New Students

[mark-andersen]

I’ve usually gotten students by referral or by someone seeing me performing. Both when I

lived in New York City as well as here in upstate I find that people ask for my card when

I’m out playing. I also perform on a weekly television show in upstate cable access called

“Crescendo”. I find that I get a lot of inquiries from that as well.

All the best,

Mark

[unknown-user]

What has been the best way for you to recruit new students, or do you

get them mostly by referral? Has it been different in different places

you have lived?

[unknown-user]

I’ve found most of mine through referrals and from when I’m performing too.

[unknown-user]

In the area I live in, there is only one music teacher (she teaches piano and flute) in the yellow pages of the phone book.

[Elizabeth Volpé Bligh]

Here are some ways: affiliation with music stores, performing in schools or educational

concerts, getting on faculty at universities or academies of music.

[unknown-user]

While in Illinois, a number of students were referred to me from harp dealers. I also put up a lot of posters and played some concerts, but I’m not certain how many students came from those sources. I also taught harp at a couple local colleges which helped.

I just moved to Minnesota and got my first harp student here through a local music store and may work through a second store. I have sent out resume’s and emails, but if you don’t meet in person, I suspect materials get thrown away and deleted. Referrals are the most effective way to get employment at a college or community music school which is a great target audience for students. Oftentimes the people who attend performances are more interested in buying a CD than learning the instrument, but the people who are buying instruments, or happen to have a harp, are the ones who are most likely to invest in lessons. Basically, harp dealers and well known institutions that offer music lessons are the most direct route to obtaining students, in my experience.

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