i just want to know how much does everyone charge for a 30 min lesson.
i have my instrument lessoon in school and it cost 18 pounds for 30 min!!!!! i think it is really expeensive!! i do 5 and i feel really sad to waste lots of my mum's money, i am a foreign student, my mum is not rich and she works really hard to send me to study in england and she really wants me to be musical and i know it is so difficult for her to afford. so i am now thinking to have lessons outside the school during weekends with cheap prices. i really want to know what everyone charge for their lessoons? by the way i live in berkshire area.

£18 for 30 minutes does seem rather excessive. The average is between £18 - £24 per hour but it can be higher or lower depending on where you live. Perhaps you could find out from friends what private lessons in your are cost and they might be able to recommend good teachers.

my lessons in school are £10.50 for 30 min and i thought that was expensive

My clarinet teacher charges £7 for 30 minutes....though we always go over, and it ends up at like 45 - 50 mins...

My clarinet teacher charges £10 for a half an hour. He's a good teacher, neil.clarinet will back me up

My piano lessons are £20 for an hour, but I get a 25 minute oboe lesson in school for free because I am studying music as an advanced higher (I live in Scotland). I also get an hour long lesson that costs £30.

My lessons are £12 for half an hour although they're usually an hour long (probably because I talk too much..... )

I pay £8 for a little more than an hour. And I take 4 such lessons per month.

You wouldn't believe....When I was in India, I used to pay 50 Indian rupees (which is around 0.6 UK Pounds) for a singing lesson of 2 hours.

I used to take 12 such lessons per month and in total it would be 600 rupees per month (that is £8 per month!!)

What I used to pay for 12 lessons in India, I pay for one lesson here in Cyprus!

The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) used to publish recommended rates for their members (UK) but under new legislation can no longer do so. However if you visit their website you'll see the last "legal" list for 2004. See http://www.ism.org/info/02_13.html.

However, in the end I think most teachers charge what the market around them will stand and they are qualified to charge. For myself, my pupils pay me £11.00 per half hour but I am, by no means, the most expensive teacher in this area. I have a long waiting list right now, as do most of my colleagues, so presumably our rates are still regarded as acceptable. Some teachers near me are charging (and getting) hourly rates of between £25 and £30. Our local Music Services provider charges state school pupils more than many private teachers now.

However, elsewhere in the country I know I wouldn't stand a hope of getting £22/hour, so I do think local variations occur. In reality that is, of course, silly because we're all giving the same service and bringing the same experience to the job but that's life I guess?

I pay £10 for 30 minutes for my piano lesson - my teacher has a BA in music and a few years' experience I guess.

I pay £18 for 45 minutes for my flute lesson - my teacher is a RWCMD graduate and has probably 20 plus years' experience.

I charge £6 for 30 minutes to my one flute pupil! But I have no real qualifications or experience, and only really teach her because she's the daughter of a friend.

I'm in Gloucestershire.

Hope that helps a little!

I'm starting clarinet lessons tomorrow - excited but nervous! aaagh!! - and am paying £10 for 30 minutes. £18 sounds a lot in comparison.

I currently charge £10 per half-hour, but am paid slightly more at the school I teach at (some silly figure - can't remember what!) It does depend on area and market - and also the competition!! When I first moved to this area 15 years ago, I advertised and got various phone enquiries. When I said I was charging £6 per half hour I was told that was expensive as old Miss X down the road was only charging £3! Which was so well under union rates as to be laughable. And I was already paid £7 by the school. Fortunately I stuck to my guns and found myself with a full timetable and a waiting list, despite the rocky start. I should probably be charging more than I am especially as I started on £6 15 years ago and am only just on £10 now. How often and by how much do other teachers put up their rates?

Some in my area add on 50p each year.
I tend to go 2 years before adding the 50p.

I add 50p a year, but I'm still a bit under the going rates so I'm playing catch-up. I'm charging £13.50 for 45 minutes from September, which works out as £18 per hour. I'm paid around £25 per hour at the college I teach at.

my piano teacher is £4 an hour i'm northumberland i think i'm lucky!

£4 an hour is teensy - I could afford lessons every week at that price!

at the mo i charge £4.50 for 30 and £8.50 for an hour but is going up soon

Usually 50p every year. Like you I was a bit behind union rates but have now caught up. I had a phone call from a lady enquiring about lessons for her son. His teacher was putting the fee up to £4.50 for 30 minutes and she thought it was too expensive. When I explained that the average fee for lessons was between £9 and £11.50 per lesson - I don't think she believed me! Needless to say she hasn't booked any lessons with me.

I live in Oxfordshire and pay £15 for 30 minutes. Probably reflects London rates, teachers experiance, student exam results and the fact she also has full books! I have even had to ask her to teacher my daughter has it may not be possible for the school to do it.

I'm on the edge of London and I charge a bit less than that! As far as I can make out I'm in line with the local going rate, which is where I aim to be.

I review charges once a year, and the most usual increase is 50p, but the last increase was slightly larger because I appeared to have fallen behind.

Humm,

Dont fancy taking on a 42 year old and his daughter lol......

Of course ! but I think the commute might be a bit much ... !

Yes, he is a brilliant teacher! Worth every penny of that for his time.