Scoring Express for Sibelius – Theatre & Studio
$79.99
Scoring Express is a collection of professional templates, libraries, fonts, manuscript papers, and plug-ins for Sibelius Ultimate — based on the same templates used every day at NYC Music Services.
Sold By: Notation Central
Scoring Express is a collection of high-quality, professional templates for Sibelius Ultimate — based on the same templates used at NYC Music Services, an industry-leading music preparer.
Each Scoring Express package is much more than just the templates. It contains manuscript papers, house styles, high-quality music and text fonts, and plug-ins — all installed in one go, so you can get started right away.
The settings in Scoring Express files are the result of decades of experience preparing music notation at the highest level. Embedded throughout each file are carefully considered parameters that refine positioning, placement, and design. They reflect the expert advice and tips you’ll find on the Scoring Notes blog.
Drawing on our knowledge of the ins and outs of Sibelius, we have made use of some of the more obscure features and settings and baked them right into the Scoring Express defaults so that you don’t have to spend time fiddling with them. Each file also includes loads of additional symbols, lines, and text styles that extend Sibelius’s default capabilities in many ways.
Plus, Scoring Express takes full advantage of the Norfolk and Pori fonts that not only bring a unique beauty to your music, but deliver unique features as well, like the angled slash chord (ASC) symbols.
What’s the difference between downloading the Norfolk or Pori fonts and purchasing Scoring Express?
| Feature | Norfolk / Pori fonts only | Scoring Express |
|---|---|---|
| Fonts | Norfolk and Pori are separate items | All Norfolk, Pori, and other high quality music and text fonts included with every purchase; more than 40 in all |
| Installation | Manual | Automatic installer. No separate font download or installation necessary |
| Templates | No | At least 9 different templates included |
| House Styles | 1 basic per font | Yes: One per template, plus a parts house style |
| Manuscript Papers | No | Yes: One per template |
| Plug-ins | No | Yes |
| Custom features | Limited | Many extra symbols, lines, hierarchical text styles, engraving rules, positioning settings and note spacing rule |
| Example files | No | Yes |
| Support | No | Yes |
| Price | $20.00 (suggested contribution) | $69.99 - $79.99 |
All Scoring Express for Sibelius installations come with these fonts: the Norfolk and Pori fonts, plus the Figurato figured bass font, and the Academico, Archivo & Archivo Narrow, Arimo, Gothic A1, P052, Petaluma Script, and Tinos text fonts. Several useful plug-ins are also included to help you quickly get results.
Scoring Express for Sibelius — Theatre & Studio includes nine professional Sibelius templates for stand-alone use, plus corresponding Manuscript Papers and House Styles for each, in addition to three Parts House Styles that can be easily imported into any part.
Documentation
Scoring Express for Sibelius – Usage, features, and tips
Scoring Express for Sibelius User Guide
Angled slash chord (ASC) fonts
Theatre & Studio — Additional documentation
Position Rehearsal Marks plug-in
Compatibility
Scoring Express is built for the latest versions of Sibelius Ultimate, Dorico Pro, and Finale.
Minimum supported versions (Scoring Express version 1.7):
- Sibelius Ultimate 2023.11
- Dorico Pro 5.1.60
- Finale 27.3
Use with earlier versions or, with the mid-tier products like Sibelius Artist or Dorico Elements, is not recommended nor supported.
Version 1.6 for Sibelius is also included for legacy purposes, but will no longer be updated. For best results with Scoring Express version 1.6, use Sibelius Ultimate 2022.5 through 2023.8; however, it should work with all Sibelius Ultimate versions dating back to 2020.3.
Version 1.7 for Dorico will open on earlier versions of Dorico, but some features may not work as intended.
Scoring Express templates and manuscript papers are designed for North American page sizes, but they will look just fine switching to the nearest ISO equivalent (i.e., A4) with a quick toggle in:
Sibelius – Layout > Document Setup > Size;
Dorico – Library > Layout Options… > Page Setup
Finale – Document > Page Format > Score… and Document > Page Format > Parts…
In Finale, be sure to go to the Page Layout Tool and Redefine Pages for the score and/or parts you wish to reformat to your new page size.
Depending on your tastes, in certain circumstances you may prefer adjusting the staff size by a fraction of a millimeter or two in either direction as well.
Version History
October 31, 2024: Version 1.7 for Dorico and Sibelius.
June 17, 2023: Version 1.6 — no version change or change to the template files, but all installers updated to install Project Templates directly for Dorico 5 in addition to Dorico 4
May 17, 2023: Version 1.6
June 13, 2022: Version 1.5
February 15, 2021: Version 1.2
December 26, 2020: Version 1.1
December 12, 2020: Version 1.0
Scoring Express for Sibelius detailed version history
Scoring Express for Dorico detailed version history
Scoring Express for Finale detailed version history
License
Can I use Scoring Express on more than one computer?
Yes! A purchase entitles one person (you) to use it on one computer at a time, on as many computers that you personally use. Unless you have extra limbs, that should suffice nicely.
Can my buddy who shares my computer use Scoring Express?
No! Well, there’s no way to technically prevent it. But please ask your buddy to purchase his own copy.
My buddy wants to use my copy of Scoring Express. Can I send it to him?
No! He should purchase his own copy. Let’s all be buddies!
Can I change the default Scoring Express files — customize, modify styles, add instruments, etc.?
Yes! That’s the beauty of it — it’s totally customizable for your own use. You can change it straight away or keep the original handy and duplicate it for your own use. If you need to, you can always re-install the default Scoring Express files again.
So, once I do that, can I send those files to my buddy?
You can share score files with anyone you like, and these files may inherently contain many settings derived from Scoring Express. But please encourage your buddies to purchase their own copies of Scoring Express so that they get the full benefit of the package and easy compatibility with your files — including all the fonts, house styles, and manuscript papers that come with Scoring Express.
Specs
| Operating System | Mac, Windows |
|---|---|
| Platform | Sibelius |
Paul Molloy (verified owner) –
Last summer (July 2021), I bought the Scoring Express for Sibelius – Theatre & Studio package. The templates save me loads of time and my charts are gorgeous! I regularly get compliments from my colleagues on how easy they are to read. Well worth the investment!
Álvaro –
These templates have already saved me tons of hours. After some little personal tweaks, I’m ready to compose with a very professional and clean display. Updated instruments on the menu, saving me and the copyists time, etcetera. But it is not just that: Notation Central has also pre-thought on the vocal score for rehearsal – headers, parts properly spaced before making any adjustments, and so much that usually has to be made in every project, manually, saving me from thinking too much on how to do some things and being completely organized.
Also, Philip solved some questions about special configurations. Thank you SO much.
Jorge Villeda (verified owner) –
This is a game changer!! Absolutely loving these templates!!!!
john@hincheymusic.com (verified owner) –
You could spend hours and hours in Sibelius getting the perfect templates for scores and parts or get a copy of Scoring Express Templates and have professional looking projects in minutes! Great product!
liambrownpianoproductions (verified owner) –
Ever wanted the exact fonts used in the broadway/west end musicals? I sure did! For a long time I would invest in trying to make a template for something as simple as a Piano vocal score and failed time and time again. Until recently that was your only hope but now thats all thanks to NYC Music Services they are giving you their own personal fonts they have used in thousands of scores and the templates so you don’t need to worry anymore just open Sib as you would chose the template and get started on scoring with a beautiful result every single time that you will be proud to hand to your musicians and producers. Its well worth the money so if you do broadway style musical theatre scoring work get it you defiantly won’t regret it!
Tom Curran (verified owner) –
A fantastic set of templates – these really are premium products and perfect for achieving beautiful scores and parts right away. Each of the nine included templates come with really useful additional symbols, lines and text styles specific to theatre and studio use. A must-have for any composer, arranger or copyist wanting to take their work to the next level.
Daniel Flors (verified owner) –
I just bought it and it’s simply AMAZING! The templates look so nice and professional! Being a writer means preparing so many scores and parts, and “Scoring Express for Sibelius – Theatre & Studio” just does it for you. Totally worth it. Thank you so much for this incredible material!