The Tribune · Mark CI

Orchestra Kingdom launches May 17, 2026.

AI audition coach for string players. Built solo by a violist in 30 days. 100 product Marks shipped before public launch.

For coverage scheduled on or after 2026-05-17

Pull quotes (use verbatim)

  • “The first AI audition coach built by a violist for string players, not by a generic practice-app team retrofitting strings.”

    core differentiation

  • “100 product Marks shipped before launch. Pre-LLM, this scope would have cost a 5-person team $2-3M and 18-24 months. Built solo in 30 days.”

    engineering velocity

  • “The Judge gives bar-specific notes in panel voice — not generic encouragement. The Teacher mode dialogues with real teaching patterns. The Oracle generates personalized weekly practice plans.”

    product depth

What it is, in plain English

Orchestra Kingdom is an AI audition coach for string players. A high school violinist preparing for All-State, a college bassist preparing for a regional orchestra audition, or a parent looking for a way to support their kid's practice records 30 seconds of any audition excerpt. The Judge — a calibrated AI panel — returns a verdict (Advance / Callback / Not Yet), an overall score 0-100, dimension scores across tone / intonation / rhythm / tempo / musicality, three strengths, three things to fix next, and a personalized practice drill.

The Teacher mode adds a conversational AI music teacher with voice + camera + sheet music. The Oracle sends a personalized weekly practice plan every Sunday. The Simulator puts the student in front of three named AI panelists who deliberate live. The Forge runs peer-to-peer practice duels.

14-day free trial. First Judge take is free, no signup, no card. Founding Member subscription locks 20% off forever for the first 100 subscribers — open through launch day, never offered again.

Why it matters

  • Specialized for string players, not music broadly

    The four orchestral string instruments — violin, viola, cello, double bass — get instrument-specific rubrics, repertoire calibration, and audition-context awareness. Generic music-AI tools treat them as variations of one thing. We don't.

  • Calibrated against real audition panels

    The Judge's rubric matches what conservatory and all-state panels actually score on. We over-publish accuracy with confidence scores per take, so a less-sure take is labeled less-sure rather than confidently wrong.

  • Founder-led, not investor-led

    No board, no exit pressure, no pivot risk. Roadmap is set by what string players actually need, not what makes a quarterly slide. The story is at /story; the manifesto is at /manifesto.

  • Real engineering velocity, not a wrapper

    100 product Marks shipped before launch — every one visible at /roadmap with detail page, OG card, RSS entry, JSON API record. The kingdom is real because the underlying machinery is real.

Founder + contact

Ethan Kim · Orchestra King — violist, solo founder, building Orchestra Kingdom in the open.

Press contact: press@orchestrakingdom.app · full press kit · founder origin story

Try it before you write about it.

First Judge take is free. No signup. 60 seconds end-to-end. The kingdom is the product.

Face the panel

See the 100 Marks at /century · full roadmap