1. Dennis Wu
December 10, 2010
Application of
Sibelius in
Education
Copyright © 2010 Dennis Wu. All rights reserved.

2. Dennis Wu
Music administrator of
St. Paul’s Co-
educational College
Composer and music
critic
Sibelius user since
About the 1999
speaker

3. What is
Sibelius?
Sibelius is a
notation
software

4. If Sibelius is an
apple...

5. Cakewalk/Sonar is an
orange.
If Sibelius is an
apple...

6. Cakewalk/Sonar is an
orange.
If Sibelius is an Band-in-a-box is a
tangerine.
apple...

7. Cakewalk/Sonar is an
orange.
If Sibelius is an Band-in-a-box is a
tangerine.
apple... Garageband is a citrus.

8. Cakewalk/Sonar is an
orange.
If Sibelius is an Band-in-a-box is a
tangerine.
apple... Garageband is a citrus.
Audition is a lemon.

9. They create Cakewalk/Sonar is an
orange.
sound, not Band-in-a-box is a
tangerine.
musical Garageband is a citrus.
notation Audition is a lemon.

10. If Sibelius is an
apple...

11. Finale is an apple.
If Sibelius is an
apple...

12. Finale is an apple.
If Sibelius is an Noteworthy Composer
apple... is an apple.

13. Finale is an apple.
If Sibelius is an Noteworthy Composer
apple... is an apple.
Encore is an apple.

14. They create Finale is an apple.
musical scores, Noteworthy Composer
and they play is an apple.
Encore is an apple.
out the scores.

15. PART 1
THERE’S MORE
THAN ONE WAY TO
INPUT
Sibelius inside
the classroom

16. Scenario 1: Create the first few
bars of music

17. Scenario 1: Create the first few
bars of music
Synopsis
To survive a classroom lesson by letting the students to
have something produced instantly.

18. Scenario 1: Create the first few
bars of music
Synopsis
To survive a classroom lesson by letting the students to
have something produced instantly.
Objective
To create a simple melody in four bars.

19. Scenario 1: Create the first few
bars of music
Synopsis
To survive a classroom lesson by letting the students to
have something produced instantly.
Objective
To create a simple melody in four bars.
Assumption
You have a classroom with every student accessible
with a computer installed with Sibelius and a MIDI
keyboard.

20. Scenario 2: Type the first few
bars of music

21. Scenario 2: Type the first few
bars of music
Synopsis
Not everyone can afford a MIDI controller.

22. Scenario 2: Type the first few
bars of music
Synopsis
Not everyone can afford a MIDI controller.
Objective
To create a simple melody in four bars.

23. Scenario 2: Type the first few
bars of music
Synopsis
Not everyone can afford a MIDI controller.
Objective
To create a simple melody in four bars.
Assumption
You have a classroom with every student accessible
with a computer installed with Sibelius.

24. Edge over
oranges
(sequencing
softwares)

25. Edge over We concern about the
oranges musical output --
notation.
(sequencing
softwares)

26. Edge over We concern about the
oranges musical output --
notation.
(sequencing It produces musically
approving results.
softwares)

27. We concern about the
musical output --
notation.
It produces musically
approving results.

28. Edge over
apples (notation
softwares)

29. Edge over
apples (notation It is easy to use.
softwares)

30. PART 2
COMPOSE IN A
COMPOSER’S WAY
Sibelius inside
the classroom

31. Scenario 3: It’s always about
development

32. Scenario 3: It’s always about
development
Synopsis
One of the difficulties in teaching composition in class is
how you assess students’ creations. Aesthetic is
abstract, but technique can be objectively assessed.

33. Scenario 3: It’s always about
development
Synopsis
One of the difficulties in teaching composition in class is
how you assess students’ creations. Aesthetic is
abstract, but technique can be objectively assessed.
Objective
To develop a 4-bar melody into a 16-bar melody with
accompaniment.

34. Scenario 3: It’s always about
development
Synopsis
One of the difficulties in teaching composition in class is
how you assess students’ creations. Aesthetic is
abstract, but technique can be objectively assessed.
Objective
To develop a 4-bar melody into a 16-bar melody with
accompaniment.
Assumption
You have a classroom with every student accessible
with a computer installed with Sibelius.

35. Scenario 4: Make it more
lengthy, more stuffy ...

36. Scenario 4: Make it more
lengthy, more stuffy ...
Synopsis
To develop simple music into a more sophisticated
composition, it involves identifying musical ideas and
organising the ideas into a well-structured piece.

37. Scenario 4: Make it more
lengthy, more stuffy ...
Synopsis
To develop simple music into a more sophisticated
composition, it involves identifying musical ideas and
organising the ideas into a well-structured piece.
Objective
To orchestrate a 16-bar melody into a simple
composition.

38. Edge over
oranges
(sequencing
softwares)

39. Edge over You are teaching music
and composition, not
oranges music production.
(sequencing
softwares)

40. Edge over You are teaching music
and composition, not
oranges music production.
You can objectively
(sequencing assess your students’
output. It’s all written
softwares) out.

41. Edge over
apples (notation
softwares)

42. Again, it is easy to use.
Edge over
apples (notation
softwares)

43. Again, it is easy to use.
Edge over Addition,
apples (notation rearrangement and
deletion can be done
softwares) without hassle.

44. Again, it is easy to use.
Edge over Addition,
apples (notation rearrangement and
deletion can be done
softwares) without hassle.
Elegant output.

45. SECTION 3
THINK MORE, DO
LESS
Sibelius creates
classroom
materials

46. Scenario 1:
Create a worksheet

47. Scenario 1:
Create a worksheet
Synopsis
Teachers are to create hundreds and thousands of
worksheet a day.

48. Scenario 1:
Create a worksheet
Synopsis
Teachers are to create hundreds and thousands of
worksheet a day.
Objective
Save your time. Click a worksheet.

49. Scenario 1:
Create a worksheet
Synopsis
Teachers are to create hundreds and thousands of
worksheet a day.
Objective
Save your time. Click a worksheet.
Assumption
You have a Sibelius installed on your computer.

50. Scenario 2:
Recycle a worksheet

51. Scenario 2:
Recycle a worksheet
Synopsis
Teachers are to create hundreds and thousands of
worksheet the next year.

52. Scenario 2:
Recycle a worksheet
Synopsis
Teachers are to create hundreds and thousands of
worksheet the next year.
Objective
Save your time. Click yet another worksheet.

53. Scenario 2:
Recycle a worksheet
Synopsis
Teachers are to create hundreds and thousands of
worksheet the next year.
Objective
Save your time. Click yet another worksheet.
Assumption
You have a Sibelius installed on your computer.

54. Edge over
apples (notation
softwares)

55. Worksheet creator is
Edge over uniquely Sibelius.
apples (notation
softwares)

56. Worksheet creator is
Edge over uniquely Sibelius.
apples (notation Changes can be easily
done.
softwares)

57. Worksheet creator is
Edge over uniquely Sibelius.
apples (notation Changes can be easily
done.
softwares) New worksheets can
be downloaded online.

58. Worksheet creator is
uniquely Sibelius.
Changes can be easily
done.
New worksheets can
be downloaded online.

59. SECTION 4
COOPERATE WITH
OTHER
Sibelius creates SOFTWARES
classroom
materials

60. Scenario 3:Teachers can’t live
without a Word

61. Scenario 3:Teachers can’t live
without a Word
Synopsis
Sometimes it’s easy to set your exam paper in
Microsoft Word. Word is more intuitive in handling texts.
And teachers are more fluent with all the functions of
Word as well.

62. Scenario 3:Teachers can’t live
without a Word
Synopsis
Sometimes it’s easy to set your exam paper in
Microsoft Word. Word is more intuitive in handling texts.
And teachers are more fluent with all the functions of
Word as well.
Objective
Put music into Word.

63. Scenario 3:Teachers can’t live
without a Word
Synopsis
Sometimes it’s easy to set your exam paper in
Microsoft Word. Word is more intuitive in handling texts.
And teachers are more fluent with all the functions of
Word as well.
Objective
Put music into Word.
Assumption
You have a Sibelius installed on your computer. And of
course you have Microsoft Word.

64. Scenario 4:
We need a CD

65. Scenario 4:
We need a CD
Synopsis
Making a musical CD from scratch is always clumpsy.

66. Scenario 4:
We need a CD
Synopsis
Making a musical CD from scratch is always clumpsy.
Objective
Put the music onto a CD

67. Scenario 4:
We need a CD
Synopsis
Making a musical CD from scratch is always clumpsy.
Objective
Put the music onto a CD
Assumption
You have a Sibelius installed on your computer.

68. Edge over
apples (notation
softwares)

69. Edge over Sibelius is built to
apples (notation cooperate with other
softwares.
softwares)

70. Scenario 5: Don’t Do The
Typing Yourself

71. Scenario 5: Don’t Do The
Typing Yourself
Synopsis
You need a pair of scissors and some glue to make a
score for choirs and you write the sol-fa names on the
scores. It’s 1999.

72. Scenario 5: Don’t Do The
Typing Yourself
Synopsis
You need a pair of scissors and some glue to make a
score for choirs and you write the sol-fa names on the
scores. It’s 1999.
Objective
To produce a nicely done scores for choir members

73. Scenario 5: Don’t Do The
Typing Yourself
Synopsis
You need a pair of scissors and some glue to make a
score for choirs and you write the sol-fa names on the
scores. It’s 1999.
Objective
To produce a nicely done scores for choir members
Assumption
You have a Sibelius installed on your computer.

74. Scenario 6: Let The Computer
Repeat Itself

75. Scenario 6: Let The Computer
Repeat Itself
Synopsis
You need to extract every voice of the choral piece so
that choir members may listen and practice at home.

76. Scenario 6: Let The Computer
Repeat Itself
Synopsis
You need to extract every voice of the choral piece so
that choir members may listen and practice at home.
Objective
To produce some CD quality tracks and readily made
into MP3

77. Scenario 6: Let The Computer
Repeat Itself
Synopsis
You need to extract every voice of the choral piece so
that choir members may listen and practice at home.
Objective
To produce some CD quality tracks and readily made
into MP3
Assumption
You have a Sibelius installed on your computer. And
you have iTunes to convert music to MP3.

78. Edge over
apples (notation
softwares)

79. Plugin is uniquely
Sibelius and is perhaps
Edge over the most powerful
feature of Sibelius.
apples (notation
softwares)

80. Plugin is uniquely
Sibelius and is perhaps
Edge over the most powerful
feature of Sibelius.
apples (notation The audio engine
softwares) bridges the MIDI
output which can be
burnt directly to disc.

81. Presented by
Dennis Wu
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