How to become a music teacher

Official title: Other music teachers

Also called: Guitar teacher (private tuition), Piano teacher (private tuition), Singing teacher (private tuition), Violin teacher (private tuition)

Other music teachers teach students in the practice, theory and performance of music outside the mainstream primary, secondary and higher education systems, but may provide private or small group tuition as an extracurricular activity in association with mainstream educational institutions.

Main tasks

• Assessing the students’ level of ability and determining needs and learning goals
• Planning, preparing and delivering programmes of study, lessons and workshops for individual students and groups
• Preparing and presenting material on the theory and interpretation of music
• Instructing and demonstrating practical aspects of singing or of playing a particular instrument
• Teaching students to read and write musical notation
• Assigning exercises and teaching pieces of music relevant to students’ level of ability, interests and talents
• Assessing students and offering advice, criticism and encouragement
• Revising curricula, course content, course materials and methods of instruction
• Preparing students for examinations, performances and assessments
• Arranging visits and tours to musical performances

Ways in

• University: Education & Teaching degrees, Offered by 14 universities in Hong Kong
• University: Creative Arts & Design degrees, Offered by 21 universities in Hong Kong

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: HK$48,000 a month
• About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

How do I become a music teacher?

Ways in include: Education & Teaching degrees; Creative Arts & Design degrees.

Do you need a degree to become a music teacher?

Usually. 91% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of a music teacher?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026