<p>I'm a music student at a conservatory who is finding themselves in a terrible position.
I choose my school because I really wanted to study with my current teacher (who also played a critical role in me getting in and being able to attend for free). Everything was going great, but throughout the past 4-5 months, I have found them to be extremely bored with me. They give me a lot of repertoire and have me literally run through it in the lessons (out of 60 minutes, I am playing for about 45min, and we are talking for about 5-7 minutes, and then awkward silences for the rest of the time), and maybe change a couple fingerings or suggest that I play a passage louder or softer. Occasionally, we have a stellar, breakthrough lesson where we touch concepts I didn't even know existed and they really take my playing to a different place, but unfortunately, most of them time, I come home with nothing but more rep. I'm not sure what I should be doing differently or how I could be a more interesting student. I practice between 4-7 hours a day so I don't think this is the problem.
They are a great and very renown teacher so I'm not sure why it doesn't seem to be working out with me. I do not feel comfortable, or would not be sure how to ask them what is wrong and why I seem to bore them so much. Fellow students suggested that I ask more questions in my lessons, but I'm by nature very quiet and was brought up by very strict teacher who did not allow me to question their instructions, so I'm not sure how to make this shift from just doing what I'm told, to actually engaging in discussions with my instructors and being more active in my lessons. I felt like them and I would actually get along great because we are the same type of very silent, quiet and shy people, but in fact, not really.</p>
<p>What should I do?</p>