Case Study: Steve Reich achieves creative freedom and efficient composition with Avid Technology Sibelius

Legendary Composer Steve Reich on Making Music with Sibelius

Steve Reich, the acclaimed American composer known for pioneering minimalism and complex orchestral works, needed a better way to handle the cost and complexity of copying and preparing large scores. After earlier frustrations with manual copyist expenses and unstable early music software, he turned to Avid Technology’s Sibelius to support his composition process.

Avid Technology’s Sibelius gave Reich an intuitive way to move between piano sketching and detailed digital notation, while making it easy to print pages and extract parts. He adopted it quickly and has used it for more than 15 years, saying it streamlined his workflow and supported his hybrid pencil-and-computer approach, helping him continue producing major works performed worldwide.

Steve Reich

Steve Reich

Steve Reich