Dorico 4.3.20 maintenance update now available

We're pleased to announce the immediate availability of the latest updates to Dorico Pro 4, Dorico Elements 4, Dorico SE 4, and Dorico for iPad. Dorico for macOS and Windows moves to version 4.3.20, while Dorico for iPad moves to version 2.5.20. These updates are free...

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Dorico 4.3.11 maintenance update released

Dorico 4.3.11 maintenance update released

Following hot on the heels of the release of Dorico 4.3 three weeks ago, we've today made available a maintenance release for Dorico 4, bringing it to version 4.3.11. This update is recommended for all Dorico 4 users, whether you're using Dorico Pro, Dorico Elements...

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Dorico 4.3 released with refined Key Editor and much, much more

Dorico 4.3 released with refined Key Editor and much, much more

We're pleased to announce the release of Dorico 4.3, our eighth (and very probably final) release of 2022, and it's a big one. This release is headlined by a brand new feature that automatically generates voicings for chord symbols (in Dorico Pro only), which should...

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LATEST VIDEOS

Productivity improvements in Dorico 2.2

Flow headings in Dorico 2.2

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