Seating charts, reimagined. Let's start arranging.
The seating chart tool built for conductors by conductors.
Buy once, own forever.
Total control
Move anything, anywhere.
Drag anything in your ensemble exactly where you want it.
Perspective
Every view of the ensemble.
See it from the podium or the players' seats, and flip between instrument and performer names in a tap.
Speed
Powerful shortcuts.
Change your entire layout with the click of a button.
Cleanup
Neat in a keystroke.
Tidy a messy chart with a single keystroke.
Your stage
Built for where you perform.
Customize every row and add risers with ease.
Output
Print-ready with everything at a glance.
Print in a couple of clicks — Podium counts every chair and stand for you.
Personalize
Your Podium, your palette.
Choose whichever layout fits your vibe.
Your library
All your charts in one place.
Every chart saves to your account, sorted into folders you control.
Built in a band room, not a boardroom.
Hi, I’m John Gilchrist, the creator of Podium—and I don’t work in tech.
I’m a full-time high school band and orchestra director. Throughout my career, I’ve had the opportunity to lead ensembles in performances ranging from the Midwest Clinic in Chicago to the Musikverein in Vienna.
As any music educator knows, the way you arrange an ensemble matters. Seating influences blend and balance, listening responsibilities, communication, and even the social connections between performers. Yet the tools available to directors have rarely encouraged thoughtful experimentation. Too often, creating a custom layout means fighting with rigid templates or adapting software that was never designed for ensembles in the first place.
I built Podium because music educators deserve a tool that works the way they actually think, teach, and rehearse.
After many hours of designing, testing, and refining it in the context of my own program, Podium has transformed the way I create ensemble layouts. It makes experimentation quick, flexible, and genuinely enjoyable—and I’m excited to share it with other educators and conductors.
Support educators building for educators
Podium is an independently developed tool created from within the music education community.
When you support Podium, you are supporting both the continued development of the app and an active member of the profession it serves.
Build your first chart in minutes.
Envision your ensemble.
Buy once, own forever.