Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2018-09-17 17:29
GWIE said, "Let's say you're charging $75 for an hour lesson. If you can reliably teach 20 students every week, that's $1500 a week, over a 50 week schedule with 2 weeks off for vacation is $75,000 a year before taxes."
I can think of very few places in our country that you will find 20 students willing or able to take an hour lesson each week for 50 weeks especially at that price. Many students will want a half hour lesson, especially in the early days and younger students. That might seem ideal for some private teachers but very unlikely for the vast majority. You don't just put our a shingle that says lessons and have students flock in. So it really depends on where you live, if there are other reputable teachers in the area, how many instruments you can teach etc. Find a studio to help attract students like Music and Arts.
As far as teaching music ed in schools I have some experience. I taught clarinet at Towson University in Baltimore country for 33 years, always had a few performance majors but mostly music ed majors. I retired in 2000. Most of my students got decent teaching jobs, just about all of them that wanted one. That was then. My wife taught instrumental music in Baltimore city for 31 years, retired in 2004. When she started teaching nearly every middle and high school in the city had a music teacher, instrumental programs etc. By the time she retired only about 1/10 still had instrumental music because of budget costs. So what I'm saying is yes, jobs are available but it depends on where you live and what your willig to accept. I still have many graduates teaching, many have already retired, and most of them made a decent living. I even had some ed majors at Peabody where I taught for 17 years and they all got jobs too. Again, that depends on where you live and willing to teach. Check out the cover of Time Magazine this week, teacher of 20 years not being able to make a decent living, that is the case in many places. So there's no easy answer. At least a musician can teach privately or gig for extra income, especially on weekends and summers many do.
As far as performance I suggest you read an article titled "follow your dream" in my website "eddiesclarient. com, " many teachers i know have used that as a reference to advise their performance majors that I know of. My final advise, follow your dream but keep your eye open to reality. Read my article.
ESP eddiesclarinet.com
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