violadad

For information purposes, linking a couple of visit reports by TrumpetDad

Gettysburg College Visit - TrumpetDad
The University of the Arts Visit - TrumpetDad

TrumpetDad

Thanks....

TrumpetDad

Ithaca College Visit - TrumpetDad

SugarIncarnate

Question...thought I'd post this on this thread, looked like the right place:

I'm a pianist and I'm in the process of preparing for auditions for conservatories in piano performance; does anyone know if it would be a problem to contact multiple teachers from the same school for prospective lessons? Specifically, I'm planning on visiting one school that I am EXTREMELY interested in November and it is rather far from where I live, so naturally, I don't get many opportunities to get up there; I'll be there in that city for a little over a week and I wanted to get the most out of the visit as possible. I've already been in contact with one teacher there and I am scheduled to meet him during my trip there - however, other people that I have worked with (ie. at tanglewood this summer) have given me several other names of fantastic teachers from the same school - I would love to contact and meet all of these people for prospective lessons, etc. (total of 3 names from the same school - specifically, the school is NEC). However, I don't want to offend anyone or look like I am "teacher-shopping." Is this the norm and not frowned upon? I know plenty of other students that HAVE taken prospective lessons from multiple teachers in the same school - however, it seems like the dynamic of every instrument field is slightly different. Does anyone think that this would be okay in piano?

KeyofH

SugarIncarnate: Hope I'm not too late to be useful. My experience is with my daughter, a voice performance major. At first we had the same qualms about contacting multiple teachers but got over them very quickly. We systematically emailed each faculty member whose name appeared on the faculty listing, requesting a practice lesson. With a little nudging my daughter frequently ended up with three or four practice lesson appointments. The range of personalities and teaching styles was so diverse -- this made the exercise very worthwhile. She also sat in on studio classes and student lessons -- also very interesting and useful. Good luck to you.