Sibelius is proven and trusted by composers, arrangers, publishers, educators, and students alike to accelerate music composition and scoring. That’s because Sibelius makes it incredibly easy to create professional-quality scores and express your creativity in whole new ways. If you’re an eligible student or teacher, you can own the world’s best-selling music notation software at special discounted pricing.
Academic eligibility
Sibelius for Education is identical to Sibelius software, but is specially priced for students and educators to help empower the next generation of music composers, arrangers, and publishers, and the teachers who guide them. To activate this software, you must be a current student or educator and will be asked to verify your eligibility after purchasing. You will receive a serial number to use your software—upon approval—after submitting proof of education eligibility to Avid. See if you qualify here.
Boost your compositional capabilities
Enhance your music writing workflow by bundling Sibelius for Education with the Ultimate software option. Scan printed, handwritten, or PDF music and use pen and tablet to handwrite notation with PhotoScore & NotateMe Ultimate. Transcribe recorded music or a live MIDI/mic performance into music notation with AudioScore Ultimate.
- Access Sibelius the way you want—choose a low-cost subscription or own the software outright
- Stay up to date with the included Avid All Access plan, which provides access to future software releases and support
- Get access to a wide variety of ready-made teaching materials, including over 1,700 worksheets, projects, exercises, songs, and other classroom resources
- Compose quickly and easily with a task- oriented interface that leads you through your entire score creation
- Navigate through large scores quickly with the Timeline window
- Get professional-quality sound with the included 36 GB Sibelius Sounds library
- Save hours of time with powerful features such as Magnetic Layout and Dynamic Parts
- Create beautiful, professional-quality scores with full DTP-level layout, text, and typography tools
- Send your scores to Pro Tools and other DAWs using ReWire, included
- Write and edit scores using a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 tablet and pen
- Interact with your compositions using multi- touch gestures on your laptop’s trackpad or Surface Pro 3
- Create reminders for yourself and communicate feedback to others with the with the new Annotate feature.
- Scan and transcribe music with PhotoScore & NotateMe Lite and AudioScore Lite, included
- Collaborate with others and share scores over email, MusicXML, ScoreExchange.com, YouTube, Facebook, and SoundCloud
- Export scores directly to Avid Scorch on your iPad for playback, practice, performance, and publishing
- Optional: Easily install Sibelius and the 36 GB Sibelius Sounds library using the Media Pack of DVDs, available as an add-on purchase here (ideal if you have a slow Internet connection or want backup discs)