A Career Teaching Music

Have you ever thought about a Career Teaching Music?

In the ever expanding world of music there are many career paths that one can take, but perhaps the least obvious or glamorous route is pursuing a career as a Music Teacher. Most musicians, artists or producers dream of a successful career as a self-selling artist and don’t spare much thought on how else they could use these skills. If you take a moment to consider everything that music involves, the range of potential topics you could teach is immense, from music theory and performance, to technology, business and everything in between. Having experience in any these fields is highly valuable and should be passed on.

A career teaching music is definitely worth considering once you reach a certain point of knowledge and experience and feel you would enjoy sharing this with others. The best way to learn is through experiencing a passionate, knowledgeable teacher sharing their skills and experiences with you. There is no formal qualification to represent experience and all the hours that are put in behind the scenes to prepare yourself to teach. This can only be truly shown through the teaching itself. Having passion for your craft with experience to back it up sets you up nicely for a career teaching music. The final stage would be to study on a course to learn about teaching theory and practice and gain a formal qualification to back it up.

You may be confident enough to stand up to explain and demonstrate a certain technique to a class but actually getting your students to understand what you are teaching is something completely different.

Teaching involves planning and preparation. Teaching involves catering for all learners needs. Teaching involves applying different teaching styles to reach maximum learning potential.

These are just the basics of what it takes to be a music teacher, as learning is a lifelong process but having a music teacher career is definitely reachable for those with a passion for music and a desire to help others enjoy it’s benefits.

We offer a Music Leader Training Programme here at Community Music that covers all the points stated above and gives you real life opportunities to practice what you’ve been taught. This course is specifically tailored for musicians so you’ll be with other like minded people on a similar journey to you. The course can be done over 5 intensive weekends or one evening a week for 24 weeks and you gain a Level 3 City & Guilds qualification in Education and Training (EAT) - formerly PTLLLS (Preparing to Teach in the Life Long Learning Sector). The course costs £597 and can be paid in instalments.

For more information, visit our course page http://www.cmsounds.com/courses/music-leader-training-programme-ptlls

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