Tips for Private Instrument Teachers

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:53 pm

iiipopes wrote:
Mark wrote:
Doc wrote: Aaaaahhh...just want one needs to get blown into the leadpipe and first valve.
Don't you just hate it when, at a rehearal, there is a viola player in front of you eating a Snickers bar?

Doc wrote:$30-40 per hour? Where the hell do you guys teach? Sounds like I need to quit my day job.
In the Seattle area (northwest Texas) the going rate is $50 per hour.
Remember, I said piano teacher!

You are right! I guess Doc and I do not have World Class reading comprehension.

Stefan Kac · Post by **Stefan Kac** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:26 pm

One of my student's parents did add a tip to the last lesson check. Not required by any means, but appreciated, and certainly not viewed as petty, at least by me. It's the thought that counts, right?

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:00 pm

It must a cultural thing. A number of my wife's flute students are Korean and she seems to be bringing home little gifts or flowers. No money tips, but she feels appreciated.

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:28 pm

Mark wrote:
iiipopes wrote:
Mark wrote: Don't you just hate it when, at a rehearal, there is a viola player in front of you eating a Snickers bar?
In the Seattle area (northwest Texas) the going rate is $50 per hour.
Remember, I said piano teacher!
You are right! I guess Doc and I do not have World Class reading comprehension.

That's OK; I wasn't a world-class piano student, either!

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:45 pm

Doc wrote:Please accept my humble apology. If I had read correctly, I wouldn't have even posted. I can't teach piano, so the point is moot. Sorry, but I have those "dumbass moments" occasionally. I beg your indulgence...

You got it. After the way this thread tangled itself, it's now my turn to buy the brats and beer!

'Tis the season for indulgence, burp, blat, fart and belch, tra la, la, brrrrrrraaahhhh....

MaryAnn · Post by **MaryAnn** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:16 pm

Depends on you and on the teacher. When I had a teaching studio, some of the students gave me little gifts, but I don't remember monetary gifts. If you go for the gift, make sure it is useable by the teacher. Like, I am allergic to scents and don't eat sugar, so the bath powder went in the trash and the cookies went to my roommate. Money would have been much more appreciated at that time of my life.

Oh, and it's at least $30 an hour here in Tucson for lessons. Maybe not for little kids' piano lessons, but for lessons from a competent pro on a brass instrument.

MA