<p>DS working on one of the applications and the question is:</p>
<p>“Please list any teachers, public or private, with whom you have studied”.</p>
<p>He already listed his private teacher in a different question so for this one he put “various instructors at XXXX Music Shop” (he took lessons here with 2 or 3 instructors before moving on to his current private teacher). What I am trying to figure out is if he should be listing
his 2 teachers from middle and high school - the band teachers/directors.</p>
<p>I would add the high school music teacher(s) and any teachers he might have worked with at summer camps as well as previous private teachers. Unless the middle school teachers were very notable or alums of the school your son is applying to, I wouldn’t list them. When son went through this a few years ago, sometimes the interviewers would ask about a certain teacher, sometimes not. In general, it’s not a trick question the schools are trying to get a better picture of your son. Some of the questions regarding teachers that came up during auditions/interviews would be,“so is teacher x trying to steer you to his school” or “we do have a few grad students/undergrad students who studied with that teacher or use that style of playing”. Good luck with the auditions and safe travels in the New Year!</p>
<p>I suggest repeating the name of the current private teacher in response to that question, even though it has appeared elsewhere on the application.</p>
<p>Names rather than “various instructors” would probably be better when listing the others. I would lean toward including the high school band teacher. If that teacher does not have primary expertise on the same instrument that your son plays, they may be functioning more as a musical coach than a teacher for the instrument. Still, they would be wort mentioning.</p>
<p>I don’t think listing the middle school teacher would do any harm, although those reading the application may not be looking for quite that much history. If that particular middle school teacher has been around for a long time, their name may even trigger a memory or two for the person reading the application.</p>
<p>Thank you both for the answer. Goal for today is to finish this form and get it out. Thanks MomofBassist for the good luck wishes. We’ll be on the move from late Jan to late Feb.
Lots of weekend travelling!</p>
<p>I think that I would list all the names that I could possibly justify. The more you list, the more likely that there will be a connection or a name that will mean something to someone.</p>
<p>My son had several private instructors for two different instruments, and he had several different music instructors in high school, and several different conductors/instructors at various programs. He listed all of them.</p>
<p>Come to find out, his high school band director is buddies with the studio teacher at two of the college he applied at, and two instructors from a summer program are basically famous, one was famous for performance, the other was famous because the high school marching band that he was the head instructor for one the BOA National Marching Band Championship something like 3 out of the past 6 years (they were actually brothers).</p>
<p>While it may seem tacky to be “name dropping”, it’s really just giving instructors credit that they deserve, and it certainly didn’t hurt because he was accepted, with music scholarship offers, at all 4 colleges that he applied/auditioned at.</p>
<p>Shortly before my son performed a receital at his pre-college music program (hosted by a local college) we were asked to fill out a biography form to be published in the program. I was very happy that he listed ever name he could as being an instructor, because I noticed his first ever instructor (who he only took lessons from for a few months) in the audience.</p>