<p>I am going to be visiting five schools for my spring break in about 6 weeks and I want to set up sample lessons with teachers. I've learned about the possibility from this site, but I'm having trouble finding the threads about how to go about setting up the lesson. I know I should personally email the teachers I am interested in, but I'm not sure about whether I should email multiple teachers at each school right away if I only want to end up with one lesson per school. </p>
<p>I would like to work with a woman during college (voice) only because I have worked with a man for years. I'm open to working with men, however. I have two to three possibilities at each of the schools I want to have a lesson at (UT-Austin, UNT, Houston, SMU. I'm not doing a lesson at Rice because of faculty changes.) If anyone has advice about visiting these schools or about the faculty at these schools, please let me know! Thank you :)</p>
<p>If you can use your teacher, ask him or her to set up sample lessons for you. That’s what my daughter’s teacher is doing for her. She’s going to have lessons from two teachers on the same day at the same school in New York.</p>
<p>It would be better for the student to initiate contact for the lessons; you know your schedule, when you will be where and there is far more room for error if a “middle man” becomes involved. You can try to e-mail prospective teachers, but that may not always work; I know of quite a few voice teachers (and I’m sure that this extends into instrumental as well) who just don’t use their e-mail, or who relegate the task to student helpers. If there is a departmental secretary- and there is at several of the schools you mentioned- call and ask if she/he can assist you. If they have the master schedule, you might get lucky and be able to book several at once. Sometimes these calls have to be made during the morning or early business hours, and my D was able to go to her HS guidance office and make them from there in a quiet atmosphere.
Do check the schedules of each school to make sure that they will be in session at the time you are going to be visiting and also inquire about the availability of practice rooms for warming up as some places require a student ID to reserve a room, while there are teachers who may prefer you to warm up with them so that they can gauge current technique.
Good luck to you and have a fun trip!</p>