Sibelius Scores Two Nominations At The BETT Awards 2007
O-Generator and Auralia 3 fight off tough competition to be short-listed for these prestigious awards
5 December 2006 – SIBELIUS SOFTWARE is proud to announce that its market leading O-Generator and Auralia 3 music programs have been short-listed for one of the most sought after awards in the education industry: a BETT Award for Digital Content in the Secondary category. Having fought off tough competition from a variety of educational software and hardware suppliers from across the country, O-Generator and Auralia 3 have reached the prestigious awards shortlist for the annual BETT awards on 10th January 2007. The awards have become renowned among teaching communities across the world for setting the standards in Information Communication Technology (ICT).
O-Generator uses modern music genres to teach the fundamentals of music and composition. The program uses the contemporary musical instruments, sounds and styles that young students most relate to, and a ‘Virtual Music Teacher’ guides them through activities using simple language with a recorded voice-over, making it ideal for non–specialist teachers.
Auralia 3 is a comprehensive software program for ear training and aural tests. Perfect for schools, colleges, universities and anyone learning or teaching an instrument, Auralia's interactive tuition makes aural training easy and fun, guiding students through hundreds of graded exercises, and giving instant feedback.
“We are delighted that both O-Generator and Auralia 3 have been short-listed for the BETT Award for best Secondary Digital Content”, Says Jeremy Silver, MD of Sibelius Software. “The BETT Awards are unquestionably the benchmark for ICT product development and recognise and reward creativity, innovation and commitment in developing the highest quality and most effective educational ICT resources. We’re very proud that not one, but two of our products have been selected for the short-list.”
The Awards, one of the many highlights of the BETT 2007 education technology show (10-13 January 2007, Olympia, London, www.bettshow.co.uk), are run by EMAP Education, in association with the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA), EC&T magazine and the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta).
Ray Barker, Director of BESA and Joint Chair of the Judges, told us: “The BETT Awards provide that much needed link between the ICT industry and the teaching community. The BETT Awards also play a key role in demonstrating how ICT can be embedded into subjects across the curriculum. The year-on-year rise in entries illustrates how important the BETT Awards have become in the eyes of teachers and suppliers alike.”
Sibelius Software will be exhibiting at BETT – Stand B49.
About Sibelius
- Sibelius is the world’s market leader in music notation software.
- Sibelius was founded in 1993 by Ben and Jonathan Finn to sell music notation software for the Acorn computer. The Sibelius notation software was released for Windows and Mac in 1998/99.
- Since then the Sibelius Group has developed 20 additional music products for the professional, educational and home user, ranging from Internet publishing to guitar software.
- Sibelius has customers in over 100 countries.
- Sibelius is used in 60% of schools in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
- Sibelius is endorsed by the Royal Academy of Music and is used by all the major music academies and colleges: the Royal College of Music, Trinity College of Music, Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the Juilliard School, Berklee School of Music, the Sibelius Academy in Finland, the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.
- The world’s leading music publishers including Music Sales, Hal Leonard and Yamaha use Sibelius .
- In 2005, Sibelius was awarded a prestigious Queen’s Award for Innovation.
- Sibelius was recently acquired by Digidesign, developers of the world-renowned Pro Tools audio production system. Digidesign are part of a wider group Avid Technology Inc., who are the worldwide leader in digital media creation solutions.
Sibelius is headquartered in London, UK, with a US branch in California and an Australian branch in Adelaide.
5 December 2006
All information correct at time of press release.
For further information please contact Sibelius.
