where do you teach?

[jpianoflorida]

just curious what everyones set up is:     I have a separate building at my home for a studio.  has a waiting area for parents with computers and keyboards set up.    What is it like teaching at a store? I've never done that.      I did teach a program at a daycare for summer along with some of my teen students, but I sure do prefer being in my "own space".

jay

[chocolatedog]

I have a music room in my house with a grand piano and an upright. I find it quite useful to have the 2 pianos but might actually have to sell the upright eventually to make more space in the room as it doubles as the study/filing room....... I used to have a laptop computer but it died .......  but it was only for doing theory games on once in a while....... 

[jpianoflorida]

I hate laptops these days. well, only because i bought one and it died(power supply fried) after a year and 1/2 .   out of warranty of course!      I posted a note in my studio that I needed some donated computers to use for the students, would you believe i had about 5 donated!   Anytime we have a "need" or a "project" like collecting toys for kids or money for a homeless shelter, I just post a note on the door. You will be surprised how many people will want to help out!  Try it!

a few weeks ago , for instance, one of my students mom came in and said "we're bringing you new furniture for your studio". I said "wow, thanks".    I'm blessed with some very good families.

[lenkaolenka]

My studio is on the first floor
My house - is people's house
But more often i teach all over the globe now

[keyofc]

Jay,
that is really terrific!  I will have to try that sometime when my music room is finished. 
I teach in my house and am preparing a new room (which has been in progress for a long time, but getting closer to finishing!)

[hyrst]

Like choc.dog, I am set up in my house - but I have the whole ground floor dedicated, with a number of instruments, fawyer, office, desk, etc.  It works very well.  (We live on the second floor.)

I also teach at some students' houses.  It is more comfortable teaching from my place, but if I teach elsewhere I can teach when my boys are still in bed, or that sort of thing (teenagers, you know - LOL!) 

I think the most demanding part of teaching from my own place is that I have to keep the garden and the house clean and presentable - professional looking - at all times.  This is quite a bit of additional work when I do everything myself (as a single parent).  The best part is that I am not physically absent from my own boys when I am teaching - I don't feel like I totally abandon them, even though they don't get my attention while I teach. 

[brahms4me]

I know I answered this on another thread but I'll put it here (since it's more appropriate).

I teach in my home studio on a 9' 2" Bluthner.  I also have a Yamaha upright and 2 keyboards:  Korg N1 and a Yamaha which is an older model but easier to transport .  The Korg is very heavy since it has 88 weighted keys.  It remains stationary unless I really need it somewhere else.

We just finished building a 1200 sq. ft. recital hall where I will teach and record.  We are able to seat about 60 people.  I'm lookiing forward to our first recital.  My husband will be installing a sound room so that we can have everything recorded. 

[hyrst]

Wow, Brahms.  That sounds awesome!
All the best with your recitals.

[m1469]

The living room of my house is pretty much dedicated to my piano studio, and then I have a separate room that serves as my office to run my "business stuff" out of, and as my library.  If we stay in this house for a long time, and I don't see us moving anytime soon, my dream is to have a separate studio in back with a Steinway piano and some other awesome instrument (leaving my Yamaha C7  in the house), a digital piano, and a massive computer setup so I can go and hide away back there for hours upon hours.  And also, to enlarge the living room to serve as a place for small recitals.  But, right now I have what I described up above, and I am grateful for it.  Who knows what the future holds ?


Cheers,
m1469

[brahms4me]

Hyrst:  thank you.   I hope things will go well with you also.  Keep us posted, ok?

[penguinlover]

I get so jealous when I hear about Jay's studio, and others who have an entire room for piano!  I teach from my front room, and it is very small.  No waiting room.  No computer.  And the flower bed isn't even pretty out front!  I dream of my own piano studio, with a door that only opens to it, not the house.  Waiting room, equipped with computers, etc.  It's a really great room, but only in my dreams!

[brahms4me]

Dearest Penguin - it took many, many years to reach this stage.  Hang in there!  Dreams do come true.