Existing foundation
Credit what already works.
- Job and audition advertising
- In-platform applications and documents
- Video prescreening and online panel review
- Anonymous applications and audition scheduling
Switch from Musical Chairs
Keep the reach. Run the entire audition.
A listing should open the door—not become the end of your operating system.
Keep every channel that earns attention. Add Cadenza where the handoffs begin: applications, prescreening, live audition day, decisions, hiring history, and the institution around the hire.
No forced rip-and-replace. Start with the handoff that hurts, and keep control of every stage.
Actual Cadenza interface
See where the listing becomes operations.
Cadenza’s advantage should be visible, not asserted. Inspect the applicant queue, prescreen workflow, and live audition-day cockpit using clearly labeled sample data.
Sample data · Actual Cadenza interface
cadenza.work/demo/hiring-os/applications
Orchestra Hiring OS
Every packet, stage, and decision in view.
Applications, statuses, shortlist movement, assigned reviewers, and team decisions live in the same operational queue.
Sample data · Actual Cadenza interface
The honest comparison
The advantage begins at the operating boundary.
Musical Chairs publicly documents a real ATS—not just advertising. Cadenza does not need to pretend otherwise. The difference is how far the workflow continues and how much institutional context survives after the panel votes.
Cadenza extension
Operate beyond the panel vote.
- Live audition-day check-in, candidate numbers, and round control
- Weighted jury workflow, advancement, decision history, and exports
- A reusable organization workspace and musician identity layer
- Connected events, ticketing, donations, and patron relationships
A controlled migration
Switch a workflow, not your whole world.
Start with one vacancy and one painful handoff. Cadenza can sit beside your existing channels until the operating evidence earns the next step.
First three listings set up with you
- 01
Mirror the first listings
Send the job ads, PDFs, season page, or public links you already use. We structure the first three listings and clean the organization profile.
Nothing has to disappear on day one.
- 02
Choose the first handoff
Keep your current application destination or move intake, files, eligibility questions, and prescreen review into Cadenza.
You decide where the operating system begins.
- 03
Run one real audition
Use candidate numbers, locked schedules, front-desk check-in, jury scoring, rounds, advancement, and a decision record.
The product proves itself in live operations.
- 04
Carry the history forward
Reuse the organization, workflow, documents, decisions, and reporting next season—then add events, tickets, or patrons only when useful.
Each season becomes a foundation, not a reset.
Scope, not slogans
Compare what each public product says it operates.
Shared capabilities are credited. Where Cadenza extends further, the wording is limited to what Musical Chairs describes publicly and what Cadenza’s product screens demonstrate.
| Operating capability | Musical Chairs public scope | Cadenza |
|---|---|---|
| Publish jobs and audition listings | Published offering | Connected listing & discovery |
| Applications, documents, and portfolios | ATS included | Reusable application packet |
| Video prescreening | ATS included | Integrated review queue |
| Panel voting, comments, and invitations | ATS included | Weighted review + decision trail |
| Audition scheduling | ATS included | Schedule feeds live operations |
| Live audition-day controlExtends | Not described in public ATS scope | Check-in, numbers, rounds, advancement |
| Preserved hiring history and analyticsExtends | Not described in public ATS scope | Connected across seasons |
| Events, ticketing, and patron relationshipsExtends | Outside published recruitment scope | Connected institutional systems |
Musical Chairs scope checked against its public publishing and ATS documentation on August 24, 2026.
Your first move can be small
Start with one vacancy. Keep the future open.
Create the organization workspace yourself, ask us to rebuild the first three listings, or inspect pricing when you are ready. A meeting is available—not mandatory.