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Sibelius USA, Inc., 1407 Oakland Blvd., Ste. 103, Walnut Creek, CA 94596; (925) 280-0600, fax (925) 280-0008; infoUSA@sibelius.com; www.sibelius.com. Starclass, $89; Instruments, $119; Compass. $119; Notes, $69.95; Auralia, $119; Musition, $119.
Sibelius Software Ltd. recently expanded its Sibelius Educational Suite (SES) with the addition of the Compass program. The full range of software is suitable for every educational level--from kindergarten through university.
Compass is a program to aid students in the art of composition. Designed for students and teachers from middle school through university levels, Compass's key topics include melody, harmony, texture and form, which are tested using thirty-four automatically marked quizzes. Lessons lead into composition projects such as theme and variations, song-writing, sonata form and blues. The Compass Tracker is used to record and develop musical ideas and functions as a sequencer. Tracker includes more than 1,200 mottles, including chord sequences, rhythms, scales and tools to create canons, inversions and ostinati.
With more than 180 ready-to-use lesson plans, Starclass provides instructors with ...