Fill every chair. Skip the phone tree.
From the first service to the last stand, Podium sends offers, cascades to the next player when someone passes, and keeps a clean record of who was called — so you fill the section in minutes, not a lost weekend.
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The part nobody signed up for
The sub scramble
A player drops two days out and you're working down a paper list by text and phone, hoping someone says yes before the downbeat.
No record of the call
Who did you offer first? Who declined? When there's no trail, the fairness of your list is only as good as your memory — and players notice.
Priced out of the big tools
OPAS and the enterprise suites are built for million-dollar symphonies. You need that workflow at a community-orchestra budget.
Everything the call needs
Offers that cascade in order
Set your call order by chair. When someone declines or times out, the next player is offered automatically — the section fills while you sleep.
A hiring record you can stand behind
Every offer, decline, and acceptance is logged with a timestamp. When the music director asks who you called, you have the answer.
Per-service pay, W-9s, and 1099s
Track base pay and leader fees per service, collect W-9s, and export at tax time — no second spreadsheet.
Chairs, sections, and seating that make sense
Build your instrumentation by section and chair, save go-to rosters, and see confirmed, pending, and open seats at a glance.
“Staffing a full program used to take me most of an afternoon between emails, texts, and updating the spreadsheet. With Podium, I sent the entire call in under 15 minutes and could immediately see which chairs were filled.”
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Good to know
Does Podium handle substitute calling in seniority or rotation order?
Yes. You set the call order per chair, and offers advance down your list automatically when a player declines or a hold expires — with a full audit trail of who was contacted and when.
Is this affordable for a community or regional orchestra?
Podium is a fraction of the enterprise orchestra suites. It's priced for per-service budgets, not seven-figure symphonies — and there's a free plan to start.
Can musicians accept offers from their phone?
Yes. Players get a link to accept, decline, or request a sub in one tap — no app to install, no login required.
Fill your next concert without the phone tree
Start free, set up in five minutes, and send your first offer today.