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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2008-07-31 19:08
I'll not name my teacher because many of you may know him and I don't want to embarass him. But, the first time I went to a private lesson I was an adult player already in an orchestra position. I was wanting to learn from him because he is a wonderful player and a mutual friend suggested it while the prof. was present in the room with us and I felt obligated to try it.
The lesson was ok, not great. He had his son with him (a little tot at the time) and the child was adorable, but a bit of a distraction to him (and to me). Anyway, we went through a few scales and an exercise and he stopped and wanted to talk. I thought, "Great, he's going to give me pointers."
Well, he gave me a few pointers, but he wanted to talk about how he wanted to start a business hand-making mouthpieces and wondered if I wanted to invest in that. I was thinking, "Is he asking for a donation, or what?" Then he started talking about how he would need to go to Paris for a few months, possibly a year, and study. So, he needed money to live on and travel expenses. I'm thinking, "Is this guy nuts? Does he think I'm rich, or is he just having a conversation?"
I told him I didn't have any extra money, especially after paying the enormous fee through the university for his private class. It was very awkward. He didn't bring it up again after that. It certainly damaged the respect I had for him. But, I gave him the benefit of the doubt and took a few more lessons and then quit. It was too hard to deal with the child in the room and the unmentioned money thing. UGH.
Post Edited (2008-07-31 19:09)
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