Giving piano lessons

DArcy

This is most likely in the wrong forum, but I didn't know where else to post...feel free to move it.

Does anybody have any answers to these questions:

To teach piano, do you have to have obtained a piano teaching diploma or can any old tom dick n harry teach?

What kind of prices are people paying for lessons?

To put a student through grade examinations, does the teacher have to be registered with the RIAM or can anyone put students forward?

I'd appreciate some advice on this. I've got my Senior Certificate & would be interested in giving piano lessons but have no idea about the regulations (if any), and the RIAM don't seem to reply to emails...

bonzai bob

there are no regulations, if you're good enough and you know your stuff then just advertise.. I'd say 20e per hour is good for starting off, if you find your students excel and realize you're a good teacher then you could up the rates, people will always pay for quality. Just build yourself a bit of a rep

daram

No diploma needed. Just find the students and when they're ready for exams contact the academy then.
also, make sure to start out teaching absolute beginners and let your teaching progress with them. Starting out with student who are say grade4 standard up is quite challenging.

Ardent

Darcy, where are you based? I'd be interested if you're in the Dublin area?

DArcy

Sorry Ardent - I'm the north side of Dundalk Is it difficult these days to get piano teachers in Dublin??

Ardent

Dunno Darcy. Was just toying with the idea. I'm sure there's plenty of teachers in Dublin, just haven't proactively searched for any as of yet.

daram

Im a teacher in South Dublin. But Ive already too many students and not enough time.

ogy

hey darcy, im in drogheda and charge along the following lines:
70 for 8 twenty minute lessons for beginners, the fees go up about 5 euro a grade or two like grade 2/3 80 quid, grand 4/5 85 quid etc, i know in dublin people charge a lot more but i think around our neck of the woods thats the going rate roughly

i know 20 minutes seems really short but its not, especially with beginners, cos music is learning + training if you know what i mean, the kid needs to go practise the first bit before learning the second bit if you know what i mean, so i find theres no point doing half an hour and packing in way more than a kid could learn in a week. didn't mean to give u a discourse on teaching im sure your more than capable but though a lot of people would come back with "what can you do in 20 minutes"

when you have kids ready for exams you need a local centre who'll let you enter your kids through them unless you have a good enuff piano room to justify using your home as a centre. Doing that might sound like a big deal but by setting up as a centre i just mean requesting that the examiner come to your house or wherever your teaching to examine maybe 20 plus kids i guess. in may we always have plenty of kids so get the examiner to come here, but in march theres not as many so the kids we have just sit the exams in a bigger music school in drogheda

DArcy

If I was to go ahead (which looks likely) I'd rather hold exams in my house. I've a very decent piano, & from my own experience it's much better for students to do exams on a piano they're used to. Some of the places I did exams had terrible pianos...horrible battered things. It was a joke. Towards the end of my exams my piano teacher held them in her house & I was always a lot less nervous that way.

In Dundalk the going rate is €15 for half an hour. I've heard that piano teachers are fairly booked up here too.

daram

i charge 12 for the half hour with beginners and then that goes up to 15 when they hit grade 3/4. you can always use the academy as an exam centre.

aonei04

Hi, Im am wondering if you are still giving paino lessons? I want to start learning the piano and I live in Drogheda.

melodymelanchol

Wow seems like more people would be learning from you Ogy. Well, just to put it simple.

I'd rather hold exams in my house. I've a very decent piano, & from my own experience it's much better for students to do exams on a piano they're used to

That is really true in the sense that you feel really comfortable. The hard part, if by any chance, is that when you play in theaters, you tend to get very nervous (stage fright). But can be overcomed by experience I guess.



piano lessons at home

happyjay75

DArcy wrote: »

Sorry Ardent - I'm the north side of Dundalk Is it difficult these days to get piano teachers in Dublin??

hello darcy... i am located in dundalk. do you still have a place for a lesson? please contact me on my email. happyjay75@yahoo.com thanks.


hello to everyone... did any of you knew somebody do piano lesson here in dundalk? im interested to study but i dont know who to contact with. can anybody help me? thanks a lot