[Trombone-l] Fw: **********Music Teacher**********

[Monique Buzzarté]

I had one of these, too - but for a trombone student!

>Dear Monique,
>
>I am pleased to contact you,My name is Peter 
>Lars, from Belgium.I saw your Biography as 
>Trombone Teacher (trombonist), hence, my purpose 
>of contacting you.
>
>I just mail to confirm if my 14yrs old son 
>(Paul) can join you in your tutor so that you 
>can help me teach him how to play the Trombone . 
>I so much would love his dreams to come true as 
>a very good player and I am ready to support him 
>both morally and financially.
>
>I will want you to give me the price of the 
>tutor for 6 months as I will want the tutor to 
>hold 3 times in a week and last for 1 hour 
>daily. Note that my son once had a tutor in 
>January who lost his wife in a car accident and 
>decided to stop teaching inorder to take proper 
>care of his family.
>
>Additionally, please give me your address or the 
>address of where you normally teach your 
>students, so that I can have idea of where the 
>lessons will be taking place, as we are 
>presently out of US, but arrangement have been 
>concluded for Paul to come to US.
>
>Awaiting your swift response
>
>Best Regards
>
>Peter


>Dear Monique
>
>Thank you for your prompt response and your 
>readiness to tutor Paul, my son.Paul has 
>elementary education and speaks good english, he 
>is a fresher(a beginner), just enrolled for two 
>weeks with the other teacher, I mentioned this 
>in my first email., so he is a fresher.At the 
>moment I want him to learn how to play for 6 
>months, thereafter we shall know what next line 
>of action would be, but definately he is going 
>to go further.Paul is ready when you are and I 
>am equally ready to give all my support.I spoke 
>with a teacher in Brugge School of Music and she 
>would suggest twice a week lesson for a begginer 
>like paul, so I want us to settle for this.
>
>I want to believe this is the address where the 
>tutor shall be taking place, as I have already 
>told Paul about this and he is ready to start, I 
>have equally sent it to my Cousin Steve, that 
>stays in your location and he said to me that it 
>is ok, he shall be driving paul to the lesson 
>and will be picking him up after each class; he 
>is presently out of state to Australia and he 
>should be back any moment from now and will come 
>together with Paul for the first lesson.I am 
>impressed by your description of yourself as a 
>teacher and would be glad if you tutor my 
>son.Yes,i want to believe you are the type of 
>teacher for him at this level.You will not only 
>teach him how to play but will also be his role 
>model, I hope you understand what I mean, as in 
>helping to determine what type of music he will 
>be best at based on your experience.
>
>As for the price, please let me know how much 
>you charge per hour and send to me the total 
>amount for six months (twice a week), name to 
>write on your check, the address to send it to 
>and your phone numbers.I guess a US bank 
>certified check is alright.Paul will be ready to 
>live the moment am able to conclude this 
>arrangement with you, that is finding a good 
>teacher for him.
>
>Like I said, I am presently living in Belgium 
>due to work, I travel a lot and would like to 
>conclude the whole arrangement before Paul would 
>come down,only Paul would be coming down and 
>will stay with my Cousin.It is good for me to 
>send the payment to you from here, as soon as I 
>have the details from you I will do just that 
>and Paul will commence with the lesson 
>immediately.You can reach me on 0032487780540 
>should you have any question(s).
>
>Looking forward to receiving your response.
>
>Best Regards
>
>Peter


This went back and forth for quite some time, until I asked to hear his
son play before I accepted him into my studio.   And then it stopped.
(I didn't realize it was a scam, just said I didn't feel comfortable accepting
payment in advance.)

Monique
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Monique Buzzarté
monique at buzzarte.org
http://www.buzzarte.org