| Bassdad and Symphonymom both point out the importance of both teachers being aware and supportive of the dual strategy. I'm aware of a few situations where the two teacher approach works well. Sorry, as often, my experience is violin related!
The Vamoses "team teach". Mr. Vamos generally takes the technical, etude end and Mrs. Vamos works repertoire. They currently teach at Northwestern and the Music Institute of Chicago for younger students.
Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) has several teachers that "share" students. Many CIM violin students benefit from the practice. The student generally alternates weeks between the two teachers. I understand that sometimes the same literature is studied with both, sometimes different repertiore or studies. It seems to vary with the student and teacher combo. These are not teacher-assistant relationships, but two "known" teachers.
Several schools have teachers who have teaching assistants. Often the assistant will hear etudes that the main teacher doesn't listen to. Or, the assistant will hear repertoire in preparation for the lesson with the major teacher. Sometimes the assistant is a grad student, but sometimes, as at Juilliard, the assistant is quite a fine teacher in their own right.
In all the above, the teachers all support each other with a great deal of cooperation.
Cosmos, to specifically respond to your scenario, I don't think I'd advise trying two teachers unless they both know and are supportive of the situation and your personal development and playing. Although, it might work if you had very different purposes for studying with 2 at the same time. (For instance, orchestral rep with one and bass etude/solo literature with another.) I would be concerned about them discovering the shared student if you think they wouldn't like that. Good luck! |