[TPIN] trumpet instruction rates

[William Graham]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Hohnbaum" <michael at hbaum.com>
To: "William Graham" <weg9 at comcast.net>
Cc: <darndt at oriongate.net>; "TPIN" <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [TPIN] trumpet instruction rates


> On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 15:23 -0800, William Graham wrote:
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:23:18 -0800, William Graham alleged:
>> > On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:35:23 -0500, Orion Development Corp - D. Arndt
>> > wrote
>> >> I'm interesting in hearing from folks on this list what the going
>> >> rate is for private trumpet instruction these days ...
>> >
>> Teachers here in the Portland, Oregon area are charging between 30 and 40
>> dollars an hour......
>>
> Like everywhere else, it depends on the teacher.  My son recently
> switched teachers - was $35/hour, now is $50/hour.  My last lesson
> was $65/hour.  This is all in the Portland, Oregon area.
>
Yes. I was talking about your average, run of the mill piano teacher, whose 
typical student is a 10 or 15 year old kid, and who doesn't have a big name 
in music.....Professional trumpeters who worked with Les Brown or Jimmy 
Dorsey don't count.....