I’m a music performance graduate in piano. I stopped playing piano 8 years ago but got back into it seriously during lockdown. Ever since then I’m thinking of a career change, as I know there’s no shortage of ppl looking for a piano teacher. but the thought of changing my career worries me. Right now I don’t have a great job in terms of my passion and what I enjoy (I work in finance), however the company is great, got good morals, I can work from home even post covid, work is flexible which is good for childcare, lovely manager… I work 4 days a week at the company so if I were to be a private piano teacher I’d start off with teaching 1 day a week and see how it goes from there.
In terms of qualifications I have my Abrsm grade 5 theory, grade 8 performance, trinity atcl diploma, all distinction.. and obviously my music performance degree. I feel like I have the imposter syndrome as I’ve never taught to anyone before other than when I was at uni on a work placement for a few weeks but that was years ago. I’m Keen as I have a nearly 3 year old and would love to teach him the piano soon. It’s the pressure of knowing that teaching kids at a young age is the most important as it leaves a big Impact on them and I am responsible for that. I’m thinking of doing a piano teaching qualification on top of what I have (starts next year) aswell as doing the Ltcl diploma (not until my son start school). Does anyone have a piano teacher for their kids and if so what is the most important thing to you ? Am I looking too much into this and should I just try and see how it goes, as everyone has a starting point