Dorico in the news: reviews, interviews, articles, podcasts (updated 2 Mar 24)

I thought it might be useful to collect together a few of the interviews I’ve given concerning Dorico, since there may be some tidbits of information in these pieces that could be of interest to the people here. I’ll list them in reverse chronological order, add a new post to this thread when a new link is added, and update the thread title with the date of the most recent revision as well.

Scoring Notes podcast with Daniel Spreadbury (2 March 2024)

Anthony Plog on Music podcast with Daniel Spreadbury (15 August 2023)

Music Teacher: Tech Reviews: Dorico 4 (26 April 2022)

MyMac: Review – Dorico Pro 4 (4 February 2022)

Scoring Notes podcast: Dorico 4: Supercharged (15 January 2022)

Steinberg stories: Interview with marketing manager Anastasia Nikolaou (14 January 2022)

The Portfolio Composer Episode 244: Dorico 4 with Daniel Spreadbury and Jason Heath (13 January 2022)

MusicTechTuition: Dorico 4 Review (12 January 2022)

Scoring Notes: Dorico 4 Review: Do more with your score (12 January 2022)

iPad Pros: Episode 128 – Dorico for iPad with Daniel Spreadbury (24 November 2021)

MusicRadar: Steinberg Dorico for iPad review (18 November 2021)

CDM: Dorico, scoring for iPad, already has massive 1.1 update and unlimited players (27 August 2021)

Dorico for iPad Review (2 August 2021)

Create Digital Music: Steinberg brings Dorico to the iPad, for complete tablet notation that starts for free (28 July 2021)

Scoring Notes: Dorico arrives on iPad (28 July 2021)

Robby Burns: Dorico for iPad First Impressions (28 July 2021)

Dorico: Your first score in 5 minutes (4 June 2021)

Scoring Notes: Documenting the documenter: Lillie Harris (10 April 2021)

Mike Halliday: Dorico – a good alternative to Sibelius? (7 February 2021)

Scoring Notes: Daniel Spreadbury on music fonts past, present and future (19 December 2020)

Notation in Sibelius clinic & Introduction to Dorico presented by Anselm McDonnell and Lillie Harris (2 December 2020)

Contrabass Conversations #747 (5 November 2020)

Ask Audio: Dorico 3.5 Review (26 August 2020)

MyMac: Dorico Pro 3.5 – Review (5 June 2020)

The Nikhil Hogan Show (3 June 2020)

Scoring Notes: Dorico 3.5 review (20 May 2020)

Scoring Notes: Interview with Daniel Spreadbury (20 May 2020)

Sonic State Best of NAMM 2020: Dorico SE wins Best Music Software (24 January 2020)

Sound on Sound: Dorico 3 review (February 2020 issue)

The Pianist: Dorico 3 Overtakes Scoring Rivals (20 January 2020)

Scoring Notes: Interview with Daniel Spreadbury (17 January 2020)

Scoring Notes: Dorico 3.1 is out with condensing changes, lines, and much more (16 January 2020)

Music Teacher: Dorico 3 Review (December 2019 issue)

Saher Galt: Why is Dorico 3 special? (27 November 2019)

The Portfolio Composer: Episode 22: Lillie Harris on The Green Copyist (8 November 2019)

Scoring Notes: Dorico 3 feature: Guitar notation (5 November 2019)

SB&O Magazine: Dorico 3 Review (5 November 2019)
https://sbomagazine.com/technology/6741-steinberg-s-dorico-3.html

The Nikhil Hogan Show: Episode 76: Daniel Spreadbury (25 October 2019)

Ask Audio: Review: Steinberg Dorico 3 (22 October 2019)

MyMac: Dorico Pro 3 – Review (6 October 2019)

Scoring Notes: Dorico 3 feature: harp pedaling (13 September 2019)

Dr. Dave on Music: Guitar in Dorico 3 (12 September 2019)

Scoring Notes: Dorico 3 feature: lyric improvements (10 September 2019)

Dr. Dave on Music: Dorico 3 released (5 September 2019)

Scoring Notes: Dorico 3 changes the score with automatic condensing (5 September 2019)

Scoring Notes: Dorico 3 feature: condensing (5 September 2019)

Endgame Changer: Alan Silvestri on using Cubase and Dorico to score “Avengers: Endgame” (26 April 2019)

I Can Compose: Interview with Daniel Spreadbury (18 February 2019)

Classical Music: What’s the score? (7 February 2019)

Scoring Notes: Dorico 2.2.10 released with improvements and bug fixes (5 February 2019)

Sonic Scoop: Dorico 2 Review (15 January 2019)

School Band & Orchestra Magazine: Steinberg Does Jazz
http://sbomagazine.com/technology/6414-steinberg-does-jazz.html

Scoring Notes: Dorico 2.2 is the best update yet

Scoring Notes: Dorico 2.1 released — large update boasts many new features and fixes

Music Tech Teacher podcast, episode 62 (5 August 2016)

Grace Music: A Dorico Review (25 July 2018)
https://gracemusic.us/2018/07/a-dorico-review/

Dorico 2: New version of music notation software answers user requests (1 July 2018)

Dorico Pro 2 – Review (25 June 2018)
http://www.mymac.com/2018/06/dorico-pro-2-review/

The Nikhil Hogan Show: Interview with Daniel Spreadbury (9 June 2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks3mTZbaXiI

The Rise of Dorico – Pianodao (5 June 2018)
https://pianodao.com/2018/06/05/the-rise-of-dorico/

Scoring Notes: Dorico Pro 2 review: Major update surprises, exceeds expectations; lower-cost “Elements” introduced (30 May 2018)
https://www.scoringnotes.com/reviews/dorico-pro-2-review/

Scoring Notes: Dorico 1.2 review part 3: Percussion (26 February 2018)
https://www.scoringnotes.com/reviews/dorico-1-2-review-part-3-percussion/

Scoring Notes: Dorico 1.2.10 update brings program-wide improvements (21 February 2018)
https://www.scoringnotes.com/reviews/dorico-1-2-10-update-brings-program-wide-improvements/

Scoring Notes: NAMM 2018: A Dorico conversation with Daniel Spreadbury and John Barron, with audio (26 January 2018)
https://www.scoringnotes.com/news/namm-2018-dorico-conversation-daniel-spreadbury-john-barron-audio/

Scoring Notes: Daniel Spreadbury presents Dorico at the American Film Institute, Hollywood (23 January 2018)
https://www.scoringnotes.com/news/namm-2018-dorico-demonstrated-scl-american-film-institute/

Sound on Sound Awards 2018: Dorico is Highly Commended (February 2018 issue)
https://www.soundonsound.com/music-business/sos-awards-2018-highly-commended

Game Audio Hour #163: Daniel Spreadbury and Dorico (22 January 2018)
http://www.gameaudiohour.com/2018/01/22/game-audio-hour-163/

Chamber Music magazine: The Mind Behind (Fall 2017 issue)
http://www.chamber-music.org/mag/2017/fall/index.html?page=88

Robby Burns & Friends – Season 3, Episode 2 (6 January 2018)
https://robby-burns.squarespace.com/robbyburnsandfriends/dorico-featuring-daniel-spreadbury-season-3-episode-2

Dorico 1.2 review, part 2: Fingering (22 December 2017)
https://www.scoringnotes.com/reviews/dorico-1-2-review-part-2-fingering/

The Next Track #83 (15 December 2017)
https://www.thenexttrack.com/♫-episode-83-daniel-spreadbury-on-music-notation-software/

Dorico: the future of notation software? (8 December 2017)
https://aboutflutes.co/dorico-the-future-of-notation-software/

Review: Dorico (7 December 2017)
https://musiceducationuk.com/resources/review-dorico/

Dorico 1.2 review, part 1: Cues, new notation techniques and other improvements (5 December 2017)
https://www.scoringnotes.com/reviews/dorico-1-2-review-part-1-cues-new-notation-techniques-improvements/

Ask Audio - Review: Steinberg Dorico (3 August 2017)
https://ask.audio/articles/review-steinberg-dorico

Metro UK – My tech: Jules Buckley (13 July 2017)
https://www.metro.news/my-tech-jules-buckley/673768/

MyMac.com Dorico Review (3 February 2017)
http://www.mymac.com/2017/02/dorico-review/

School Band & Orchestra Magazine: DORICO - Steinberg’s Next Generation Notation Program (20 March 2017)
http://sbomagazine.com/technology/5732-dorico-steinberg-s-next-generation-notation-program.html

Communities Digital News: Dorico Notation Software: Was it worth the wait? (4 March 2017)
http://www.commdiginews.com/entertainment/dorico-notation-software-v-1-2-was-it-worth-the-wait-84876/

Kevin Clark: First Dorico Project and an Orchestra Performance (1 February 2017)
http://kevinclarkcomposer.com/2017/02/first-dorico-project-and-an-orchestra-performance/

Sound on Sound Magazine Steinberg Dorico Preview (20 January 2017)
http://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/steinberg-dorico-preview

Dorico and Cubase Pro 9 at the Society of Composers and Lyricists (17 January 2017)
https://youtu.be/gaP1K9V52Kg?t=20m31s

Composition Today: Dorico Diary 2 – The good, the bad, and the unnotatable (10 January 2017)
http://www.compositiontoday.com/blog/402.asp

Dr. Dave on Music: Dorico 1.0.10 Review (10 December 2016)
https://drdavewalkerblog.wordpress.com/2016/12/10/dorico-1-0-10-review/

Clarineat podcast: #40 Daniel Spreadbury on Steinberg’s new scoring software Dorico (7 November 2016)
http://clarineat.com/episode-40-daniel-spreadbury-steinbergs-new-scoring-software-dorico

Composition Today: Dorico Diary 1 – First Thoughts (5 November 2016)
http://www.compositiontoday.com/blog/382.asp

Sibelius Blog: Dorico is here: a review (19 October 2016)
http://www.sibeliusblog.com/news/dorico-is-here-a-review/

NewMusicBox: Some Thoughts About Dorico, The Morning After (19 October 2016)
http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/some-thoughts-about-dorico-the-morning-after/

Chamberlain Music Blog: Dorico – Where Great Things Begin (19 October 2016)
http://www.chamberlainmusic.com/blog/post/dorico-where-great-things-begin

Sonic State Dorico preview (27 September 2016)
http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2016/09/27/preview-steinberg-dorico-with-daniel-spreadbury/

Behind-the-scenes Meet The Team video (2 August 2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ_Q56GqC54

Community Digital News (22 July 2016)
http://www.commdiginews.com/entertainment/daniel-spreadbury-discusses-new-dorico-music-notation-software-68188/
http://www.commdiginews.com/entertainment/more-news-on-soon-to-be-released-dorico-music-notation-software-68190/

Interview with the Dorico team (17 July 2016)
http://www.steinberg.net/en/community/stories/2016/dorico_story.html

Composer On Fire podcast, episode 77 (30 June 2016)
http://composeronfire.com/ep-77-daniel-spreadbury-on-dorico-the-future-of-notation-software/

SoundNotion podcast, episode 234 (21 May 2016)
http://www.soundnotion.tv/2016/05/soundnotion-234/

NewMusicBox: Interview with Daniel Spreadbury of Dorico (20 May 2016)
http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/interview-with-daniel-spreadbury-of-dorico/

gearnews.com: Steinberg’s Dorico: scoring a hit? (18 May 2016)
http://www.gearnews.com/steinberg-announce-dorico-scoring-software/

Create Digital Music: This is the next-gen notation tool from original Sibelius team (17 May 2016)
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2016/05/this-is-the-next-gen-notation-tool-from-original-sibelius-team/

Sibelius blog: Steinberg announces Dorico; availability in Q4 2016 (17 May 2016)
http://www.sibeliusblog.com/news/steinberg-announces-dorico-availability-in-q4-2016/

Music Teacher magazine, May 2016 (21 April 2016)
http://www.rhinegold.co.uk/music_teacher/applied-theory/

Garrett Hope interviewed me for his podcast Composer On Fire, episode 77, which has just been released today. Check it out:

Several members of the Dorico team were interviewed by our PR manager, Stefan Trowbridge, for an article that was published on the main Steinberg web site over the weekend. Here it is:

Mark Nowakowski of Community Digital News recently interviewed me about Dorico. The interview has now been published in two parts, and can be read here:

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Here’s a behind-the-scenes video that introduces you to several members of the team and how we are working on Dorico:

A couple of weeks ago I travelled down to Bath to meet with Nick Batt of Sonic State for a preview of Dorico, which has been published today:

A few reviews and write-ups following Tuesday’s launch event are starting to appear: here are three that arrived yesterday.

Sibelius Blog: Dorico is here: a review (19 October 2016)

NewMusicBox: Some Thoughts About Dorico, The Morning After (19 October 2016)

Chamberlain Music Blog: Dorico – Where Great Things Begin (19 October 2016)
http://www.chamberlainmusic.com/blog/post/dorico-where-great-things-begin

I neglected to link to this when it was released a few weeks ago, but in case you’re interested to hear me banging on about Dorico again for 90 minutes, I had good fun with Sean Perrin on the Clarineat podcast:

Clarineat podcast: #40 Daniel Spreadbury on Steinberg’s new scoring software Dorico (7 November 2016)
http://clarineat.com/episode-40-daniel-spreadbury-steinbergs-new-scoring-software-dorico

Dave Walker has written quite a detailed review of Dorico on his blog, which you can read here:

Dr. Dave on Music: Dorico 1.0.10 Review

Christian Morris has written another entry in his (very) occasional Dorico diary:

Composition Today: Dorico Diary 2 – The good, the bad, and the unnotatable (10 January 2017)
http://www.compositiontoday.com/blog/402.asp

Last night at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, I gave a presentation introducing Dorico to members of the Society of Composers and Lyricists, an association whose members are among the top professionals in the music business in LA, and Greg Ondo, our Field Marketing Manager for Steinberg in the US, gave a presentation of the new features in Cubase Pro 9. You can watch the complete video of the seminar here (settle in, it’s around two hours in length):

Dorico and Cubase Pro 9 at the Society of Composers and Lyricists (17 January 2017)

Mark Wherry has written a wonderfully in-depth preview of Dorico for the February 2017 issue of Sound on Sound magazine, running to 10 pages in the print edition. The complete text is only available to subscribers, but I strongly recommend you head to your nearest newsagent to pick up a copy of the latest issue to read Mark’s insightful article about our new application.

Sound on Sound Magazine Steinberg Dorico Preview (20 January 2017)

Mark Sealey has written an extensive review for MyMac.com, rating Dorico 9/10 and concluding:

Dorico is clearly the way in which complex and sophisticated music notation software is likely to develop. Its solid foundations are built on a deep and exhaustive understanding by the Steinberg team of how musicians really want to notate their compositions and arrangements.

MyMac.com Dorico Review (3 February 2017)
Dorico - Review - MyMac.com

Composer (and editor of New Music Box) Kevin Clark has shared his thoughts on using Dorico for his first major project on his blog. He says:

If you don’t have Dorico yet, go get it now. It’s great. And we, as composers, want to keep this team empowered to do great work at Steinberg for as long as we can.

Kevin Clark: First Dorico Project and an Orchestra Performance (1 February 2017)

Mark Nowakowski has written a long review of Dorico for the site Communities Digital News. He says:

One could only wish that companies creating music software would be as open and available to user observations and suggestions as Steinberg has been with Dorico… the Dorico team is demonstrating that they are here to work for and with their new community, applying user feedback as promptly as possible to generate meaningful and powerful product improvements.



Dorico may indeed represent the powerful new frontier of 21st century notation software options, which means that every serious composer and arranger should be open to giving them a shot.

Communities Digital News: Dorico Notation Software: Was it worth the wait? (4 March 2017)

Dr George Hess has written a review of Dorico for School Band and Orchestra magazine. He says:

I give Dorico an A. It’s an exciting development in notation software and it will eventually be a great program.

School Band & Orchestra Magazine: DORICO - Steinberg’s Next Generation Notation Program (20 March 2017)
http://sbomagazine.com/technology/5732-dorico-steinberg-s-next-generation-notation-program.html

In today’s Metro newspaper in the UK, composer/conductor of the Heritage Orchestra and the Metropole Orkester, Jules Buckley, talks about Dorico:

Dorico is a new music notation software that’s an emerging rival to the industry standards. It’s simpler to use than something like Sibelius and my colleagues are raving about it.

Metro UK – My tech: Jules Buckley (13 July 2017)

Matt Vanacoro has reviewed Dorico for Ask Audio (the same review can also be found on MacProVideo and a few other sites), and he says:

Dorico is a real life ‘if I had to do it all over again’ moment for a software development team, and I think it will definitely speed up the workflow of most notators. I’m a huge fan of the speed, ease of use, and workflow enhancements of Dorico. I’m excited to see where Steinberg takes it next.

Ask Audio - Review: Steinberg Dorico (3 August 2017)

This week I was a guest on Kirk McElhearn and Doug Adams’s podcast The Next Track, which you can check out here:

The Next Track #83 (15 December 2017)
https://www.thenexttrack.com/♫-episode-83-daniel-spreadbury-on-music-notation-software/

Read the first part of Alexander Plötz’s review of Dorico 1.2 on ScoringNotes.com:

The cueing feature introduced with Dorico 1.2 is nothing less than a game changer.

Dorico 1.2 review, part 1: Cues, new notation techniques and other improvements (5 December 2017)