ds2 sings quite seriously, quite well, has been fortunate to have a teacher who was passionate about boys singing and expert on cambiata voices.
When we moved house there was a possibility of voice lessons at his new school; I asked if he could have a trial lesson, but was told no. It turns out the teacher is a "musical theatre" type, not classically trained herself, and seems to know very little about boys' changing voices.
Today ds2 came very upset home because she'd been forcing him to sing in a far far higher range than is comfortable for his current range. He was really upset and didn't stay for chamber choir (which he loves), with a different teacher, because his throat was hurting so much. They'd clearly had a bit of a barney and she'd told him to come home and have a chat with me about whether he wants to continue lessons.
Obviously there seems little point continuing. But we've paid for 6 lessons upfront, he's had 3; but we have to give 6 weeks' notice to quit, so will have to pay more... And we have to pay an annual fee to the school... All because the teacher is simply not appropriately skilled/qualified to teach him and probably just wants to teach girls who want to sing pop songs on X Factor.
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roisin · 10/10/2013 19:24
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