I do disagree to some extent, Mike. I agree the bottom line is: it is
the student's voice to do with as they please.
On the other hand, as a TEACHER, I always ask inquiring potential
students if they are currently working with another teacher. As a
professional courtesy to the other teacher, I won't work with a student
unless:
*they are home from college and have the teacher's blessing to take
lessons in the summer with someone else
*they have completed their "contract" with the other teacher.
There are other considerations behind this than just the student's voice
or the teacher's ego (as, is the student current on their payments to the
last teacher?). In addition, teachers who have taught some of my
students at a later time, have called to discuss the student and their
previous work. It is important to be free to do that.
From the student's standpoint, one never knows when they will encounter
that teacher again perhaps in competition or auditions. Keeping things
as professional as possible never hurts!
Susan Nace
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susanna_co@j...
On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 19:16:13 EDT Greypins@a... writes:
> In a message dated 4/28/2001 4:26:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> lasharp@n... writes:
>
> << NATS was only involved
> regarding the ethics of teaching a student currently in another
> teacher's
> studio >>
>
> as if that teacher owned that student. my problem is this, we
> teachers
> are the students' employees. like doctors, we tend to know more
> than our
> customers though, that doesn't necessarily make us right. and like
> doctors,
> we can get a little pompous with our authority and come to think
> that we are
> owed some kind of devotion by the students who, btw, are paying us.
>
> just as loyalty to a doctor, right up to the point were he is
> tossing
> the first handful of dirt on you at your funeral, can lead to
> disappointing
> results, so too can loyalty to a voice teacher. we are not your
> parents or
> your gods, we are your teachers. if you don't get what you need
> from one of
> us, by all means go to someone else. if working with two teachers
> at once
> works for you, then do it. if one of them is such a baby he can't
> handle
> being 'cheated on', don't tell him. it's none of his business
> anyway
> (unless he's your uncle or something).
>
> i don't know what NATS' ethics code is but, from the tenor of
> this
> conversation, it seems designed to protect the teacher at the
> expense of the
> student. hopefully, someone will demonstrate to the contrary. i
> would
> hate to think that's true.
>
> mike
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