Yesterday I met up with my first new local student in Ryde. Like me, she moved to the island only 3 weeks ago, and wanted to restart having clarinet lessons. She has been playing for about 10 years and has reached a good standard, but took a break recently with moving house and looking for employment.
We had a good lesson and spent a lot of it, just getting her lip back into shape and working out how each of us work. We are arranging further lessons in between Christmas and the New Year, and I am looking forward to helping her carry on making good progress and having fun at the same time.
The remote lessons via Skype and FaceTime are going well and the signal here is very good.
Someone said recently that it is the modern equivalent of Short wave radio school lessons that used to happen in places like the outback of Australia or Africa, when people lived to far away from schools to travel.
I think this is definitely the way forward, as it allows you to work with the teacher that you want, rather than having to work with someone purely because they are local, and for some students it means being able to have lessons rather than struggling on your own if there is no one local.
What do you think? Why not get in touch to see if I can help you?
Best wishes
Dave
