| I also respectfully disagree with Binx on the need for periodic changes of teacher for pre-college piano students. It may be a well-respected philosophy –- I’ve just not heard it before. My son is fortunate to study with one of the finest teachers of pre-college piano students in the country. This teacher accepts students by audition, and does dismiss some within a fairly short period. But otherwise, students stay with this teacher. Period. We would not dream of making a change until college.
Certainly if a talented child is not progressing the way he or she, the parents, or the current teacher think he or she ought to be progressing, it may be time for a change of teacher. But I disagree that change for the sake of change is always desirable. |