lookin for expat male piano teacher for kids

[lis]

I'm looking for expat male piano teacher to teach in East area condo.Pls reply with rates ..thank you .

[sundaymorningstaple]

Good Luck. You might want to try New York City.

[sundaymorningstaple]

OH, wait a minute.....

Will a Malaysian Expat do? Or an Male Expat from the Philippines or China?

They are all Expats. Can?

[Pentium]

I love you SMS. Enjoy reading your post.

[lis]

as long can teach and read notes .....

[sundaymorningstaple]

Then what is wrong with a local one?

[Wivelsfield]

We have had two local piano teachers and now none of my three kids want to play piano any more. No fun, no enjoyment, all dry dull learning. Result: kids won't practice, and now they won't go to lessons. Were you a child once?

[sundaymorningstaple]

Yep, certainly was, also learned how to play the oboe, bassoon, clarinet & sax. Only had music classes in school and a desire to learn on my own. I also read music fine. If you make sure your kids are doing the music classes because "they" want to learn the instrument and not because the parents think the kids "Need" the exposure. You will find that, just like learning Mandarin, while hard, if they feel it's their choice and they want to learn it, they will. Otherwise, they will find any reason at all to now do what normally the parent wants them to do. I often feel sorry for some kids who have to try to live their parent's lives for them because the parent never learned.

Oh, a considerable number of local music teachers are well qualified and a number of their protege have gone on to some of the best music academies in the world. Don't diss what you don't know, basing only on prejudice or personal preference. Try using qualifications instead.

[fristromcan]

Hi Wivelsfield,

While I see you point, I would think that it is more related to the teachers, not their nationality. How old are your kids and how long have they been playing piano?

If you just want your kids to have exposure to music, maybe you can send them to something like kindermusik... some music schools offer group classes so maybe you can consider that.

[durain]

african male expat OK?