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Items of interest about the blog and NYC Music Services, including year-in-reviews and other compilations of blog posts from time to time.

Black Friday 2025 deals for music notation software and related tech

November 24, 2025December 4, 2025

All the Black Friday deals in the world of music notation software and related technology, so you can make the most of your holiday spending budget, and still have plenty of time to take advantage of some serious savings.

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A Scoring Notes holiday shopping trip

November 22, 2025November 24, 2025

We do some Black Friday shopping for deals in music notation software products as well as related (and not-so-related) technology.

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New and updated fonts from Music Type Foundry

November 10, 2025November 24, 2025

Three more fonts from the legendary Music Type Foundry are now available for the first time in SMuFL format: MTF-Gutenberg 1939, MTF-Ross, and MTF-Improviso. In addition, each of the original five MTF fonts receives significant updates.

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A Scoring Notes Prime Day primer [updated]

October 8, 2025October 8, 2025

Prime Day — or Prime Big Deal Days — Amazon’s retail-palooza, is here (again). It can be a good time to purchase items that will update and upgrade your setup, especially if you have some downtime. Here’s what’s on our desk.

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Scoring Express Choral & Vocal templates released for Dorico and Sibelius

August 19, 2025August 30, 2025

The Scoring Express Choral & Vocal suites for Dorico and Sibelius make their debut, including hymnal, octavo, and piano-vocal templates with exceptional layout and engraving settings.

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Scoring Express for Finale prices permanently reduced

August 13, 2025August 16, 2025

In recognition of the coming end of official support for Finale, the price for the Scoring Express templates for Finale — all three versions, plus the bundle — are permanently reduced from their previous prices.

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Road report: Seeing Seattle

August 8, 2025August 16, 2025

A quick and fun trip to Seattle in the middle of a surprisingly busy summer, meeting living legends in the world of music notation software and technology.

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Send us your questions! (plus a classic episode)

June 28, 2025July 2, 2025

An opportunity awaits for you to check an item off of the bucket list and ask a question directly on the Scoring Notes podcast. Plus, a classic episode from the archive, about related technology.

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Some summer summaries

June 27, 2025July 21, 2025

It’s time to “summer-ize”! We consolidate your reading, re-listening (to podcasts), and reductions (in price), all in one place, so you can spend more time at the beach.

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Ask your questions on the Scoring Notes podcast, 2025 edition

June 14, 2025June 27, 2025

An opportunity awaits for you to check an item off of the bucket list and ask a question directly on the Scoring Notes podcast.

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MOLA 2025 conference and tech fair wrap-up

June 7, 2025June 14, 2025

We recap the 2025 MOLA Conference from the University of Michigan, with a summary of the tech fair and conference sessions on broadening access, copyright, professional development, IMSLP, and much more.

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