Monthly Archives: July 2009

Today I had to tell a long-time student’s mom that I could no longer work with that student anymore. There have been too many no-shows, examples of thoughtlessness, “forgetting” checks, breaking promises … and I haven’t been doing the student any favors by accepting excuses, rescheduling missed lessons, or accepting payment weeks late. It hasContinue reading “Letting people go”

I just sent out an email to my students to set up the 2009-2010 schedule. I lost about 10 people at the end of this school year – 6 graduated, 4 decided to move on for various reasons. But I replaced 6 of them, and several of the current roster decided to increase their lessonContinue reading “Putting together the fall schedule”

1. When a student posts a line of a song I’ve given her or him as his/her Facebook status – “I’ll find myself at the end of the world where the earth and the sky are one.” 2. When a student tells me she’ll remember singing the Dead Nuns Chorus from Carmelites for the restContinue reading “Top Ten Things That Make Me a Happy Voice Teacher”