All About Piano Lesson Costs
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Like i said before, you only have a bachelor and no master. Bachelor degree is hardly a sufficient qualification to teach. You should just stick to teaching beginners and lower grades. If you are so good why can’t you get a scholarship to study master?
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husbandbeater:
Like i said before, you only have a bachelor and no master. Bachelor degree is hardly a sufficient qualification to teach. You should just stick to teaching beginners and lower grades. If you are so good why can't you get a scholarship to study master?
If you feel that you need at least a Master to teach effectively, then that is your right and I respect that. Likewise for parents if they are prepared to shell out the fees. But like what I said before, family and financial issues prevent me from furthering my study at the moment. I do wish to continue all the way to DMA and I hope in a few years time I will be established enough to be able to at least secure a grant or scholarship from one of the overseas conservatory.
And stop putting words in my mouth. Never did I say I am a good a teacher. I freely tell everyone that I am constantly learning and improving myself both as a pianist and as a teacher. If parents have issue with that, they can always choose to study with the more established teachers who have been around far longer than me. But what I can safely say that I am passionate about teaching my students and I am always willing to push boundaries and pick up new methods.
I see that your sole existence here is to counter me. I apologize if I somehow offended you in real-life. If you have nothing constructive to add to discussions I participate in, then you are just basically a troll. -
good saying dreamaurora, I also hope i can get a DMA. however, i did not get a bachelor yet.:( I read books on music education and find some books are so good and the author is DMA, certified Suzuki teacher and music therapist. My Idol.
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watercooler:
good saying dreamaurora, I also hope i can get a DMA. however, i did not get a bachelor yet.:( I read books on music education and find some books are so good and the author is DMA, certified Suzuki teacher and music therapist. My Idol.
The road to DMA is a long one. The people I know who have DMA got it when they were in mid 30s. Good DMA program requires professional experience as prerequisite. At the rate I am going, I think I can only get one when I am mid 40s, haha. But anyway, water oiler, planning to study your bachelor oversea? -
oh…i want to be a Suzuki teacher first.i am finding a way out as no Suzuki association is in Singapore. I am planning to go for full time music education.
I am giving up my 10 years Life science research training! it is painful. but I think that is not a waste as I learnt the ways of self-teaching and experimentation. -
watercooler:
I can give you some advice if you plan to go full time music. I think the first thing you need to acquire is solid foundation in all the core skills of a pianist. This includes solo performing, chamber work, accompaniment, theory, music history and basic teaching. When I was studying full time, I saw within my course mates a lot of them were not fully aware of what are required out of them to have a successful career in music. While, yes, technically you can pick up these things when you are studying full time, you would not want to because it will be tedious and will be mentally draining.oh...i want to be a Suzuki teacher first.i am finding a way out as no Suzuki association is in Singapore. I am planning to go for full time music education.
I am giving up my 10 years Life science research training! it is painful. but I think that is not a waste as I learnt the ways of self-teaching and experimentation.
Like it or not, if you plan to get DMA, that means you need to be a proficient performer. Before you start full time study, I highly suggest you acquire a sizeable amount of standard repertoire under the guidance of a good teacher. I made the mistake last time of not having enough repertoire and I've spent far too much time learning notes in NAFA. In the end I had less time to do my academic stuff. Maybe you want to consider to study diploma privately up to DipABRSM or even LRSM first. Some of these conservatories are really quite difficult to get in even for undergrad (unless you play obscure instrument like say, double bass), my ex teacher said a few of her students who passed FTCL could not even enter YST. Unless you plan to take your undergrad and masters in music graduation, in which case the performance requirement is lower but you will be disadvantaged if you want to do DMA.
Regarding picking up Suzuki or other fancy modern methods like Dalcroze or Taubman, the general consensus is that it is better for teachers to be proficient in teaching first before specializing in these areas. Methods like Suzuki need to be integrated with other teaching methods to create a well balanced and rounded education. That is why I am very wary of teachers who proclaim that their methods are the best and greatest because simply there is no one method that is better than the rest. We teachers must keep an open mind and learn as many methods as possible and apply them appropriately according to our students' strenghts and weaknesses. -
watercooler:
Why Suzuki? My little boy's teacher is a Suzuki piano teacher. Not many in Singapore. But she trained while doing her degree overseas and is a very good teacher. We also experienced another suzuki teacher who has Masters' degree but she's not very good with young ones despite being suzuki-trained.oh...i want to be a Suzuki teacher first.i am finding a way out as no Suzuki association is in Singapore. I am planning to go for full time music education.
I am giving up my 10 years Life science research training! it is painful. but I think that is not a waste as I learnt the ways of self-teaching and experimentation. -
husbandbeater:
Like i said before, you only have a bachelor and no master. Bachelor degree is hardly a sufficient qualification to teach. You should just stick to teaching beginners and lower grades. If you are so good why can't you get a scholarship to study master?
Hmm... my elder boy's teacher had full scholarship for his degree and postgrad but did not do any Masters. Does that mean he's not qualified to teach my boy who's at diploma level? I personally do not find that to be the case? In fact, he's very effective as a teacher and good at strategizing to harness strengths of his students. -
Speaking of teacher’s qualification, never occur to us to ask to review teacher’s certificate. I think it’s not very nice to ask outright, seems kind of rude as if doubting teacher’s ability?
Teacher mentioned before she has students taking diploma so we just assume she’s qualified to teach up to diploma level. Anyway, I feel that chemistry between teacher & student is important.
As a parent, I tend to lean towards a teacher who is encouraging and able to motivate my child to continue learning. Learning music is a long journey and involves hardwork. It can be extremely boring & draining too, playing the same piece repeatedly to perfection can’t be that fun to any child. And if my child dislikes the teacher for whatever reason, she can’t continue learning from that teacher. Too stern or too lenient, the thresold depends on individual child.
Ideally child should look up to teacher and want to strive hard to meet teacher’s expectation and beam when she gets teacher’s approval. A teacher who can see child’s potential and know how far to push and when to relax abit. All these require delicate balance. A good teacher for another child might not necessarily suit mine. So I would say I look for chemistry.
My dd2 switches many piano teachers till we find the ‘right’ one. She’s with her 5th teacher right now and perfectly happy. My dd1 is with her 3rd cello teacher although I do not rule out the possiblity of changing if she outgrown this teacher. Chemistry wise, both teachers are as close as to perfect for my kids’ temperament and my kids happen to have entirely different temperament. So to say, I may not be able to simply switch them around and learn from each other teacher even if they decided to learn each other’s instrument. -
phankao:
Hmm... my elder boy's teacher had full scholarship for his degree and postgrad but did not do any Masters. Does that mean he's not qualified to teach my boy who's at diploma level? I personally do not find that to be the case? In fact, he's very effective as a teacher and good at strategizing to harness strengths of his students.
If teacher has a bachelor, sufficient to teach diploma level?
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