Important news that doesn’t get lost in the group chat
Put your group’s news, polls and changes in Orchesi. Every member finds them in the app, even after a week away. The group chat goes back to being a place to chat.
- News and polls in one place
- A notification when something changes
News that stays put
The board or the conductor writes a post for the whole group or for a few section groups. It sits under News in the app, and anyone who looks later still finds it. If a post really has to be read, label it Important or Urgent.
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News for the whole group or for certain groups
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Photos, PDFs and Office files as attachments, added in the web app
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Members react with an emoji
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Search the news and filter by priority
Polls without endless threads
Ask the members which encore to play or where the group outing should go. Make a regular poll with answers, or a date poll to pick a date together. Members vote in the app, and you see who hasn’t voted yet.
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Allow several answers, or let people vote anonymously
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Choose whether members see the results while voting
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Members can still change their vote
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A poll for the whole group or for certain groups
A notification when something changes
When a rehearsal moves or is canceled, everyone invited gets a notification on their phone. Whoever is coming gets a reminder before the rehearsal, at a time each member chooses. That way nobody has to keep an eye on everything.
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Notifications for new, changed and canceled events
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A reminder from 15 minutes to a week ahead
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Quiet hours, so nothing buzzes at night
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Mute a group if you’re a member of several
What members and the board notice
Fewer messages. And the messages that are there get through.
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All notifications together
The app and the web app both have an overview of your notifications. Whatever you missed, you can read later.
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In their own calendar
Rehearsals and concerts show up in Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook. Changes come through there too.
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New sheet music
When new music is ready for you, you get a notification with the piece attached.
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By email too
If a member prefers email, they turn on email notifications. The link in the email opens the right page right away.
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Who do you call for what?
Club contacts shows who to call for what, for example the board, the membership secretary or sponsorship.
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Not everyone posts everything
Admins, board members and the conductor post news. So a member won’t accidentally message the whole group.
What to look for in an app to communicate with members
Six questions to ask before you choose an app.
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1. Does a message stay easy to find?
In a group chat, important news scrolls out of view within an hour. In Orchesi it stays under News until you remove it.
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2. Can you send a message to one group?
The youth band doesn’t need to read everything meant for the senior band. In Orchesi you choose the groups for each post and each poll.
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3. Who can post messages?
If everyone can post everything, it turns into noise again. In Orchesi only the board, the conductor and admins post news.
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4. Can every member use it?
A member of seventy and a high school student both need to get it. Orchesi has an app for iPhone and Android and also works in the browser.
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5. Do members control their own notifications?
Not everyone wants a notification at eleven at night. In Orchesi each member chooses which notifications they get and when it stays quiet.
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6. What does it cost for the whole group?
Check whether members have to pay and whether features sit behind a Pro plan. Orchesi costs €0.15 per active member per month, never more than €16.95, with every feature included. Members pay nothing.
For every kind of music association
Every association works differently. See how Orchesi works for your kind of association, or for your role.
- Wind bands Main band, youth band and percussion group in one app.
- Fanfare bands From rehearsal to serenade, with the flugelhorns and saxhorns in view.
- Drum bands As an association of its own or as a group within your wind or fanfare band.
- Choirs Organized by voice part, with sheet music per voice.
- Orchestras Projects, stand-ins and the parts for every desk.
Or look at it by role: For members For boards
All about the app for music associationsPricing details
Simple pricing that scales with your association.
- Start free, no payment details needed
- Cancel monthly, no annual contract
- Never more than €16.95 a month
- Set up within 10 minutes, invite right away
Free for first 3 months - then
€0.15 / member per month
With a maximum of €16.95 per month (incl. 21% VAT)
Cap reached: extra members are free
Send the invoice from your current tool to our support team. You then use Orchesi for free until that contract ends, and we take care of the rest.
support@orchesi.com- For members
- Always free
- Available on
- iPhone, Android and in your browser
- Languages
- English and Dutch
- Data
- Stored in the EU, in Amsterdam and Frankfurt
Questions about communicating with members
A communication app for a band or choir is an app where the board shares news, polls and changes with the members. Messages sit in one place and stay easy to find. Unlike a group chat, not everyone posts everything. The board decides what goes up and which group it’s for. Orchesi is an app like this, made for wind bands, fanfare bands, drum bands, choirs and orchestras, with the schedule and the sheet music included.
For the official messages, yes. News, polls, the schedule and changes are in Orchesi, in one place and for the right groups. Orchesi has no chat. If members want to keep messaging each other, they can do that alongside Orchesi.
An app that keeps news, polls and the schedule together and that every member can use without help. A general chat app doesn’t know your groups or your schedule. Orchesi is made for wind bands, fanfare bands, drum bands, choirs and orchestras. It costs €0.15 per active member per month, never more than €16.95, and the first 3 months are free.
Yes. Make a date poll with a few dates and allow several answers. Each member then picks every date that works for them, and you see which date has the most votes.
Yes. Turn on anonymous voting when you create the poll. Then nobody sees who voted for what.
Yes, for new, changed and canceled events and for new sheet music. Whoever is coming gets a reminder before the rehearsal at a time each member chooses. Every member decides which notifications they get.
Yes. Choose the groups for a news post or a poll. Only those members see it.
No, but it helps. Members can use the free Orchesi app for iOS and Android, or sign in in the browser at orchesi.app. Notifications and reminders on your phone need the app. The web version is especially convenient for board members when handling administrative tasks.
Help center
You don’t have to figure it out yourself
The help center explains every step, with screenshots from the app. The guides for members are easy to forward in your group chat.
Try Orchesi free for three months.
Try Orchesi free for 3 months with your whole group. No payment details needed.
