The Changing Face of Private Lessons

I get calls from time to time from parents who are looking for private teachers for their children. I have a number of local musicians whom I recommend, but there's a growing trend around the country of taking lessons online via Skype video chat. As someone who completed his doctorate via distance learning (commuting virtually from my upstairs office here in Lake County all the way to Boston University), I'm intrigued about the possibility. Here's an article in the New York Times about one-on-one video lessons. Just imagine studying kora with a Malian griot or janggu with a Korean drummer from your own living room!