Hello,
As a fellow student I thought I would pass this on. I have a teacher who is wonderful in her knowledge but can be brutal in her assessment. Her assessments are almost always correct. However, she can be incredibly leveling to the ego. Because I want to learn about music I have learned and I am learning to overlook the negatives and concentrate on the positives of what I want to learn. So, I get results.
I believe the student teacher relationship is like all other relationships at some point you have to overlook personality flaws and stay with the core of the matter (learning how to sing). I stay with this teacher because of what I learn though at times she can be hard to take on a personality level. She is my 2nd teacher and I have every intention of staying with her because of her vast knowledge.
Lamperti had a student once who boasted that he had studied with 9 teachers and Lamperti's response that he had 8 too many teachers. Having too many teachers can be damaging. I just thought I would add this in for the sake of musical progress and understanding. Anyway, thanks for reading this and I hope this helps in the wider spectrum of things.
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