I just posted this to Peformance Q & A, but figured it would make a better blog entry...

Here recently when I decided that I wanted to move from regular to muscial theatre, I decided I needed a voice teacher. My parents aren't very supportive of my performing (my mom says that I'm wasting my brain), but my drama teacher and the head theater proffesor at a local college have both told me that I had tons of potential (in acting, at least. They haven't heard me sing). I figured that being able to sing would definitely help me with my pursuit of performing. I found a lady who works at my school to teach me who used to sing opera. I was super xcited, but after my first lesson, incredibly dissapointed. We didnt use a piano to help me tune (a severe problem of mine) even though there was one in the next room, and she doesn't sing all that well anymore (she had to have cancerous tumors removed from her throat). I'm good friends with her, and don't want her to be angry at me... Should I stick it out or find a new teacher? And is it wrong to have two teachers at once (this would work better for me, as I wouldn't have to hurt her feelings... She was really excited to teach me)? Any opinions???