Today I attended Irvine’s local Music Teacher Association of California (MTAC) meeting. The lecture was “Making a LIVING as an Independent Music Teacher.” Here’s what I took away from it…
There is an intention for each lesson. The student must:
1. Have an A+ experience
2. Be aware of something learned and make progress
3. Play more musically at the end of the lesson than at the beginning
Teachers are different from performers. Therapists are different from teachers. Performers need therapists ( joking…kind of ). As a teacher, we must have an extra gift to be able to teach. Not all performers can teach and not all teachers can perform. That’s okay.