Sonatina

Run your music school without the headaches

Trial lessons, weekly bookings, make-ups, summer plans, billing and your own school website, in one simple app built by people who teach music.

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Made in Canada · Prices in Canadian dollars · Parent pages in English or French

Everything a music school runs on

Each plan includes all of it. You choose a plan by the size of your school, not by the features you need.

Scheduling that does not clash

See every lesson by teacher, room or student. Weekly lessons repeat by themselves, skip your closure days, and you are warned before a room, teacher or student is double-booked.

Make-ups without the emails

A missed lesson earns a make-up credit that families book themselves. Credits can expire at the end of a term, and families can pause for the summer.

A free-trial booking page

New families pick a time on your own page. They get a reminder, and a follow-up email after the lesson.

A parent portal families like

Parents see lessons, notes and invoices, cancel or book make-ups, pay, and message the school. All of it works in English or French.

Invoices and getting paid

Invoices come from the lessons actually taught. Parents pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, or from a Canadian bank account, and can save a card or bank account for automatic payments. e-Transfer and cash are easy to record too.

Tools for your teachers

Each teacher signs in to see only their own students. They write lesson notes and practice assignments, families log practice, and you get a teacher pay report for payroll.

Group classes and recitals

Class rosters with seat limits and attendance. Plan a recital, schedule rehearsals, email every family their plan, and sell tickets online with door check-in.

Your school website

A simple website with your lessons, prices, teachers and a trial button is included with every plan.

Your information stays yours

Bring your students and families over from a spreadsheet, and download everything again whenever you like. Reports, plus files for QuickBooks and Xero, are built in.

Simple plans. Unlimited students on every one.

Free trial on every plan. No credit card needed to start. Yearly billing saves two months.

Independent

$10 CAD / month
or $100 CAD a year

Up to 3 teachers. Unlimited students. Personal studio, student homes and online.

  • 30-day free trial
  • Unlimited students
  • Website and trial-lesson booking included
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School

$25 CAD / month
or $250 CAD a year

Unlimited teachers and students. Up to 5 rooms, plus student homes and online.

  • 30-day free trial
  • Unlimited students
  • Website and trial-lesson booking included
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Multi-Unit

$50 CAD / month
or $500 CAD a year

Unlimited buildings, rooms, teachers and students.

  • 30-day free trial
  • Unlimited students
  • Website and trial-lesson booking included
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Questions people ask

Do I need a credit card to start?

No. You get the full free trial first. You add a card only when you decide to keep going.

What happens when the trial ends?

Add a card on the Billing page and carry on. If you do nothing, your school pauses a week after the trial ends. Nothing is deleted, you can still download everything, and it opens again as soon as you subscribe. Your families and teachers are not locked out of their own pages.

Can I cancel any time?

Yes, from the Billing page. Your school stays open until the end of the period you have paid for.

Who owns our data?

You do. Download your families, students, lessons and invoices as spreadsheets any time, from inside the app.

How do parents pay, and what does it cost?

By card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, or from a Canadian bank account. The money goes straight to your own Stripe account. Stripe charges its own fee on each payment, and Sonatina adds no fee on top.

Is it available in French?

Yes, for your families. The parent portal, sign-in, free-trial booking and ticket pages work in English or French, with one click to switch.

Try it with your own school

Thirty days, every feature, no card.

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