Binary Music, Queensland's Sibelius Education Partner, is proud to announce the launch of Sibelius 6 Student software.

You've got Sibelius at school. Now you can perfect your scores at home, too. Sibelius Student is perfect for music homework and coursework, and for creating and sharing your own pieces.

Powered by the multi award-winning Sibelius 6, Sibelius Student offers more staves, more features and more possibilities than ever before.

Writing, playing back and printing music is so easy, you’ll turn creative ideas into finished pieces in minutes.

From upper primary right through to year 10, Sibelius Student is just what Australian students need for music homework – composing, arranging and completing exercises.

Who's it for?

• Sibelius Student is targeted specifically at middle school/upper primary to year 10 students

Who can buy Sibelius Student?

• Available to any school student in Australia

Availability:

• Students can purchase Sibelius Student directly from Binary Music, Sibelius Education Partner.
• Schools must order through their Sibelius Education Partner (school purchase order required)
• No Minimum order - you can purchase 1 or 1000

Pricing per copy (inc GST):

Eligible Australian families can claim up to 50% of the cost of Sibelius Student in their tax return under the new Federal Government Education Tax Refund Scheme.

Other conditions of purchase and rights of use:

• Available only as a single user version, for use on one computer only

Key Features:

• Magnetic Layout automatic collision avoidance (Sibelius 6 feature)
• Keyboard window for note input and playing back, including note input using a QWERTY keyboard (Sibelius 6 feature)
• Automatic chord symbol recognition – input text and guitar diagrams via MIDI or by typing (Sibelius 6 feature – previously only input by typing)
• Save multiple versions of a score within the same file and write ‘sticky note’ comments (Sibelius 6 feature)
• Email scores from within Sibelius Student - students can email work directly to teachers
• Create scores with up to 12 staves - display/play larger scores in read-only mode
• Built-in General MIDI module and sounds for playing back scores (previously system and MIDI sounds only)
• VST and Audio Units support for virtual instruments and effects
• Live Playback (playback only) for scores created in Sibelius 6 and imported MIDI files
• Ideas Hub with 250 built-in ideas
• Compose for video
• Panorama view
• Windows 7 and Snow Leopard compatible: Universal Binary

Is the full version of Sibelius still available at the Secondary and Tertiary prices of $295 & $395?

• No. These products have been discontinued as of 1st August 2010.

For more information on the features of Sibelius Student compared with Sibelius 6, click here (opens in new window or tab). This also compares the relative features of Sibelius First.

If you would like to discuss how you can implement this program in your school, or to arrange a school visit, you can phone or email Karen: