Post the gig.Screen the tapes.Crew the ship.
Show bands, showroom orchestras, soloists, music directors — your first role posts free, reaching the musicians already searching for cruise work. Then run rolling video auditions with a real pipeline, built for cruise lines and the agencies that staff them.
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This is the actual product
A rolling video pipeline, on one screen.
Every screenshot below is the real Cadenza hiring workspace the shoreside office would run — a prescreen queue, a panel, a decision. Not a mockup.
Applications
Every player, one packet.
Video, résumé, and doubling tags land in one reviewable queue — filter by status, move the strongest forward, and keep the rest for the next contract window.
- Video and written submissions in the packet
- Status filters across the whole funnel
- Talent pool for the next sailing’s needs
Panel scoring
A panel that scores from anywhere.
Your music supervisors score the tapes against weighted criteria by secure link — from the office, the ship, or home — and Cadenza aggregates and ranks.
- Invite reviewers by secure link
- Weighted criteria you define
- Auto-ranked, exportable results
Staff the next contract window on this.
Post the role free; keep your own offer process — Cadenza runs the pipeline up to the decision.
Post the role you’re actually crewing.
Pick a role, write it in a minute (or reply “draft for me”), and it’s live free.
Show Band
Horns, rhythm, guitar — the production-show band
Post this roleOrchestra Musician
Strings, winds, brass for the main showroom
Post this rolePianist / Keyboardist
Lounge, showroom, and dep keys
Post this roleFeatured Soloist / Duo
Resident acts and guest-entertainer slots
Post this roleVocalist
Production-show and party-band singers
Post this roleMusic Director (Shipboard)
Lead the band across the contract
Post this roleRolling Video Audition
Year-round pipeline for the whole fleet
Post this roleCrew-change Cover
Fill a contract ending mid-rotation
Post this roleFind shipboard music jobs by role
Each role has its own page with the live openings posted for it right now.
Run the rolling audition — not just the inbox.
Cruise hiring is a year-round video-audition pipeline. Most lines run it on email and Dropbox. Cadenza runs it on one screen.
An illustration of the rolling video-audition panel — candidates scored on the take, on one screen.
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Candidates submit a prescreen video
Profile intake plus a prepared video and versatility tags — collected, not scattered across inboxes.
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The panel scores from anywhere
Self-scheduled slots, multi-style tagging, panel scoring, and an auditable trail — for the whole fleet’s pipeline.
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Rank, shortlist, and decide
See the ranked pool, shortlist your top players by versatility and doubling tags, and advance them to your offer.
“The job boards post a listing and stop. Cadenza runs the rolling video audition.”
One season: $299 founding ($499 standing), good for 60 days — no $4,800/yr commitment.
See Audition OSThe ship-ready musicians are already here.
Cadenza is free for musicians, so versatile players and singers keep profiles that organizations on paid plans can search with their doublings, instruments, and availability. Post a need and it reaches the players who match the instrumentation and contract dates you set.
Built for the way ships actually crew.
Year-round rolling auditions
Cruise hiring never stops. Run the whole pipeline — intake, prescreen video, scoring — in one place instead of email, Dropbox, and a spreadsheet.
Run a video audition · $299Crew-change rotation
Contracts end every few months across the fleet. Post the opening and fill the rotation from a versatility-tagged pool of ship-ready players.
Post a shipboard role — freeWave season & new-ship launches
New ships and the winter booking surge need bands fast. Reach the musicians already searching for cruise work.
Post your openingsFor lines and the agencies that staff them.
Cruise lines
Strongest fitShow bands, showroom orchestras, lounge acts, and music directors across a fleet — one rolling pipeline.
Staffing agencies
Strongest fitList the openings you’re staffing, reach more ship-ready musicians than your own roster, and run the auditions.
Resident production shows
Cast the band and singers for a long-running showroom production.
River & expedition lines
Smaller ensembles and solo acts for boutique itineraries.
The boards post. Cadenza posts and runs the audition.
The cruise job boards stop at the posting. Cadenza adds the rolling video-audition pipeline.
From sign-up to your first call, in minutes.
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Claim your free profile
Your line or agency page goes live with your first listing free — no card required.
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Post your openings
Show band, orchestra, soloist, music director. Write it, or reply “draft for me”.
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Audition and shortlist
Run rolling video auditions, score the panel, tag versatility, and advance your top players to an offer.
Start free. Pay only when it pays off.
No setup fee, no contract, no auto-renewal — every plan is a fixed one-year term you actively choose to renew.
Free
$0 forever
Claimed profile plus your first posting free; additional postings use listing credits.
Post a need — freeAudition Pass
$299 / season · founding
One season's blind audition — applications, prescreen, scoring, the recorded draw — no subscription. Standing $499.
Run an auditionFounding
$990 / yr · locked for life
Unlimited postings, analytics, communications, verified profile, and the reduced ticketing rate at the lowest standing price.
See plansHiring OS Pro
$4,800 / yr
The full pipeline: searchable directory, roster, applications, committee tools, and analytics.
See plansRun a whole audition season for $299 — a fraction of the audition + patron-CRM stack you’d otherwise license.
Also: self-serve job post $249 · lower-priced listing lanes are temporarily held for typed-credit safety · ticketing & donations $0 setup, 7% + $0.99 per order · a bigger org or a whole diocese? Enterprise from $18,000.
Frequently asked questions
- Is it really free to post?
- Yes. A claimed profile and your first listing are free — no card required, and you keep your own application process. Paid plans add the rolling Audition OS, the searchable player directory, roster/availability management, and analytics.
- We’re an agency, not a cruise line — does this fit?
- Absolutely — agencies are exactly who this serves. List the openings you’re staffing, reach more ship-ready musicians than your own roster, and run the auditions in one place. You stay the booker; Cadenza is the reach and the pipeline.
- Can we run video auditions at scale?
- Yes — it’s the wedge. Audition OS handles profile intake, self-scheduled slots, multi-style/versatility tagging, panel scoring from anywhere, and an auditable trail — suited to rolling pipelines cruise hiring runs on. $299 for one complete audition cycle — 60 days — ($499 standing), no $4,800/yr commitment.
- How is this different from our in-house casting portal?
- It doesn’t replace your portal — it feeds it. Cadenza puts your openings in front of musicians who aren’t already on your list and gives the audition pipeline a modern system of record. You keep your process and your relationships.
- What does it cost?
- Listing is $0 to set up. The Audition OS is $299 for a single season with no subscription, or add the full Hiring OS at $4,800/yr for the directory, roster, and analytics.
- Do we have to sign a contract?
- No. Every paid plan is a fixed one-year term billed once, with renewal reminders before it ends so you decide whether to continue. Nothing auto-renews — when the term is up you choose whether to buy another year, and access continues through the period you already paid for.
List your openings free. Audition the fleet this season.
Post your show-band, orchestra, or soloist openings free — then run the rolling video audition when you’re ready. No contract, no card to start.