[Menvi-discuss] voice lessons

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello,
Ask the music store if they can scan the music in. Say you normally use 
online services but you would be more than happy to move your patronage 
to their store if they would be willing to scan the music in.
I have yet to do this, but all the big pianists around here go to 
Kinko's and rebind all their books and put them into a spiral bound 
notebook. You could do this and just scan them while you are there.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs

On 8/26/2013 10:08 AM, Kelsey Nicolay wrote:
> Hello,
> I recently joined my women's chorus I mentioned earlier on this list 
> and was able to get the music transcribed without any difficulty, 
> someone offered to scan and email it to me.  However, I have a couple 
> questions regarding taking voice lessons with him.  One question I 
> have is that in order to get the most of out lessons, I want to make 
> sure that the teacher is willing to work with me in the way I learn 
> best.  Therefore, do you think that I have the right to ask for a free 
> trial lesson before I commit my money to lessons? If the teacher does 
> not normally offer trial lessons, is there something I can do to get 
> them to make an exception for me? Can I pull the disability card in 
> this instance, normally I try not to do this, but in this situation I 
> think it would help alleviate unnecessary anxiety.  Another question I 
> have is dealing with issues related to physical contact.  It was 
> different in college because even though I studied with a male voice 
> teacher, he was a voice major that I knew already from one of my 
> friends and from opera workshop.  However, since this is a more formal 
> situation and the teacher teaches in a studio, he doesn't teach in his 
> home anymore, I think this is a more formal situation.  Therefore, 
> what guidelines should I establish with him so that neither of us feel 
> uncomfortable touching one another during lessons? Or should I try to 
> find a female voice teacher so that there is no issue with a situation 
> like this? I had a voice teacher in high school with whom I felt 
> comfortable with.  She always knew when it was appropriate to use 
> physical contact and when it was not necessary, but unfortunately she 
> has no space in her studio right now.  Finally, since the lessons take 
> place right at the store and I can hopefully purchase my voice music 
> right there, do you think it is appropriate to ask the store employees 
> to scan the music into a pdf for me and email it to me? To be honest, 
> I have no idea how to do this, I usually ask my mom to do it for me.  
> I appreciate any feedback you can provide on these questions.
> Thanks,
> Kelsey Nicolay
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