There are
no openings at the present time.
email at: Lessons@Larryvanmersbergen.com
Summer only lessons will be available on
Selected Tuesdays from 12-3pm.
Available in 30 or 60 minute slots. Summer only lessons are
$16.50 for 30, and $28 for 60.
Lesson Calendar 2008 (tentative)
June
2008
Sunday
Tuesday
1
3
8
10
22
25
29
No Lesson on Sunday 6/15 or Tuesday 6/17
July 2008
Sunday
Tuesday
1
6
13
29
No Lesson on Tuesday, 7/8,7/15,7/22
No Lesson on Sunday, 6/20, 6/27
August 2008
Lesson Fee increase
Sunday
Tuesday
3
5
10
12
24
26
31
No Lesson on Sunday 8/17 or Tuesday 8/19
September
2008
Tentative
Sunday
Tuesday
Watch schedule for changes
What's the difference between the music store
and an independent teacher?
Area
Local Music Store-based on experience and facts
independent teacher-myself
Educational Enviornment
small, cramped space.
Little access to technology,
sometimes dark, wrong type of chair for posture,
poor amplifier.
no library of materials available for loan, only for
purchase with no return.
Instructor may be limited in guitar styles
No references from other students
large, spacious teaching studio.
full access to current technologies
appropriate furniture to support proper posture and
playing technique. well lit.
full libaray of stylisitc materials available for loan
prior to purchase.
All Styles Taught professionally
Student referrals are given upon request
Safe, Professional enviornment. Parents encouraged
to sit in with lessons.
Educational Background of Teacher
sometimes none
very difficult to get credentials of teacher
very difficult to verify credentials of teacher
no criminal background check on teachers
usually no experience with young children or adults
usuallly a performer and not a teacher
masters degree in education
credentials available upon request
certified teacher for K-12 school-background check
done and cleared
experience working with young children and adults
served on 2 college faculties
teach in a K-5 public school
certified School Administrator
nationally recognized
guitar teacher
published a guitar book-guitar ensemble collection
and a method book on chord changes, available on Amazon.com.
A third book is in the works.
I am a member of the National Guitar Education Team,
though at the moment I am the director of communications,
I taught national workshops from 1997-2004.
Tuition and Fees
$21.00 per 30 minutes or more
Non-reundable
No credit for excused absences
Payable to teacher, then given to store (why not pay
the store directly?)
2 vacation days per year! (don't get sick)
First lesson NOT free!-can't try it out
No referral program.
$16.00 per 30 minute lesson
$27.00 per 60 minute lesson
Balance refundable if you decide to discontinue
payable to teacher directly
Full credit for excused absences with 1 day notice
As many vacation days as needed-just give 1 day notice
First Lesson Free!-try it with no obligation
Refer a student, get a free lesson
Lowest lesson fees in the area
You make the decision! -Choose a private,
independent teacher.
For insurance reasons, I do not travel to your home.
According to Guitar Teacher Magazine: A Survey
of 350 guitar teachers was done. According to the survey,
the average price for a 30 minute lesson is $20 and the average
60 minute lesson is $39. I am well below the national average.
In addition more than 47% do not charge when given notice.
Only 16% charge no matter what.
"If music is the key....then
guitar is the vehicle", Mark Koch, Professor of Guitar,
Duquesne University
I believe that guitar is one of the
most important music classes to be offered. With this class
you attract students who might not ever enter the music program.
The guitar class does not take away from band, orchestra,
or choral programs but in fact makes them stronger.
This is a book of guitar ensembles
for advanced beginners co-authored with Romana Hartmetz,
Nancy Marsters, Bob Morris, and Christopher Hubbard. (permanently
out of print)
The book is currently unavailable
from Class Guiar Resources.
