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Founding window open$990/yr locked for lifefirst 50 organizations

Auditions.
Admissions.
Audiences.

The operating system for the performing arts — blind auditions and hiring, school and festival admissions, ticketing, donations, and a patron CRM. Built for orchestras, theaters, schools, festivals, churches, cruise lines, and military bands. Musician accounts stay free forever.

$0 to start Standard is $2,400/yr — founding members pay $990/yr, forever You keep 100% of ticket value

4,751+

Organizations

113

Countries

758+

Live opportunities

73

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14-day money-back guarantee (unused service — see Terms) No auto-renewal — we remind you Musician accounts free forever

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Choose your stage.

For Churches

Church music program plans

An annual track built for parishes and cathedrals — post worship roles and sub calls, run organ- and music-fund campaigns, sell concert tickets, and (on Pro) run blind auditions with a concert & patron CRM. Musicians always apply free.

Annual Essentials and Pro are self-serve — claim your church, pick the plan, and you’re set up in minutes. Monthly billing is arranged personally until recurring checkout is activated; Cathedral / Network is guided personally.

Church Free

Free

Claim your church and post worship roles

Parishes sourcing the occasional organist or sub

  • Claim & verify your church profile
  • Post worship roles + sub / pinch-hit calls
  • Music-fund & organ-fund donation tools
  • Sell concert tickets (7% + $0.99 buyer-paid)
  • Appear in the worship directory
Claim Your Church

Church Essentials

$1,200/year

Annual plan for an active music program

Churches posting subs and running a concert series

  • Unlimited worship-role posts + sub calls
  • Verified church profile signal
  • Music-fund & organ-fund campaign tools + donor wall
  • Reduced 5% + $0.99 ticketing rate (buyer-paid)
  • Season subscription series
  • Priority support
Get Church Essentials
Recommended

Church Pro

$3,600/year

Annual worship music OS

Programs running auditions, concerts, and patron giving

  • Everything in Church Essentials
  • Audition OS — blind auditions (applications, prescreening, jury scoring)
  • Concert & patron CRM (ticket-buyer → donor pipeline)
  • Digital concert programs
  • Post-event re-engagement automation
  • Priority support
Get Church Pro
Contact Sales

Cathedral / Network

from $6,000/year

For cathedrals, choral foundations, and multi-parish networks

Cathedrals & dioceses coordinating many churches

  • Everything in Church Pro
  • Multi-ensemble / multi-parish setup
  • Custom onboarding & data migration
  • Featured placement across discovery surfaces
  • Dedicated account manager + reporting
Contact Sales

Every plan is a fixed one-year term you actively choose to renew — no auto-billing. Ticketing & donations have $0 setup; paid plans drop the ticketing rate to 5% + $0.99 per order.

Transparent by design

What you’ll never pay.

One clear annual price. No metered surprises, and no commission on the revenue that matters most to you.

No school-paid per-applicant fees

Unlike Acceptd or SlideRoom, schools do not pay Cadenza per application or submission — review as many as you like. Any official application fee is set by the school and disclosed to the applicant.

No cut of salaries or tuition

We never take a commission on a hire’s salary or a student’s tuition. What you save, you keep.

No setup or monthly fees

No onboarding charge and no monthly minimum — a single fixed annual price, billed once.

Keep 100% of ticket value

Buyers cover the service fee at checkout; your organization receives every dollar of face value.

How we compare

Built for classical music. Priced like it.

Generic platforms charge stack-on fees. Vertical platforms charge all-in. The same $30 ticket sold three different places:

Coming from

Musical Chairs

Their annual runs $1,100/yr (€900 / £800, plus VAT), sold by invoice, with no ticketing and no donor CRM at any price. Cadenza's founding rate is $990/yr — less than half — with the applicant workflow, ticketing, and a patron CRM included, paid by card in one sitting.

See the switch kit

Coming from

Tessitura / PatronManager

Enterprise donor systems are quoted in five figures a year, plus implementation. Cadenza includes a patron CRM with IRS tax receipts on any annual pass — from $990/yr, no setup fee.

See the patron CRM

Coming from

Acceptd / SlideRoom / Slate

On per-applicant platforms, applicants commonly pay $30–$100 per application, and enterprise admissions CRMs publish no price at all. Cadenza's School Recruitment OS has no school-paid per-applicant platform fee — from $2,400/yr.

See School OS
PlatformTicket fee on $30Annual subscriptionBuilt for
Cadenza (Founding)$2.49 (5% + $0.99)$990/yr unlimited listingsClassical & jazz musicians
Cadenza (free tier)$3.09 (7% + $0.99)$0 — pay per listingClassical & jazz musicians
Eventbrite Professional$3.77 (3.7% + $1.79 + 2.9%)No music-specific tierGeneric events
MusicalChairsNo ticketing$1,100/yr ($280 single)Audition listings

Eventbrite Professional pricing per their published rates; MusicalChairs per their publish page. Verified 2026-08-14. Cadenza ticketing service fees include payment processing; any school-set application fee shows its separate checkout service fee before payment.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Have a question not listed here? Contact us and we will get back to you within 24 hours.

Is Cadenza free for musicians?

Yes. Musicians can browse opportunities, save listings, set deadline alerts, build their profile, and track applications at no cost. There are no premium tiers or paywalls for individual musicians. If a school or organization sets its own official application fee, Cadenza shows that fee and the small checkout service fee before payment.

How does the 1 free listing work?

When you claim your organization, you get 1 free listing credit you can use for any listing type — a job, audition, sub call, competition, or program. This lets you try Cadenza risk-free before committing to a plan.

What’s the difference between pay-as-you-go and subscriptions?

Pay-as-you-go is ideal for organizations posting 1–3 listings per year at $249 each (your first listing is free; sub/extra and program rates are on request). Organization subscriptions ($990–$4,800/year) include unlimited listings and are better for organizations posting regularly; schools and military bands have their own plans. Four job/audition listings ($249 each = $996) cost more than a Founding Pass at $990/year — every listing after that is free.

What’s the Founding Pass?

A limited-time rate available to early adopters. Once you lock in the founding rate ($990/year), that price stays the same for the life of your subscription — even as standard prices increase. The founding cohort is limited to the first 50 organizations — first come, first served — and checkout closes automatically once the cohort is full.

Can I cancel my subscription?

Yes. All subscriptions are annual with no long-term contracts. Cancel anytime and your access continues through the end of your billing period. Note: cancelling a Founding Pass means losing the founding rate if you rejoin later.

Do you offer enterprise pricing?

Yes. For large organizations, multi-campus schools, or agencies we offer enterprise plans starting at $18,000/year with custom data exports, a dedicated success manager, and white-glove onboarding. Contact us to discuss your needs.

How does the practice room marketplace work?

Venues list practice rooms with pricing, photos, and amenities. Musicians search by city and book instantly. Hosts pay a 10% commission on completed bookings, deducted at payout. Musicians pay nothing beyond the room rate — no booking fee.

What are the concert ticket fees?

Standard rate is 7% + $0.99 per order, paid by the buyer at checkout. Paid Cadenza subscribers (Founding, Standard, Hiring OS Pro, or Full Service) drop to 5% + $0.99 per order. Donations added to a purchase are processed at 5%. No monthly fees, no setup costs, no minimums. Includes mobile delivery, QR check-in, promo codes, donations, merchandise add-ons, and real-time sales analytics.

What is Cadenza Executive Search & Advisory?

A professional-services practice operated by Cadenza for arts and culture institutions, covering board succession, leadership risk and executive transition. It is separate from Cadenza's software plans. Cadenza accepts non-confidential pilot inquiries through its public form. Any private introductory conversation is arranged separately, and Cadenza will not accept a paid advisory mandate until the remaining Release 1 legal, privacy, secure-workspace and delivery-capacity controls are in place.

Why does it say retained executive search is "in formation"?

Because it would not be true to say otherwise yet. Cadenza does not accept retained search mandates until its accountable search-delivery team and Release 2 controls are in place, and we do not claim placements we have not made. Board & Succession is in a controlled pilot stage while its remaining legal, privacy, workspace and capacity controls are completed. Boards planning a chief-executive transition can register non-confidential interest in future work; any private conversation is arranged separately.

What will a retained executive search cost when it opens?

Fixed professional fees from $60,000, scoped per mandate and set out in a signed fee schedule before any work begins. Cadenza does not price search as a percentage of the appointee's compensation, which avoids the incentive to push a board toward a more expensive hire. Approved expenses are separate and disclosed in advance, with no undisclosed markup.

How is candidate confidentiality handled in an executive search?

A person researched for a search is not treated as an applicant. Nobody is presented to a client without their consent, no references or background checks happen without written authorization, and nothing is published about a candidacy without permission. Candidates can correct factual records about themselves, opt out of future contact, and raise a complaint through a defined route.

Does advisory work require buying Cadenza software?

No. Search and advisory clients are never required to adopt Cadenza products, adviser compensation does not depend on any software cross-sell, and an adviser may recommend a different product where that is the right answer. Confidential advisory information is also never used to target marketplace recommendations, advertising or editorial coverage.

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