With the Muse Group acquisition of Hal Leonard, and Dorico, MuseScore, Sibelius, and Finale all freshly updated, 2023 is going out with a bang. We gather round the fire and discuss all the news, as we get ready for the year ahead in music notation software and related technology.

More on Scoring Notes:

• Muse Group acquires Hal Leonard
• Dorico 5.1: Filling the gaps
• MuseScore 4.2 adds more guitar features and improves scores with parts
• Sibelius 2023.11: Sonoma support, more system object positions, better Keypad
• Finale version 27.4 supports macOS Sonoma, true black printing, other fixes