8 Recession Proof Business Strategies

By Lezlee Bishop, NCTM | American Music Teacher, December/January 2009/2010
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:46:35 -0800

If you have concerns about the recent ups and downs in the economy and how you and your music students are being affected, you are not alone. With foreclosures of family homes, job losses and shrinking budgets, there is reason for concern that music lessons may be the first casualty in family cost cutting. However, this is not a time for panic, but a time for action by music educators to re-evaluate themselves and how they market their studio programs to better fit today's society. It is a time for flexibility and adaptability as teachers make a solid plan to survive and thrive in difficult financial times.