Musical Theatre College Coaching - Prices

uskoolfish
Sun, 28 Dec 2014 23:58:05 +0000

Coaching and counseling is a business and people will have different models that will still enable them to earn a living. Some coaches might charge x amount of money, knowing that they will offer a certain discount if asked or as a promotion. That is already part of the formula that has been used to come up with pricing. It’s like the colleges out there that give a large percentage of their students merit aid or the stores that will offer an item for a full retail price that is quite high, knowing that the vast majority of sales will come once they offer a discount. But in reality that discount is not a real discount, it was the anticipated price all along.

Universities do fundraising for scholarship funds. Private businesses do not have this funding. It doesn’t make sense to truly believe that someone will offer a significant discount to a total stranger when they are trying to earn a living. Students who are going to ultimately try to earn a living in theatre need to be resourceful in order to make ends meet once they graduate. They can’t expect hand-outs to survive. If someone wants coaching and finds it out of reach financially, I would look more in the direction of figuring out how my child or I can earn extra money, rather than expecting a reduction because we feel we are qualified and want to rely on other’s good will.