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For Music Schools & ConservatoriesRecruit, accept, and review auditions —
Recruit, accept, and review auditions —
your admissions cycle in one place.
The admissions and recruitment OS for music schools. Get discovered by students, accept applications with transcripts, essays, and audition video, score auditions with your faculty panel, and move applicants from first inquiry to enrolled. Prefer to keep your official application portal? Cadenza captures and routes inquiries instead. Discovery stays free; application fees and fee waivers can be handled where enabled.
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931 indexed institutions
78+ countries covered
Free school profile
Applications, auditions, decisions & inquiries
See it live
Your admissions workflow, on one screen.
Applications, auditions, recommendations, decisions, offers, and analytics — the entire conservatory recruitment loop, running inside Cadenza.
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Applicant pipeline
Every applicant, in one reviewable view.
Transcripts, essays, audition video and audio, recommendation letters, and fee status — each applicant’s full packet on a single screen, with filters, search, and CSV export.
- Inline audition playback
- Secure, access-controlled files
- Filter by instrument, status, payment
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Audition scoring
Faculty audition panels, built in.
Stand up a panel, weight your criteria, and let faculty score from anywhere. Cadenza ranks candidates automatically and keeps the whole roster in view.
- Weighted criteria you define
- Per-juror scores + averages
- Ranked, exportable results
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Decisions & yield
From first inquiry to enrolled.
Move applicants through review, shortlist, waitlist, accept, and enrolled — with decision emails, scholarship offers, and a live read on your funnel at every step.
- Six-stage decision lifecycle
- Automated applicant emails
- Scholarship & admission offers
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Everything above runs in Cadenza today.
Claim your school, publish an admissions cycle, and start receiving applications this week.
Pricing
One simple price a year. That’s it.
No school-paid per-applicant platform fee. No commission on tuition. No surprise charges — we email you before renewal and never auto-bill your card.
Free Profile — $0 forever
Claim your school, list degrees, faculty, tuition & deadlines, and appear in search. No card required.
Best value
Founding Pass
$2,400/year
Locked for life
For schools actively recruiting. Lock today’s rate forever.
- Featured placement in school search
- Request-Info lead capture + inquiry analytics
- Email alerts on every new inquiry
- Priority support
Recruitment Standard
$6,000/year
A full recruitment CRM for an active audition cycle.
- Everything in Founding, plus:
- Full recruitment + applicant CRM dashboard
- Status workflow, lead scoring, tags, notes
- Bulk actions, filters, search & CSV export
- Multi-user roles (Owner / Editor / Viewer)
Recruitment Pro
$12,000/year
For conservatories with year-round audition flow.
- Everything in Standard, plus:
- Audition jury panels + scoring
- CRM webhooks to Slate, Salesforce, or any endpoint
- Instrument / country / 6-month trend analytics
- Dedicated account manager + onboarding
Full Service
from$18,000/year
Done-for-you
We run recruitment for you — postings, pages, and reporting.
- Everything in Pro, plus:
- Done-for-you posting & program pages
- Featured across discovery surfaces
- Quarterly recruitment analytics report
- Priority onboarding & a named team
Every paid plan is a fixed one-year term billed once. You’re never auto-charged — we send renewal reminders and you choose whether to continue. Prices in USD. Compare every plan in detail →
School profiles on Cadenza
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School profiles span 78+ countries, with programs, faculty, deadlines, and inquiry paths in one place.
Why join Cadenza?
Everything you need to reach the next generation of music students.
Free school profile
Create your profile and list programs at no cost. Upgrade for recruitment tools.
Global reach
School profiles span 78+ countries so prospective students can compare programs in one place.
Full school profile
Programs, tuition, facilities, faculty, deadlines, and admissions links.
Post events & auditions
Share audition dates, competitions, and deadlines.
Capture inquiries
Students can send Request Info leads with instrument, degree interest, start year, country, and message.
Track and route leads
Use the inquiry dashboard, CSV export, and webhook routing on recruitment plans.
No per-applicant platform fee
Cadenza does not add a $30-$87 applicant platform charge. Schools keep 100% of any official fee they set; applicants see only that fee plus a small card-processing charge.
Every kind of music school
From elite conservatories to community music programs — we serve all institutions.
Conservatories
Juilliard, Curtis, NEC, Royal Academy — standalone institutions dedicated entirely to music performance and composition.
University Music Departments
Schools of music within larger universities — Indiana, Michigan, Eastman, USC Thornton. Broader academic experience alongside music study.
Community & Preparatory Programs
Pre-college programs, community music schools, and continuing education. For students building foundations or returning to music.
List every degree you offer
Students filter by degree level. Make sure yours are listed.
BMBachelor of Music
MMMaster of Music
DMADoctor of Musical Arts
ADArtist Diploma
GPDGraduate Performance Diploma
CertificatePerformance Certificate
The School Recruitment OS path
Discovery, profile trust, inquiry capture, analytics, and handoff into the admissions system you already use.
Claim your school profile
Take ownership of the public profile students already find in Cadenza search, then keep details, links, and admissions context current.
Free profile ownership path.
Show degree programs
List BM, MM, DMA, Artist Diploma, certificate, pre-college, summer, and other programs with instruments taught and application links.
Students filter by degree, country, and instrument.
List faculty by instrument
Show teaching faculty so students can evaluate who they may study with before they send an inquiry or application.
Faculty visibility is a core recruiting asset.
Publish admissions deadlines
Post admissions cycles with application deadlines, audition windows, scholarship dates, and links to your official application portal — all in one place.
Students set alerts for your deadlines.
Show tuition and scholarships
Be transparent about costs. List tuition, available scholarships, graduate assistantships, and financial aid details.
Transparency builds trust with applicants.
Capture Request Info inquiries
Let interested students submit their name, email, instrument, degree interest, intended start year, country, message, and contact consent.
Real student interest lands in a private inquiry dashboard.
Track analytics
See profile visibility, inquiry volume, instrument interest, country breakdowns, and recruitment activity where plan access supports it.
Data-driven recruitment decisions.
Export or route leads
Use CSV export and webhook routing on recruitment plans to move Cadenza inquiries into the admissions tools your team already uses.
Cadenza complements your admissions system.
Upgrade recruitment visibility
Add featured placement, inquiry CRM tools, reporting, webhook handoff, and done-for-you profile updates when you are ready to recruit harder.
Free to start; upgrade when the pipeline matters.
No school-paid applicant tax
Students can discover schools, request information, and use Cadenza application workflows without a Cadenza subscription. If your school sets an official application fee, Cadenza shows that fee, waiver support, and any checkout service fee before payment.
The school pays the platform plan; checkout fees stay transparent.
How it works
Get your school on Cadenza in four simple steps.
1
Claim or register your school
Most schools are already in our database. Search for your institution and click "Claim" to verify your affiliation with an institutional email. If your school isn't listed, register it in minutes.
2
Complete your school profile
Add tuition details, degree programs, instruments taught, faculty highlights, scholarships, and campus facilities. Upload a cover photo and logo to make your page stand out.
3
Post opportunities and events
Share admissions cycles with deadlines, audition dates, official application links, summer festivals, and competitions. Students get alerts for deadlines they care about.
4
Connect with prospective students
Students discover your school through instrument-specific search, degree filters, and location browsing. Track engagement analytics, respond to student reviews, and build your applicant pipeline.
Cadenza vs. application platforms
Use Cadenza beside your existing portal. For schools that want a managed admissions pilot, Cadenza can support packet, fee or waiver, review, decision, and offer-letter pieces where the workflow is configured.
| Feature | Cadenza | Acceptd / SlideRoom |
|---|---|---|
| Public student discovery & search | — | |
| Music-school profiles and compare pages | — | |
| Instrument and degree-level browsing | — | |
| Request Info lead capture and inquiry dashboard | — | |
| Existing admissions-portal handoff | ||
| No school-paid applicant platform fee | — | |
| Cadenza application packets and fee/waiver pilots | ||
| Prescreening, jury review, and decisions where configured | ||
| Done-for-you recruitment updates | — | |
| SEO-optimized program pages | — |
Cadenza is strongest before the application: discovery, comparison, lead capture, recruitment reporting, and clean handoff into the admissions system a school already uses. Unlike applicant-paid platforms that can charge roughly $30-$87 per submission, Cadenza does not charge schools a per-applicant platform fee for student discovery, inquiries, or configured application workflows. Any school-set application fee and checkout service fee are disclosed before payment.
Questions?
- What does it cost?
- Your school profile, degree programs, and basic admissions listings are free — we believe every music institution should be discoverable. For recruitment upgrades like featured placement, lead capture, analytics, and CSV exports, plans start at $2,400/year (Founding School Pass) — a fraction of what Slate or Acceptd cost.
- What information should we include?
- Start with your degree programs, instruments taught, and application deadlines. Over time, add faculty listings, tuition details, scholarship information, and notable alumni. The more complete your profile, the better students can evaluate your school.
- How do students find our school?
- Students search by instrument, degree type, location, and school type. Your profile appears in search results and on browse pages. When students follow specific instruments, they see your admissions listings in their alerts.
- Can we post job openings too?
- Absolutely. Your school profile connects to all your listings — faculty positions, staff openings, admissions cycles, summer programs, and more. Everything lives under one institutional identity.
- How do we claim our profile?
- Many schools are already in our database from public directory data. Click "Claim this profile" on your school's page, verify your institutional email, and you'll have full editing access within 72 hours.
- Do you integrate with admissions platforms?
- Yes. Schools can keep using an existing portal and use Cadenza for discovery, Request Info, analytics, export, and webhook handoff. Cadenza-managed admissions workflows are available as guided pilots where configured, including packet collection, recommendations, fee or waiver tracking, review, decisions, and offer letters.
Your school deserves to be found
Be visible alongside 931 indexed institutions on Cadenza. Claim your profile today and start connecting with prospective students.
Questions? Contact our team — we're happy to help.