Cadenza
Cadenza is the mobile app built exclusively for independent music teachers — schedule recurring lessons, collect payments automatically, and share practice materials securely, all in one place.
Set your availability once and let students book recurring weekly or bi-weekly lessons. Makeup credits, cancellation windows, and studio policies are enforced automatically — no awkward conversations required.
Cadenza generates invoices and collects lesson fees via card or ACH at the time of booking or on a monthly cycle, so you stop chasing payments over text and Venmo.
Upload sheet music PDFs, audio recordings, and video clips directly to each student's private library. Students and parents access everything through a companion app — nothing gets lost in an inbox again.
Busy parents get a clean, dedicated view of their child's lesson schedule, upcoming payments, and practice assignments — reducing the back-and-forth messages that eat up your evenings.
Define your cancellation policy, makeup lesson rules, and late payment terms once. Cadenza surfaces them at booking so enforcement is automatic, not uncomfortable.
Automated reminders go out to students and parents before each lesson, cutting down on no-shows without you having to send a single text.
How it works
Enter your availability, lesson types, durations, and rates once — Cadenza builds your bookable schedule instantly.
Share your booking link; students or parents self-schedule recurring lessons and pay by card or ACH, with your studio policies applied automatically.
After each lesson, drop sheet music, recordings, or clips into the student's private library — they open the companion app and everything is there for practice week.
Free
Free forever
Solo
$29 / month
Studio
$59 / month
We are currently in pre-launch development and recruiting our first beta cohort of independent teachers. Join the waitlist and you'll be among the first invited when we open beta access.
Students and parents will use a lightweight companion app to view their schedule and access practice materials. It's designed to be simple enough that even a parent who barely uses their phone can navigate it without your help.
Cadenza uses Stripe under the hood. On the Free tier we add a 2% platform fee on top of Stripe's standard card processing fees. The Solo tier reduces that to 1.5%, and the Studio tier drops it to 1%. You always see a clear breakdown before you charge a student.
The Free tier is designed to let you try the full workflow with a small group. If you're already teaching 10, 20, or 30 students, you'll want to start on the Solo or Studio plan — we'll make it easy to migrate your existing student list during onboarding.
Every invoice is generated from the lesson data you've already confirmed, and both you and the family receive a receipt for every transaction. If a charge needs to be corrected, you can issue a credit or refund directly from the app. We're building transparent audit trails so there's never any ambiguity about what was charged and why.