Sibelius Ultimate is the complete music notation solution for qualified students and educators who need professional tools for composition, engraving, collaboration, and publishing. Whether you're writing orchestral scores, arranging ensembles, creating classroom materials, or preparing publication-ready music, this annual subscription provides the full desktop and mobile version of Sibelius Ultimate with advanced features that support projects of any size or complexity.
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This product is an educational discounted version available to qualified faculty/staff of accredited academic institutions only. Proof of current educational status is required.
At the end of the 1-year period, users have two options if they want to continue using Sibelius | Ultimate: either purchase the full-cost perpetual license, or renew for another year at the current rate.
Professional Composition Without Limits
Unlike entry-level notation software, Sibelius Ultimate places virtually no limits on your creativity. Create scores with unlimited staves, compose with note values from 512th notes to long double breve, and take advantage of professional notation tools including customizable chord symbols, beam and rest groupings, Staff Filters, guitar tablature, quarter-tone accidentals, cross-staff beaming, custom noteheads, ossia staves, cues, jazz articulations, nested tuplets, and support for transposing instruments.
Engraving Tools for Publication-Ready Scores
Produce polished scores with the complete engraving feature set. Customize Magnetic Layout, engraving rules, text styles, staff sizes and spacing, page and system breaks, headers and footers, rehearsal marks, repeat structures, manuscript papers, and object positioning. Dynamic parts can be fully managed and edited, while automatic arranging and orchestration tools help simplify complex scoring projects.
Powerful Playback and Video Scoring
Hear your compositions with expressive, humanized playback using advanced notation interpretation and customizable Espressivo 2.0 performance. Playback markings, articulations, hairpins, ritardandi, accelerandi, and fermatas can all be adjusted for realistic results. Sibelius Ultimate also includes timeline view, Tap Tempo, video playback with editable hit points, and full timecode support for scoring to picture.
Collaboration and Publishing Made Easy
Share an unlimited number of scores through Sibelius Cloud Sharing with 1GB of cloud storage. Collaborators can review your work using comments, sticky notes, and annotations, while version comparison and change logs make it easy to track revisions. Export projects as MusicXML, MIDI, graphics, audio (WAV, AIFF, MP3), video, and previous-version Sibelius files, import lyrics as text, and publish directly to ScoreExchange.com.
Built for Educators
Sibelius Ultimate includes an educational worksheet creator for developing notation exercises and teaching materials. With over 2000 editable Ideas Hub templates, more than 75 manuscript papers, customizable keyboard shortcuts, and comprehensive notation and layout tools, it provides a complete environment for music education and professional composition.
Desktop and Mobile Workflow
Your annual subscription includes both desktop and mobile access, allowing you to compose, edit, review, and share music wherever you work. Projects stay synchronized across devices, giving you the flexibility to move between the studio, classroom, rehearsal, and performance space without interrupting your workflow.