Interviewing a Singing Teacher
This post will help you to find the best vocal coach for your money by asking 5 simple questions. These questions are used to assess the vocal coach’s experience. For price related quesions refer to this article: price of singing lessons. Bear in mind that these questions should be treated as a guideline. Some of the best vocal coaches may not have the time to answer all your questions in advance as they may be too busy. If you encounter this problem you might want to try out a couple of lessons and get your answers to your questions then. It’s best to treat these questions as suggestions.
Essential questions to help find the best vocal coach:
- How many years of teaching experience do you have? Expect to pay more for a vocal coach with a lot of years experience. Also if the voice coach has been teaching for a while you might try and ask former students about their experiences.
- Where did you study? You want a voice teacher who has received high quality practical training and who has first-hand performance experience. The singing teacher does not need a degree from an expensive music school to be a great vocal coach so you’ll have to use your own judgement here. More important than a fancy degree is that he or she knows how to pass on her knowledge to her students.
- Do you perform? If so, where? If you have the chance to listen to the vocal coach’s singing performance, then by all means go. It’s an opportunity to gauge her skills and see a side of her personality that you might not see during your lessons.
- Do you teach different styles of music? You will want to ensure that the vocal coach has sufficient experience teaching your voice type and the vocal styles you’d like to explore.
- Where do your lessons take place? Lessons might be held in a studio, a school, at the voice teacher’s home or perhaps even at your home (for which you should expect to pay more). You will want to find out if the location is convenient for you.
- What songs do your students sing? It’s a good idea to try and find out if your vocal coach is interested in the same kind of music as you. If she doesn’t let you choose your own songs, you at least to feel that you’ll enjoy singing the kind of songs that she chooses.
Tread cautiously if you meet a singing coach who claims to have the best singing method . Teaching people how to sing is by no means a new profession so it’s much better to go with a tried and tested singing method than to waste your money on experiments. The only exception to this rule that I can think of is the Per Bristow’s Bristow Voice Method (Bristow Voice Method review) Good luck with your singing and have fun!
