Author & Instructor
Dr. Tom Rudolph is an adjunct instructor for Berklee College of Music’s Online School and the Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts. He has authored multiple online courses in music technology and music history. His Berklee Online courses include Music History of the Western World 1: Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque; Music History of the Western World 2: Classical, Romantic, and Modern; Music Notation and Score Preparation Using Dorico Pro; and Music Notation and Score Preparation Using Sibelius Ultimate.
His books include: The Musical iPad, The iPad in the Music Studio, Finale: An Easy Guide to Music Notation (Third Edition), Sibelius: A Comprehensive Guide to Sibelius Music Notation Software (Second Edition), Teaching Music With Technology (Second Edition), Recording in the Digital World, YouTube in Music Education, and Finding Funds for Music Technology.
His compositions have been published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company and Carl Fischer Music. He is also a trumpet player and has performed in both classical and commercial settings in the Philadelphia area.
Author & Instructor
Vincent A. Leonard, Jr. is a versatile producer, composer, and orchestrator whose works have been premiered both nationally and internationally. His compositional credits span film, radio, television, and stage. These include the feature film Running on Empty Dreams, music for the Captain Courteous radio series, and theme and event music for TUTV (Temple University Television). He has written extensively for theater and corporate media, and has orchestrated world premiere productions including Redwall (Opera Delaware), Elliot and the Magic Bed, Isabell and the Pretty Ugly Spell, and The Little Princess (Upper Darby Summer Stage). Leonard is also recognized for his work as a copyist/engraver and arranger, having collaborated with artists and ensembles such as Peter Nero, the Philly Pops Orchestra, the No-Name Pops Orchestra, Doc Severinsen, the London Symphony Orchestra, Chuck Mangione, Jeff Tyzik, Leslie Burrs, and on musicals by Duke Ellington, Alan Menken, Kurt Weill, and Mitch Leigh.
Making the Most of Notation Software 