Additional Benefits of Gift
Your tuition covers more than just your lesson or group class time. At Gift, considerable time is spent
preparing for your the lesson
listening, selecting, reviewing, and purchasing music to be used in lessons
researching, creating and copying various resources for students
creating a the monthly newsletter to keep you up-to-date on studio news and opportunities
searching performance opportunities for my students
offering 3 separate monthly studio classes (adults, kids, Suzuki)
preparing for studio classes
helping young students find the right size flute for them
helping students select an intermediate flute when ready
organizing recitals, putting together the program, printing of programs
finding highly qualified accompanists, scanning and printing music for accompanists
helping students rehearse with an accompanist for upcoming recitals, competitions, and evaluations.
engaging in ongoing professional development such as workshops, courses, and convention events
In addition to the above list, I also
answer questions between lessons in emails and texts.
loan out flutes to students whose instruments are in the shop.
loan out specialty flutes for young students to spare parents the expense of buying multiple instruments.
provide a lending library of books about music.