Video internet lessons with Steve a huge success - more to come in October 2007!

Steve is delighted to report the first series of internet lessons given during the first 12 days of July to be very successful. Fortunately no serious technical problems were encountered and the sound quality achieved by all 9 participants ranged from good to excellent. The students ranging in age from 13 to 40 came from the USA, Japan, Germany and Singapore.

Steve says, "I am sure there is a big future for this kind of teaching. To be able to see as well as hear all the students was such an aid for my teaching. Posture, mouthpiece position, breathing, hand position, all these and more can only be assessed in conjunction with other musical elements when you can see the student. To be able to interact and demonstrate to the students myself was an exciting educational experience. I have had excellent feedback from all the students and so I will be doing a second series of internet lessons in October with the exact dates coming soon."

Details as follows:

  1. lessons with be given via 'Windows Live Messenger' video call
  2. lessons will be of one hour duration, and students can book one or two hours during this period. (subsequent appointments will be offered should the trial period in July be successful). Internet connection to be made 5 minutes before the start of each lesson.
  3. all students should have access to broadband internet connection and should have a computer with camera , microphone and speakers of good quality (headphones can be used but quality speakers preferred)
  4. applications can be made immediately by emailing stevemead@compuserve.com
  5. prior to lessons beginning, repertoire to be played by the students to be faxed, or emailed to Steve
  6. the content of the lesson(s) can be requested my the students, ie
  7. cost of one hour lesson: £70 (approx 105 euro, or 136 USD) Payment to be made in advance , by 11th June, payable by paypal or credit card.
  8. following the lesson an email summary report sheet will be sent to you by Steve
  9. lessons for this period will be 1:1 although other people will be allowed to watch ! Group/ensemble tuition will be available at a later date, following this trial period
  10. lessons may be recorded but strictly for personal use and no duplication or broadcasting (including youtube) to be allowed.
  11. all students to sign an agreement form once acceptance onto the internet course has been agreed.

Interested? email stevemead@compuserve.com now