We didn’t set out to build software. We set out to fix what’s broken about running a music school.

Opus1.io started as one school owner’s answer to spreadsheets, sticky notes, and software that wasn’t built for the way music schools actually work. Today, it’s the platform a thousand more schools run on.

FROM OUR FOUNDER, SAM LELLOUCHE

“I ran a music school for years before I built Opus1. Every tool we tried was either built for gyms, dance studios, or generic small businesses — none of them spoke our language. So we built the thing we wished existed.”

Sam spent over a decade running a performing arts school in the Bay Area — handling enrollment, payroll, recitals, parent emails, and everything in between. The frustration of cobbling together five different tools to do one job became the design brief for Opus1. Today, his job is making sure the platform stays as obsessed with the day-to-day reality of school owners as he once was.

What drives us

More than a mission statement.
A working philosophy.

We don’t just define what we stand for, we put it to work. Our mission, vision, and values guide how we think, how we build, and how we hire.

Our Mission

Give every music school the operating system it deserves.

To empower music and performing arts schools with a modern, all-in-one platform that streamlines scheduling, billing, communications, and operations, so educators can focus on what truly matters: teaching and inspiring students.

Our Vision

The default platform powering performing arts education.

To become the world’s leading software partner for performing arts educators, transforming how schools operate, grow, and connect with their communities through innovation and purpose-built technology.

Our Values · Five things we hire and ship by

The principles behind every decision we make.

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01 · Team

No Rockstars

We hire teammates, not heroes. The best work here happens when nobody’s worried about who gets the credit.

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02 · Curiosity

We Explore

Curiosity is a job requirement. We ask why three times, prototype things we’re not sure about, and stay restless.

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03 · Bias for action

We Make it Happen

Ideas are easy; shipping is hard. We close loops, hit dates, and treat momentum as a feature, not an afterthought.

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04 · Honesty

Open & Real

We say the thing. Direct feedback, real conversations, no internal politics. It’s faster, and it’s kinder long-term.

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05 · Purpose

Passion for the Arts

This isn’t a generic SaaS company. We care about music and the people teaching it, and you can hear it in everything we build.

Leadership

The people behind the platform.

Our team of nine has run schools, taught lessons, and performed on stage, or spent years listening closely to the owners who have. That mix keeps our decisions grounded in what actually happens in a studio, not just what looks good in a product demo.

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    Sharad Chandramohan

    Chief Executive Officer

    Two-time founder turned operator. Sharad sets the company's direction and spends most of his week with customers, the product team, and a whiteboard.

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    Samuel Lellouche

    Founder & Chief Strategy Officer

    Started a music school, ran it for a decade, then started Opus1 to fix the tools he wished he had. Now keeps the company honest to school owners.

  • Shari McGrath

    VP, Customer Experience

    The reason the support inbox is something customers actually thank us for. Shari leads onboarding, support, and the customer success function end-to-end.

  • Steve Brown

    VP, Marketing

    Tells the Opus1 story to the schools that haven't heard it yet. Background in long-form content and brand for category-defining B2B companies.

  • Jerome Thibaud

    VP, Engineering

    Leads the team that ships the product. Jerome cares as much about the system architecture as he does about onboarding a new engineer on day one.

  • Eric Goode

    VP, Finance

    Runs the numbers and the operating cadence behind them. Eric's worked across SaaS finance from seed-stage through public; he likes the seed-stage messes more.

  • Michael Struthers

    VP, People

    Builds the team and the culture around it. Michael spends his time on hiring, growth conversations, and the rituals that keep a remote company close.

  • Lauren Masterson

    VP, Product

    Translates a thousand customer conversations into a coherent roadmap. Lauren is happiest in a discovery interview or a sharp product brief.

  • Rory Cain

    VP, Sales

    Closer with a teacher's instincts. Rory leads the team that walks new schools through the switch, often with a current customer on the call to vouch.

Inside Opus1

A window into the team.

We’re remote-first and globally distributed, working across time zones to build the platform. We still find plenty to laugh about together, at offsites, at our virtual monthly events, and everywhere in between.

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Life at Opus1

We show up for each other, too.

Every month, the People team runs a program designed to keep us connected, healthy, and a little weird in the best way.

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July Gives Back

Employees get a dedicated volunteer day to give back to a cause that’s meaningful to them. Whether it’s volunteering at a local nonprofit, helping out at an animal shelter, cleaning up a park, mentoring, donating your time or talents, or supporting their community in another way.

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Opus1’s Got Talent

Our annual company-wide challenge. Cross-team pairs, a panel of judges, real choreography. We take it just seriously enough.

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Monthly Team Events

From cooking classes to escape rooms to a recurring book club. Optional, never mandatory, always actually fun.

We’re hiring

If any of this sounds like the team you’ve been looking for…

We post every open role on the careers page, along with the leveling, comp range, and what success looks like in the first 90 days.

One More Thing

Built by people who’ve sat in your chair. For people still sitting in it.

Every line of code, every support reply, every decision we make traces back to one question: does this help a school owner spend less time on admin and more time on what they got into this for?

Trusted by 1,000+ schools   –   Est. 2017.  –   Remote-first, U.S. & EU