I am a music teacher and for me the best way is to send a brochure, then follow it up with a call. If I'm interested, I may ask you for a tape or for the phone number of someone who has seen you play for kids before. If you're not a known local performer, you could offer to do a free performance, and you would invite parents from other schools, other principals, the newspaper, etc., to come to my school performance, and then get me to write a short blurb about how wonderful you were, which you can include in your promo packet. If you want to make a living or at least some money out of this, don't do it for free as a rule- why should I pay you if you played last week for free at my friend's school? If you are performing elsewhere and people know you, the arts council is definitely the way to go. And some schools have a policy to only go with schools on the official arts council list. I'm lucky- I get to invite whomever I want! Right, Sandy and Caroline? *grin* (they were a hit!) Good luck- and let us know how you do!