Author: clariniano
Date: 2008-06-26 18:25
Another idea is to purchase some good clarinet recordings, or even dowload the mp3s that are out there of much of the standard repertoire. I did not take private lessons until I was 20 years old (because I couldn't afford to pay for them at the time and my parents were unwilling to pay for lessons) but my teacher at the time at my very first lesson asked me if I listened to recordings (which I did--a lot) and he said it was obvious!
As a teacher myself, I would certainly consider certain services other than money in exchange for lessons. I've actually posted ads online that my boyfriend and I were looking for someone to clean our place in exchange for lessons, as I totally hate doing it myself, with a venegence. I would also consider having someone prepare our meals two or three times a week in exchange for lessons. If someone was an a tight budget I'd also consider alternative pyament structures, instead of monthly which I normally do, I would let them play every other week if they prove a real need. Sometimes in exchange for part of the fee I have students work for me, like folding brochures, working as page turners for concerts, my concert mailing list, among other things.
After all, where there's a will, there's a way. Even when I first started taking lessons, I explained to my teacher my situation, he normally charged $60/h for lessons but we agreed on $40 (but we exchanged a lot of music and I did various other things for him. He let me pay at each lesson, but sometimes I would pay my teachers for two lessons in advance. He was even known to give much more than I had paid for I "paid" for an hour, but 1 1/4-1 1/2 hours was quite common, a few times 2 hour lessons. The days of the two hour lessons, I offered to pay him for the time, but he refused it! A shorter lesson might also be possible. Most of my students take 45 min lessons, with 4 students who take hour long lessons and three (very young piano students) who take half hour lessons.
But, and this I've learned from the transfer students I receive a lot: don't go to a music school (I mean the ones focussed on young children) I have found that while they do get cheap lessons, the students lack in a lot of skills.
Meri
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