iainmcl

Thanks again for the input and suggestions.
They both had their lessons today, and managed to surprise me. Even though both of them hadn't done much practice over the Easter holiday weekend, they both managed to show some definite improvement. Maybe they heard me thinking.

I did sit them both down and ask them: what they wanted out of the year, their degree, and what they wanted to do with themselves post-graduation. Both answered that they wanted to do more playing, possibly teach, and possibly do studio work (not much call for that here in New Zealand). In a nut-shell I simply told them that if that was true, then they needed to "Get in the shed" and get stuck into some serious practice. I include myself in this statment as well, as I also have found myself growing a little lazy.

But, I have taken some of the comments offer to me onboard and will endeavour to mold my 2 students into a couple of workable Trumpet players over the next year or so.
Funnily enough, I'll be a full-time student also next year and one of them already wants to continue lessons with me...even though I would no longer be faculty. [I'm subbing for a friend on leave, you see].
Maybe I am doing something right afterall.
Time will tell I s'pose.

Cheers >-iii-