Klarinet Archive - Posting 000219.txt from 2000/04

From: alevin@-----. Levin)
Subj: Re: [kl] Studio teaching and the Band Director
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2000 12:59:10 -0400

Yes, you can pay the band director a salary sufficient to relieve him of
the need to teach so many private lessons.

Allen Levin

At 10:50 PM 4/5/00 EDT, you wrote:
>I have taught private clarinet lessons for about 15 years in several sates
>(mostly in the southern U.S.). I have learned (the hard way) that in order
>to get clarinet students you usually have to "get in bed" with band
>director.
>
>It has been my experience (and perhaps yours as well) that band directors
>always pick a favorite teacher, even if there are several studio teachers
>who submit a resume to him. This means that the middle or high school
>student is only told about the favorite private teacher. In some extreme
>cases, I've seen band directors actually pressure young students into taking
>with one teacher even though they are already taking lessons with another
>private teacher.
>
>The worst case is when a band director (or their spouse) gives all their
>clarinet students private lessons after school. In this case, there is
>absolutely no chance of teaching private lessons to the students of that
>school.
>
>Surely I am not the only one on this list who has had this problem. Perhaps
>some of you on the list would like to discuss this.
>
>Do any of you think it is ethical for a band director to refer a private
>teacher above other qualified private teachers who have submitted their
>flyer to that band director? Do you think it is ethical for a band director
>to teach private lessons to their owns students? Is there anything that
>can be done in a situation like this?
>
>
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