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Welcome to the Web site for "Knowing the Score."

In this innovative DVD, Malcolm Bilson questions many of the basic concepts of musical performance taught in conservatories and music schools around the world.

He also clearly demonstrates that an insightful reading of the older notations will lead to more expressive and passionate performances.

We hope you enjoy watching the DVD excerpts, reading the reviews, and learning more about Malcolm Bilson.

We also look forward to receiving your DVD order and welcome your reactions.

A "brilliant lecture . . . Malcolm Bilson is a clear orator, and enthusiastic and good-humoured tutor who places his wealth of knowledge at our disposal."

~ David Vickers, Gramophone

"So you think you know how to read music? This delightful presentation will almost certainly set you rethinking much of what you thought you knew."

~ Neal Zaslaw, editor, The New Köchel

"Bilson has probably done more than anyone else toward shifting the clichés to which performers resort."

~ Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor