Music teachers fear for income as energy bills soar

Music is vulnerable, teachers fear, as the cost-of-living crisis worsens, leaving schools and parents with difficult decisions about what must go so that spiralling energy bills can be paid.

Meanwhile, instrumental and vocal teachers running private practices from home are worried about their own bills as reducing energy usage in a home studio proves challenging.

Private singing teacher Abi is ‘very concerned’ about the rising cost of living. Having adjusted her pricing structure to accommodate ‘all incomes and situations’, she’s already experiencing a ‘real tightening’ of her own budget. 

‘I really need to raise my fees across the board,’ she said, ‘but I am too fearful to do this in case students can then not afford lessons and stop altogether.’