I was watching "Scientific American Frontier" the other day, with Alan Alda (I love that guy), and they had a segment about composing music in a completely new way. Instead of writing out scores for instruments and massive knowledge about music and theory and notations, there is this program called Hyperscore that allows you to use symbols and colors to compose music instead. The show didn't explain too much about it because it encouraged viewers to go online and try the program out for themselves. It did show a performance by a live orchestra of a piece that had been composed by a 10 year old boy using the program.
At the time of the episode's filming, this program was free, but when I went online to check for myself, it turned out this is no longer the case. It costs $30 to download, or $40 if you want the program sent to you by mail, in a nice package and box. This is a "limited time offer" though, so don't miss out. If you have the money to spend, this looks like a really fun toy to play with. You can check out their website here. Check it out for yourselves.
I wanted to embed a demo video but I can't get any good ones from youtube, so here's a link to the one on the site instead: http://www.hyperscore.com/harmony_line/about_hyperscore.php
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