From: "Lea Ann Martin" <LeaAnn@k...> Date: Sun Mar 3, 2002 1:42 am Subject: Re: [vocalist] can we discuss lesson prices?
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Just to clarify - I actually charge by the 16-week semester, with students paying either a full term or two payments of half each (special payment arrangements possible for those who need it, but few do this).
Sharon Szymanski
Do you ever wonder how many wonderful singers miss out on voice lessons because they cannot afford to pay for a full semester at a time? I know you say you offer payments..but very few people need them...all that says is that all your students are swimming in a sea of cash...or are too embarrassed to say money is a problem. Who are these students that have such easy access to such a lot of cash? I guess it really isn't a matter of who the serious students are when deciding on whether to raise your prices...it's a matter of having wealthy students or students with wealthy parents. So really singing can be just as elitist and shallow as everything else...hopefully it isn't always that way. Just out of curiosity how would you tell a student that you decided to double the price of lessons...what would you base that on? I could see raising the price a bit at a time...but doubling it?
And believe it or not some students will have to quit because they simply cannot afford to pay any more than they already do. Maybe I am just a softy...but I would feel really bad about someone having to quit lessons with me because they could no longer afford me.
Lea Ann
Lea Ann
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