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A Royal Visit to Sibelius by H.R.H. The Duke of Kent
Honorary Guest Shown Latest Features of Sibelius 4 and Groovy Music
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London, UK, June 13, 2006 - His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent today visited the UK headquarters of Sibelius – a world-leading music software company and winners of the Queen's Award for Innovation. The Duke saw the latest version of Sibelius’s music notation software, Sibelius 4, which has revolutionised the way music is composed, transcribed and published – right across the world.
The Sibelius team also demonstrated Groovy Music, a suite of fun products for teaching music to primary school children. Groovy Music guides children through the elements of learning music from the ages of 5 through to 11 and is proving immensely popular with both pupils and teachers.
"We are particularly honoured by this visit, as it follows on from our recent Queen's Award for Innovation. It is an absolute pleasure to present our latest products and ideas to His Royal Highness, who clearly has a real passion for music education in this country," said Jeremy Silver, CEO of Sibelius.
Groovy Music builds on Sibelius’s well-established reputation as a leading supplier of music education software.
At the professional level, Sibelius 4 is used extensively in the music industry by acclaimed musicians such as Björk, Andy Summers and Sir George Martin. It has been influential in the production of film and television scores including Chronicles of Narnia, Lost and The Simpsons.
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
- Sibelius was recently awarded a prestigious Queen’s Award for Innovation.
Sibelius is headquartered in London, UK, with a US subsidiary, Sibelius USA Inc., in California and an Australian subsidiary, Sibelius Australia Pty Ltd, in Adelaide.
13 June 2006
All information correct at time of press release.
For further information please contact Sibelius.
