How Does a Piano Teacher Spend a Workday?
Playing and Practicing You can only teach what you know. If you are a piano teacher, you will certainly spend a good portion of the day practicing and learning new pieces and reviewing and playing pieces already in your repertoire. You’ll also probably go over scales and basic piano exercises to keep your fingers limber and your basic playing skills sharp. Additionally, if you are playing duets with your students, you may review your part to be sure you have it down and can focus on helping your student during the lesson. Teaching The bulk of your workday as a piano teacher is working with your students. You may specialize in a teaching a certain age group or a particular style, or you may have a wide variety of students of all ages and skill levels and stylistic interests. Most students have weekly lessons, and as the teacher, you may choose to do most of your lessons within 2 or 3 weekdays, leaving the rest open for other work. Or you may choose to teach only in the morning or in the
