Testimonials
Professionals speak out about Finale
“I consider Finale to be indispensable in my compositional process.”
– Jennifer Higdon, Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award-winning composer
“Finale is so easy to use, even a 70-year-old bass player can, and does, use it.”
– Ron Carter, Grammy Award-winning bassist, composer, and jazz legend
“Finale worked extraordinarily well in allowing the creation of unorthodox notational elements.”
– Steve Vai, guitar virtuoso and composer
“Finale makes a big difference."
– Jean Luc Ponty, virtuoso violinist, bandleader, and composer
“We use Finale because it’s the best. Enough said.”
– Wynton Marsalis, musician, composer, band leader, Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award winner
“Finale is the one essential tool to create professional music scores of any kind, quickly and responsively.”
– Wendy Carlos, Grammy Award-winning composer and virtuoso synthesist
“Finale gives me all the flexibility I need to do notation for even my most ridiculous arrangements.”
– “Weird Al” Yankovic, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, parodist, producer
“Only Finale offers the flexibility and power my work requires.”
– Rick Giovinazzo, Orchestrator on 100+ major motion pictures
“Finale offers the consistency and professionalism required in the film world.”
– Booker White, Walt Disney Music Library
“I truly could not do the work I do without the help of Finale.”
– Dix Bruce, musican and author of more than 50 music instruction books
“With Finale I never have to compromise my ideas for notation or engraving.”
– Ken Amis, tuba virtuoso (Empire Brass), composer, arranger, and publisher
Reviews
What Music Educators say about Finale
“An elegant and in-depth tool for the notation of complex and demanding scores.”
– Robert Beaser, Composer, Professor of Composition, The Juilliard School
“Using Finale to create custom SmartMusic accompaniments has been an invaluable tool in my teaching!”
– Lisa Galvin, Director of Bands, Hilliard Heritage Middle School
“Finale continues to make using notation software easier.”
– Dr. Michael Jacobson, Professor of Saxophone, Baylor University School of Music
“I use Finale for every aspect of instructing my students. Whether it be making exercises, transcribing recordings, arranging and composing pieces for my students or just instructing them how to write a piece themselves, Finale is the only program of choice.”
– Bruce Wurst, music educator and president of BAW Enterprises, Phoenix, Arizona
Finale Product Reviews
“If you…are interested in streamlining your workflow, Finale 2012 is clearly worth considering.”
– Gary Eskow, MixBlog: December, 2011
“I love that [Finale] can do absolutely any notation task I need, from alto sax to zheng.”
“Finale 2011 is the best version to date with significant improvements in functionality and usability.”
– William Southerland,
Music Educators Journal: March 2011
“In my opinion, Finale still wins hands down when it comes to features.”
– Rob Shrock,
Electronic Musician: February 2011
“…remains a tool capable of satisfying an extraordinary range of musical needs, and its recent enhancements to score output are pitch-perfect”
– Peter Kirn,
Macworld: September 2010
“Finale retains its impressive power while becoming even easier to use.”
– Keith Baumann, DownBeat Magazine: January 2010