Lesson rates

[girl]

What is a fair price to pay for lessons? My teacher (in the UK) has just put up his prices again (the second time in 18months) and now charges £24 per hour. He is good, but this is starting to feel very expensive.

[Nefertiti]

Well here in the US it ranges from 15/ 1/2 hour to 60 a 1/2 hour. I charge 25.00 a 1/2 hour. It depends alot on how good the teacher is and what the area he is teaching in is like(Can the students afford a higher rate?)
Try hiring a plumber . Their rates are much higher. :cry:

[DougR]

£24 per hour sounds about right. You might pay more in London and possible slightly less elsewhere.
This makes a half hour lesson about the same as three packs of cigarettes - and much better value.

[Lambik]

Belgium: 44 euro a year (perhaps a bit more for adults, but no more than 80 euro anyway) for 1 hour saxophone lessons, 1 hour music history, 1 hour clarinet lessons and 1 hour jazz ensemble a week. Available for every Belgian inhabitant. Conservatorium graded teachers with a degree in teaching as well....

[Seraphina]

£24 per hour would be a little expensive here(the East Midlands) £18-20 is more usual,although I daresay in the south £24+ would be the norm.

[petersax]

As of today (11/5/2004), that converts to $42 USD. Seems high for a
grade school/high school level teacher. Not so high if a college level,
low for some of the top end pro's here in the Boston Area, who might
charge $100-200 per hour!. It depends on the location, and the
experience of the teacher really.

I charge my high school students $20 USD for 1/2 hour (That converts
to 11.38 GBP)

[petersax]

I'm sorry - I just noticed that the price you quoted is for one hour
- not a half-hour, as I had assumed. :oops:

That does seem like a fair price to me. I charge $20 USD per half-hour,
and $35 USD per hour

[GibsonLesPaul]

I'm new to teachig so i charge 10$ per 45 minutes session. Basically so I can get students and keep them. I might hike up the price in a few years but I'm not greedy and don't expect people to have that kind of money. I just love music and enjoy teaching it.

[Keith Ridenhour]

The pros around here charge 60 an hour. (Good players but not name players.) I've heard that the names charge 100 an hour. When I get the occational student I charge 15 for a half, 25 an hour. I like teaching way to much and have a hard time charging for what is fun for me. I think the basics can be taught by a lower level teacher but then you need to go off to a good pro after the first few years. I wish I had studied with a good pro in college rather than what was availible at my University. (Univ of Mo , St Louis) There were alot of holes in my playing upon graduation even after studying for 3 years with the "teacher" there and doing a senior recital and playing lead alto in the jazz band. I've taken lots of lessons subsequently and every teacher has at least one good point/trick that is useful. Its also helpful to study with a variety of teachers in your area if you are trying to scare up gigs. You might get the teachers "throw away " gigis. K