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In defense of my son's private music teacher (as opposed to his public HS choral directors), we found that he was very supportive of our son's musical ambitions. His only drawback was that he did not appear to be very connected to classical voice programs in colleges and only had a few recommendations. He may have had more connections with musical theater colleges (although he was classically trained and sang opera professionally) because most of his students are more interested in musical theater. I have not noticed that he is particularly concerned about his reputation and he seems to have all the students that he can handle. He does have a "brag sheet" in his studio where he lists the recent accomplishments of his students and I suppose that may enhance his reputation, but I think the students enjoy it more.
Now you can see why I started this thread - an unsupportive choral director and a supportive private teacher who wasn't that knowledgeable about classical voice colleges where our son might fit in.
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