Author: brycon
Date: 2025-08-08 07:00
When I lived in NYC, about 10 years ago, I charged $80 an hour. I still charge $80 an hour but in a lower-cost metro area. If it's a student I enjoy working with, however, I'll be rather flexible with him or her (if it's a student I don't enjoy working with, I'll just give them a recommendation for someone else rather than bump up the rate). And if it's a former student or a trial lesson, I don't charge anything.
When I was in NYC, $200 to $250 was typical for the highest profile players. The lessons, though, usually went 2 or even 3 hours. There was one player I knew of who charged $250 per hour (even for former students). But everyone thought it was pretty crazy, and it seemed like an outlier.
With regard to the Marcellus thing, $500 in 1980 is about $2,000 now. I imagine that amount stems from some urban legend and has ballooned over time. But if it were true, I think it's morally troubling for already financially successful players to charge young musicians such exorbitant rates.
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