Built by Justin Berchtold, band director at Merit School of Music.
Know exactly what to practice. Know if it's working.
Structured daily practice, measurable fundamentals tracking, and teacher-connected progress between lessons.
Current iPhone build
Whatstudentscanuseinthecurrentrollout
These are screens from the current iPhone build, not mockups.
Your practice dashboard
Start a session, see your plan, and keep your tools in one place.
How it works
How a practice session turns into progress
Clear plan, real session data, and a teacher connection that carries between lessons.
1
Open today's plan
Virtunity turns your recent sessions, your weak spots, and your teacher's guidance into a focused plan for today. No more staring at your instrument wondering what to practice first.
2
Practice with the tools already inside
Use the tuner, metronome, drone, recordings, rep counter, and voice notes in one workflow. Capture what happened in the session, not just whether you practiced.
3
See what improved and what still needs work
Track pitch, rhythm, timing, and consistency over time. Your teacher sees the same practice story between lessons, and your next plan keeps pressing the areas that matter most.
Why it works
Why students improve with it
Virtunity is built to remove guesswork from the practice room and make progress easier to spot.
A daily plan built around what you need most
Virtunity looks at what you practiced, where you stalled, and what your teacher wants you to fix next. Then it builds a focused session instead of leaving you to guess.
Progress you can actually measure
Track your scores, practice streaks, and consistency over days and weeks. See which exercises improved and which still need work. When your teacher asks how practice went, you'll have more than 'fine' to say.
Built-in tools for serious practice
Tuner, metronome, drone, recordings, voice notes, and a rep counter all live in the same session flow. Standard practice tools shouldn't be scattered across three apps.
Teacher-connected practice between lessons
Private-instructor teacher access is rolling out in early access, so student practice and teacher guidance stay connected. The long-term goal isn't more monitoring. It's fewer wasted lessons.
Proof
Early proof, clearly labeled
Founder studio beta notes and first early-access feedback from a teacher, a student, and a parent. This is not presented as a broad independent study.
Founder studio beta
Founder beta
Students in Justin Berchtold's initial studio cohort who used Virtunity consistently placed higher in their next audition. This was a founder-run studio beta, not a broad independent study.
We are sharing this as an early founder-run cohort result, not as a large-sample performance claim.
The students who used Virtunity consistently walked into auditions more prepared and placed higher than they had before.
Justin Berchtold
Band Director, Merit School of Music (founder-run studio beta)
I like that I know exactly what to practice and that it remembers what I worked on with my teacher.
Aiden R.
High School Clarinet Student, Early Access
Private lessons have more impact because Emma's daily practice is more focused on what was discussed in the lesson.
Lisa M.
Band Parent, Early Access
Why Virtunity exists
Built by someone who needed it
I taught myself clarinet by searching the internet for fingering charts and listening to recordings. No private teacher, no structured feedback — just me in a practice room guessing whether I was getting better. I eventually earned a spot in the Marine Corps Band, performed as a featured soloist, and studied at DePaul. But when I started teaching at Merit School of Music, I saw the same thing in my own students: they'd practice hard all week and show up with no idea if they'd actually improved. Virtunity is the tool I wish I'd had at 14 — and the one my students needed. I ran a beta last year with my own studio. The students who used it consistently all placed higher in their auditions. That's when I knew this had to exist for every band student.
Justin Berchtold
- Former Concertmaster & Principal Clarinet, Marine Forces Pacific Band
- Featured soloist, 2014 Marine Corps Live Recording of the Year
- BM in Music Performance, DePaul University
- Band Director & Private Lesson Instructor, Merit School of Music
Hear my students play
Early access
Request student iPhone access or teacher rollout updates
Students and parents can request the current iPhone rollout. Private instructors can use this form too while teacher access expands in early access.
Students & parents
Request the current iPhone rollout and share the student instrument if you want a more relevant invite email.
Private instructors
You can use this same form for teacher access updates. If you are not signing up a student, leave the instrument blank.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Answers for students, parents, and band directors.
Who is Virtunity for?
Band students in middle school and high school who are preparing for All-State, All-Region, or chair placement auditions. Teachers and parents stay connected through the same practice story, but the student problem comes first.
How is this different from a tuner?
A tuner tells you whether one note is sharp or flat. Virtunity captures the whole session, remembers what you worked on, and helps decide what should happen next. It's a structured practice system with a tuner, metronome, and drone built in.
Will this conflict with what my teacher is already teaching me?
No. Virtunity focuses on the measurable fundamentals — pitch accuracy, rhythm, timing — the athletic side of music-making. Your teacher handles artistry, musicality, phrasing, and expression. Virtunity's daily plans complement your lessons, not replace them.
Do I need any special equipment?
No. It works with your iPhone's built-in microphone. A quiet room helps, but earbuds with a mic work great if you're in a noisy space.
Is Virtunity available on Android or web?
Not yet. The current rollout is iPhone-first so we can control the audio environment. Android and a web-based experience are both planned after the current iPhone and teacher rollout is stable.
Can my teacher see my progress?
Private-instructor teacher access is rolling out in early access with invite codes, lesson review snapshots, lesson mode, and assignments. They see practice activity, progress context, and lesson-relevant snapshots. They do not hear your recordings by default.
How much does it cost?
The current early access rollout is free. Planned public launch pricing is $15 for the student app and $9.99/month for Pro, which adds teacher-connected plans, adaptive progress tracking, and deeper teacher workflow as that rollout matures. Parent reports and broader analytics are still part of the later roadmap. Teacher and studio pricing will be announced before public launch.
How do I get access?
Request access with your email and, if relevant, the student's instrument. We'll send you the current rollout details and let you know when your access group opens.
Who built this?
Virtunity was created by Justin Berchtold — a clarinetist who served as Concertmaster and Principal Clarinet of the Marine Forces Pacific Band, earned his BM from DePaul University, and currently teaches as a band director and private lesson instructor at Merit School of Music. He taught himself clarinet with no private teacher and no structured feedback, and built Virtunity to solve the problem he saw in his own students: they practiced hard all week but had no way to know if they were improving. He's been developing it since 2016.