Please demystify the "Sample lesson" situation

Momofbassist
Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:10:32 +0000

In thinking about the nomenclature for requesting the lesson, son used “private” lesson in his requests to the teachers. He emailed them explaining that he was a HS senior interested in performance/music ed and would like to schedule a private lesson with them. He went in with a check but fortunately we never had to pay for the lessons. A great side benefit was that he had his playing critiqued by several teachers and incorporated many of their suggestions into his technique. As son noticed, each one looked for something a little different when working with him plus it increased his confidence since he became used to playing and being critiqued by others…