In a message dated 2/14/2002 12:02:32 AM Central Standard Time, MezzoNotte@e... writes:
> Hi, fellow listers, > > This is a question for other voice teachers: How much time (clock > hours) do you spend actually teaching as compared to the percentage > of your income earned from teaching? > > I'm asking because I'm trying to decide whether to reduce my teaching > load...right now I'm at about 19 actual teaching hours per week, with > teaching being 80% of my income source, but I'm booking a lot more > performances than last year, and I'm still working on my Masters degree. > I feel like I'm teetering on the brink of overload... > > I don't want advice, just other perspectives. If you'd prefer to > email me privately, that's fine. >
Well, I teach over 40 hours a week. I used to perform quite a bit and now hardly at all, which for me is OK. At this point in my life I need to focus on what brings in the most income and teaching is it. A good teacher with a full studio can make a lot of money.
In addition, I do really love it and I find it more fulfilling than performing at this point. I get to use various aspects of my personality that I do not get to use otherwise. It's a good synthesis of things for me.
The one problem with teaching so much is that I do feel I give a bit of my voice to my students. I've become a vocal overdoer by default and have very little time or energy for working on my own voice, so I probably wouldn't perform as well as I used to. That's a choice I made.
Randy Buescher
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