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Everything a parent should know before enrolling a student in music lessons.
You should expect to pay between $15 and $50 for a half-hour lesson and $30 and $100 for an hour-long lesson. That's a pretty big range, but prices will depend on several factors. Some factors that will impact lesson price are:
Most students begin taking music lessons when they are in middle school. Some parents will enroll their children in piano lessons or violin lessons as early as elementary school. While there are advantages to starting at a younger age, there are also some disadvantages. For example:
Even if you never want to play in the New York Phil, there are many reasons that taking music lessons can be beneficial.
Start by asking your music director if there is someone they would recommend. They should know several teachers in the area that are talented and trustworthy. You should also ask your friends for recommendations.
Once you have a couple of options, ask the teacher if they do trial lessons. A good teacher should say yes, as it will let you see if there is a good connection. Come to the lesson prepared. Have a piece of music that you have been working on but that you have some problems with and would like the advice on. A good teacher should ask you what your goals are, ask questions about you, listen carefully as you perform, provide clear feedback, suggest exercises, and assign homework for your next lesson.
If the teacher talks the entire time or, worse yet, is on their phone during the lesson - move on. You should feel like they really paid attention and that you left the lesson with plenty of ideas to work on for the next week.
Just like practice, lessons work best when you are consistent. Aim to take lessons once a week for between 30 minutes to an hour. Shorter than that and you won't have time to get into your problems. Longer than that and it can be difficult to maintain focus.
A common mistake I've seen as a teacher is that students will treat music like another subject and want to "cram" before an audition. Taking four lessons in four days might help you, but it won’t help you as much as spreading them out over the course of a month. You must have time to practice the feedback and build new habits. Consider how much longer it would take you to learn to do a backflip as compared to learning that George Washington was the first president.
I wouldn't recommend taking private lessons more than once a week, however, some teachers do have studio meetings. A "studio" is all the students who study with the teacher, and sometimes teachers will have a day or session where all the students get together to play for one another or to listen to a guest performer. These kinds of sessions are different from lessons and can absolutely be stacked on top of your usual routine.
Music lessons are where you check-in and get new ideas, but the real work takes place during the rest of the week. Since the teacher isn't there, it can be hard to know if your student is following through or correctly practicing the assignments. You can be a strong ally to the teacher in monitoring practice habits in the time between lessons.
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