“My expertise lies in the realm of pop/rock and jazz, as well as acquiring the tools necessary to thrive as a modern musician, whether it be from your apartment or in the professional world. ”
- Andrew
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To me, teaching is all about making everyone feel as comfortable as possible in a learning environment. My expertise lies in the realm of pop/rock and jazz, as well as acquiring the tools necessary to thrive as a modern musician, whether it be from your apartment or in the professional world. I want to push students in areas they feel most comfortable exploring and give them exercises and material they will connect with so as to make learning the guitar fun. You're just starting out and want to learn basic chords? No problem. You've been playing for years and want to get into more complex stuff? Bring it on. You want to get into music theory and learn how to improvise over jazz standards? That's why I'm here. I'll only ever push as far as the student tells me they're comfortable being pushed, so as long as we clear that up at the start and communicate openly about expectations, we should have a lot of fun together.
Name: Andrew (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 24
Gender: male
I have a Bachelor's Degree from Bishop's University, which includes a concentration in pop/rock and jazz guitar performance and theory. During my educational tenure, I also studied classical voice and drums, and was also involved with the Bishop's University Singers, the school's choir which includes students as well as community members. I took vocal lessons from the ages of 13 to 16. My teacher was a classically trained singer and pianist who had years of conservatory teaching experience before branching off to teach from her private studio.
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Rates and Studio Policies
Registration Fee: $25.00 (One-time lifetime registration fee may be used by all family members)
Rates for instruction:
30 minute private lesson: $39.00
45 minute private lesson: $49.00
60 minute private lesson: $59.00
Travel charge: additional $15.00 per visit (for lessons in a client's home as opposed to my studio)
1. Cancellation Policy
Lessons not cancelled or rescheduled with at least 24 hours notice are billable to the client and payable to the teacher. This does not of course apply to travel fees unless the notice is effectively given at the door and the teacher has travelled to the location.
2. Cessation (quitting) Policy
A client must provide a 2 lesson notice period to stop lessons. So a weekly student needs to give 2 weeks of notice, a biweekly student works out to 3 weeks notice and a twice weekly student works out to a week of notice.
3. Illness Policy
Lessons cancelled due to illness or extraordinary circumstances with less than 24 hours notice remain billable to the client and payable to the teacher.
BAH teachers are encouraged to offer a make-up lesson at a future date in the interest of client relations and general goodwill. This only makes sense as teaching a student with the flu for example, will ruin the rest of your week's employment.
No more than 2 lessons may be made up due to illness within a 60 day period.
4. Rescheduling Policy
Any lesson can be cancelled or rescheduled with at least 24 hours notice.
Summer Vacation and Extended Absence Policy
Clients may schedule longer absences for trips etc. 24 hours notice is required.
It is normal and typical for students and about 20% of our teachers to schedule a break in the summer. We do not enforce a notice period (see cessation of lessons) at the end of a long summer break.
5. Evaluation Period
There are no free trial lessons with Beethoven at Home but we do offer a 2 lesson evaluation period where it is easy to try out a teacher. There are no free lessons during the evaluation period and clients may choose to discontinue the lessons at any time by providing the required 24 hours notice. After the student's 3rd lesson the required 2 lesson notice period will apply (see cessation of lessons above).
Lessons in your home
Andrew is available to teach in your home if you are located in the following areas
Online lessons
Andrew can provide online instruction. While other platforms are possible BAH strongly recommends the use of the Zoom video conferencing platform as it is optimized for music lessons and audio quality.