Student discount: 50% off all rates
Digital engraving / score editing
Unless specified otherwise, all digitization from printed scores will retain the original's layout, so that the number of pages and systems/measures per page remain the same.
• Digitizing or Transposing from a handwritten or printed score • Basic (notes and text only) - up to two instruments (four staves) $8 per page, each additional instrument $1 per page
• Advanced (all markings, e.g. dynamics, articulations, slurs) - up to two instruments (four staves) $15 per page, each additional instrument $3 per page
• Cleaning up or Transposing from an existing sequencer or MusicXML file, or Finale project
• Basic (general layout only, e.g. measures and staves evenly spaced) - $3 per page
• Parts extraction from a handwritten, printed or digital score
• Without cues - from handwritten or print $15 per page, from sequencer file or Finale project $8 per page
• Editing scores and parts for playability
• Adding markings, e.g. articulations, phrasing slurs (not bowings) - $30 per hour
• Adding string bowings - $40 per hour
• Adding fingerings (violin only) - $60 per hourDigitization rates apply if score is not a MusicXML or Finale project.
Transcriptions / arrangements
• Arrangement from a handwritten, printed or digital score
• Without orchestration - $50 per hour
• With orchestration - please contact for quote• Transcription or Arrangement from existing recordings
• Without orchestration - $30 per hour (dictation) + $10 per page
• With orchestration - please contact for quoteIf the music has text, please provide a link or send a copy (printed or electronic) of the text.
• Transcription directly from composer's dictation
• Recorded session, i.e. record each phrase, instrument, etc. along with verbal descriptions and send it - $40 per hour + $10 per page
• Remote session, e.g. Skype call - $50 per hour + $10 per page
Facetime calls can't be accepted at this time.
if the audio quality impedes dictation, a clearer communication method will be required.
if the audio quality impedes dictation, a clearer communication method will be required.
• Without substantial layout changes - $30 per hour
• With substantial layout changes - $60 per hour
Electronic performance synthesis
All rates are based on the length in minutes of the finished product.
• From sequencer file - up to four tracks $7 per minute, each additional track $1.5 per minute
• From handwritten or printed score - up to four tracks $15 per minute, each additional track $2 per minute
• Automation (performance details such as dynamics, articulation, rubato, vibrato) - $60 per hour
For non-acoustic and/or distorted/morphed sounds, please provide a link to an example that is closest to the desired result, or provide a written word description or specification list.
Miscellaneous notes:
▪ All prices can be negotiable (within reasonable terms).
▪ All materials will only be completely sent after payment is received.