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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can not figure out why this would be a problem.  What potential problems are you imagining?[/quote]

It suggests the teacher is not in demand, and having an unrelated job can detract from teacher. Especially if the day job is 9-5. That means most of their time is not spent on music.[/quote]

WHAT?  Teaching children is done after they get home from after school programs, given most parents both work.  So then it works, or it's done on the weekends. 
IF you actually want a lesson at 3:30pm after your child walks home from school because you (or the nanny) are home, then just ask if a 3:30pm on Tuesdays works.

But NOBODY makes enough money teaching children's music from 3  to 7pm.  And they CANNOT offer lessons while kids are in elementary., middle or high school, which is 8 to 3pm.

You are just buying trouble, OP! But whatever, move on and find someone else who sits around all day doing nothing until 3:30pm when they can teach your child.  They'll quit and go back to a full time job in a year, though, because they don't make any money.  OR they'll charge you $2,000 per 30 minute lesson.  That's what I'd do!

AND IF you found an instructor who played in an orchestra or band or whatever, then you'd be pissed that they would cancel lessons when they need to travel to other states/countries to play in said orchestra, band, ensemble.  AND playing an instrument beautifully and teaching another how to play that instrument are TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.  Not everyone teaches well - you need to find someone who teaches well. [/quote]

I don't think the issue is with the working during the day. The question is whether it matters if those daytime working hours are in or out of the field of music. Would you want a teacher who taught orchestra or played in an ensemble to also teach, or would you want a pharmacist tech who moonlights on the side as a cello teacher?[/quote]

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