Klarinet Archive - Posting 000049.txt from 2011/07

From: Bob and Deborah Shaw <theshaws10@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Lessons
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:01:16 -0400

I have a question:

How many years is too many to give a student lessons ( I know this is
an open ended question)? If you start them in 7th grade, do you still
have something to offer them in 12th grade?

The reason I ask this question is that the local high school director
seems to think that one of his students needs to move on from taking
lessons from me to the local college professor because I have been
teaching her for so long. My question was, what is the problem if she
sits well above the college directors students in both region and state
bands and just plays great. He just thinks that after so many years I
must not have anything to offer her. No other reason than his own
formula or preconceived idea that a change is always good.

I have a Masters in Performance on clarinet and still perform on a
regular basis. All of my students do very well. Someone just told him
that students shouldn't stay with a teacher too long. By the way, my
student and her parents have been very happy with lessons.

Thanks for any opinions or input.

Deborah
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