demystifying music technology

 

Katie Wardrobe has been an arranger, transcriber and copyist for more than 20 years.  She was the chief arranger for a cappella groups Les Ms and Vocalese and has also arranged music for a number of larger choirs. 

Katie particularly enjoys transcribing music from recordings (yes, really) and has transcribed vocal and instrumental works in a large variety of styles, including Indian and Aboriginal music for publication by Earthsongs and a series of children’s compositions for a study by Professor Margaret Barrett (Head of School of Music, University of Queensland).

Copying and typesetting clients have included: Hal Leonard, Warner Chappell, Boosey & Hawkes, Melba Recordings, Orchestra Victoria, Victorian Opera and composers including Jonathan Mills, Brett Dean, David Chisholm

Katie is a member of the Music Arranger’s Guild of Australia.

If you would like to enquire about these services, please email katie@midnightmusic.com.au

music services

You provide one (or more) of these:

  1. •handwritten score

  2. •hard-copy of printed music

  3. •PDF

  4. •recording of a piece (CD or MP3)

  5. •computer notation file

  6. •MIDI file

Midnight Music can do any of these:

  1. •create a professionally typeset score

  2. •edit your existing score

  3. •layout and formatting of your digital scores

  4. •transcribe music from a recording

  5. •proofread scores

  6. •edit orchestral parts

Score types include (but are not limited to):

  1. •orchestral score & parts

  2. •band chart & parts

  3. •piano/vocal/guitar songbook

  4. •lead sheet

  5. •music examples for research paper or book

  6. •classroom worksheet

  7. •exam paper

  8. •drum notation

  9. •guitar TAB

  10. •choral score

  11. •instrumental works

  12. •all styles of music welcome!

You will be provided with the following files via email and/or on a disk:

  1. •Sibelius notation file

  2. •PDF

  3. •MIDI file

  4. •audio file

  5. •graphic file (TIFF, EPS, PNG)

score types

finished product

you provide

transformation

experience

  1. •music is clear and easy to read

  2. •saves rehearsal time

  3. •ensures a trouble-free performance

  4. •archives your compositions in a digital format

benefits