# Cadenza: free WordPress theme

URL: https://symelo.com/tools/wordpress-themes/cadenza

Free WordPress theme. A refined concert-hall theme for music schools and private teachers: lessons laid out like a concert programme, staff-line dividers, Bodoni on ivory with burgundy and brass.

A refined concert-hall theme for music schools and private teachers: lessons laid out like a concert programme, staff-line dividers, Bodoni on ivory with burgundy and brass.

- Price: free (GPLv2 or later)
- Category: Education
- Version 1.0.0, 2026-10-22. WordPress 7.0+, PHP 7.4+. GNU General Public License v2 or later.
- Style variations: Concert hall, Jazz club, Nocturne
- Fonts: Bodoni Moda, Karla
- Works with: [Secure Custom Fields](https://wordpress.org/plugins/secure-custom-fields/), a free plugin by WordPress.org, optional

## Description

Cadenza is a block theme for music schools, conservatoire prep studios and private teachers of piano, guitar, voice, violin, theory and production. It looks like a printed concert programme: ivory paper, ink black, brass rules and burgundy accents, headings in Bodoni Moda with small-caps kickers, five thin staff lines as dividers and section backgrounds, and plenty of white space.

What is built in (no plugins needed):

* Lessons, teachers, instruments and levels: lesson pages with the programme of start dates (date in small caps, title in italics, dotted leaders to the price), curriculum, teachers, reviews, questions, venue map and an enquiry form; teacher profiles with instrument tags; a lesson catalog with filters by instrument, level and format.
* Signature sections: the grade ladder (Beginner to Advanced), a "programme" of upcoming lessons, a recital spotlight, teacher profiles, the practice tips journal.
* Forms: trial lesson request (instrument, age, level, preferred days), contact, lesson advice and the monthly letter. Messages are stored in wp-admin → Messages and emailed to you.
* Heroes: music-room cover with a programme card, the staff-line hero with rising notes and a lesson finder, a background video, the trial lesson split hero and the recital spotlight, plus the latest practice note.
* Galleries (masonry and carousel with a lightbox), a recital film, quotes, numbers, venue marquee, FAQ and full pages: Home, Landing, About, Contact, Trial lesson and Recitals.
* Light and dark schemes with a switch in the header, and four style variations: Ivory, Concert hall (dark), Jazz club and Nocturne.
* Gentle entrance animations that respect reduced-motion settings.
* A demo import (Appearance → Import demo): seven lessons, five teachers, six instruments, grade levels, pages and a menu.

Secure Custom Fields is recommended for editing course prices, curricula, start dates and teacher profiles; everything displays without it.

## Frequently Asked Questions

#### Where do form messages go?

Every form submission is saved in wp-admin → Messages. Lesson enquiries are also emailed to the addresses under Courses → Settings; other forms email the site administrator. Change the recipient of a form in the block settings of the Form block.

#### How do I add a trial lesson page?

Create a page with the slug "trial-lesson" and insert the "Trial lesson page" pattern. The header's "Book a trial" button links to it automatically (or to the Contact page while it does not exist).

#### How do I add a video to a lesson?

Open the lesson in the editor and use the Featured video panel in the sidebar (a YouTube or Vimeo link, or a video file). Without a video the featured image is shown.

#### Can I turn off the animations?

Animations follow the visitor's "reduce motion" system setting. To remove them from a block, delete its sk-reveal or sk-stagger class under Advanced → Additional CSS classes.

#### How does dark mode work?

The theme follows the visitor's system setting, and the switch in the header lets them choose. The Concert hall and Nocturne style variations are dark by default.

## Downloads

- [Cadenza 1.0.0](https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/cadenza/1.0.0/cadenza-1.0.0.zip) (2026-10-22, 2.4 MB, SHA-256 43ffb5a14ff86312a9bfdd1c3bc2d3e71a908177f3ecb8f628d70c8eb2709c11)

## Screenshots

- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/cadenza/shots/home-1e62c8adf4.webp
- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/cadenza/shots/courses-007f2dd312.webp
- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/cadenza/shots/courses-piano-for-adult-beginners-85a17e76e5.webp
- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/cadenza/shots/instructors-a3448edbdb.webp
- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/cadenza/shots/recitals-086ec6298e.webp
- https://symelo.com/wordpress-themes/cadenza/shots/admin-fields-000688ced7.webp

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