How much are private voice lessons usually?

[Microcell]

I am in the midwest and I know the prices vary all over, but I would like a ballpark of what to pay for my 9th grade daughter to be given private lessons by a former high school Choral Director?

Thanks ahead for any feedback!

 

[ckay87]

We pay $20 lesson. Also pay that for guitar lessons (different instructor).

 

[Microcell]

Oh please tell me you are in Missouri??? LOL I paid $40 for violin (1 hour) and was told to expect to pay more for voice. I like that amount though!

 

[ckay87]

Oh please tell me you are in Missouri??? LOL I paid $40 for violin (1 hour) and was told to expect to pay more for voice. I like that amount though!

Ah, I forgot to mention....half hour lessons!

 

[Microcell]

Oh man! I was so excited! Hopefully 30 min lessons are what they want for her then.

 

[mjkacmom]

I pay $75 per hour for dd16's voice lessons (last coach was only $65). Private music lessons here average $30 per half hour, but this woman is amazing. Dd is trained in many different vocal genre's and languages.

ETA, this is what the HS choir director charges, as well.

 

[gregokdisney]

We pay $50 for a month's lessons of one half hour per week, with no extra charge if the month has 5 Wednesdays. We take piano lessons from the same lady and get the same deal with a small discount, so our total is $96 per month. From what I hear, that is actually pretty cheap. We live in Southern Illinois.

 

[DeaverTex]

I'm paying $30 per half hour voice lesson in Austin. It's a small, fairly new place that also offers guitar, keyboards, and production. I think I'm my instructor's biggest headache because I can NOT stop pushing with my throat, regardless of what he has me do!

 

[VickiVM]

We pay $18/30 min for my daughter's lessons from a voice teacher recommended by her school. Lessons are once a week during class. This works out great because the teacher helps with music the class is working on and prepped her for Regionals and Solo/Ensemble. She made Regional and got a 1 on her solo ("Danny Boy").

We have a good friend @ church who also does voice lessons and she charges $15/30 minutes.

This in San Antonio.

 

[Microcell]

Congratulations to your daughter! My daughter didn't do a solo but her ensemble got a I so they are going to State!

Her teachers said she is "gifted" and a voice coach would enhance her. I think that is code for "You will pay through the nose"!

 

[VickiVM]

Congratulations to your daughter! My daughter didn't do a solo but her ensemble got a I so they are going to State!

Her teachers said she is "gifted" and a voice coach would enhance her. I think that is code for "You will pay through the nose"!

My daughter has been in school choir since 5th grade. For her, it's not a fine arts credit, but something she wants to pursue in college...she's mentioned music composition, maybe. So we've always been very supportive of her endeavors.

I thought the same thing you did when we went to the first choir parents meeting at the beginning of this school year (she's also a Freshman) when they were HIGHLY recommending the students take private lessons. We have a Freshman in college who played viola in the school strings program since 5th grade and he is also studying music right now and we came late to private lessons for him...Senior year. We thought we better pony up to enhance his preparation for the College of Music auditions. It was $60/hour every week...yikes. Well, it did payoff, fortunately.

So the $18/30 min. is much more affordable and since she may use her voice talents to get a college education, I feel compelled to support that.

Cheaper than dance - which is what my other daughter did for 2 years...Now THAT is expensive!!

 

[Luv Bunnies]

My DS's voice teacher charges $30/half hour and $50 for an hour. DS takes an hour long lesson every other week. His teacher is a professional singer. She used to sing on cruise ships and now teaches and does community theater while raising her family.

 

[goofy4tink]

We ran the gamut with voice teachers. The first one, back when dd was about 12 (and she only took her that young because she knew her from school) and she was about $20 for 45 mins. She didn't really teach dd much other than proper posture and breathing. Otherwise, dd could have damaged her vocal chords.
Then, once she got 8th grade, she moved to real voice lessons. Those were more like $35 for 45 mins. But the lesson routinely ran longer.
Dd then felt she had been taught all she was going to be taught there (although she loved this woman to death!!) and she moved on to a 'professional'...and man, that woman never let you forget it. She had sung in operas in NYC. Okay....that's nice. She charged $55 an hour for the first year, then her dh became unemployed and her rates went up to $60 an hour!! Now, this woman was about 25 mins away, and the gas was not cheap. And, dd didn't feel that she was getting much out of it.
So, she moved to a new person here in town, that charged about $40 an hour...and worked with dd when she needed something special for school or an audition. She worked with her when it came to auditioning for colleges. The previous coach couldn't have cared less. Dd still tries to get a lesson in when she comes home for long periods now.

I'm sure it's regional, and that here in NE it's probably more expensive than in the mid-west....simply due to the snobbiness that seems to abound here. I would try to find what coaches are charging in your area...go from there.

 

[Microcell]

Well, this gives me a good starting point at least, and my daughter does want to do this for a career, so I know I need to pay what I need to pay. I just didn't want to fall out of my chair if they said something like $80 an hour or something!

 

[Tink_Or_Belle]

I pay this (from her studios website)

There are 12 private lessons scheduled each quarter for a single payment of:
Voice $306, Guitar/Piano $276

Payment is by automatic withdrawal on the 25th of the month prior to the start of a new quarter.

she takes lessons in Omaha Ne