About Annika
Annika is an experienced piano teacher with 9 years of teaching under her belt, offering lessons to students as young as 3 up to adults. She holds RCM 10 certifications in Harmony & Counterpoint, History, and Practical Piano, and has pursued studies in Jazz and Contemporary Popular Music. Annika provides lessons in piano, ear training, and music theory, both online and in-person at her studio in Edmonton or in students' homes. She has a deep passion for helping students achieve their musical goals in a variety of genres.
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Hi. I'm Annika ! I am a young yet experienced pianist who has had a passion for music since I was 5 years old. I have accompanied the Welsh church men's choir, Kokopelli's Tamariki's children's choir and have since performed with numerous budding artists and bands. I have been teaching piano for 9 years and am ecstatic about becoming apart of Beethoven At Home's team. As a teacher, I enjoy helping students reach their goals in whichever genre they may choose. I believe it is my job as a teacher to provide engaging lessons tailored for each student fostering growth and a love of music. Current Projects: I am managing a couple of artists right now helping them create industry connections, improve their songs, find gigs, obtain studio time and marketing them so they may make music their full-time job. Fun Facts: In grade 9 I had completed the grade 10 RCM Harmony & Counterpoint, History and Practical (playing)exams. Shortly after I began teaching piano to share my love with others and help them discover their own interest in music. Besides piano, I have been a swim coach for 5 years and taught English abroad in South Korea for a year. Travelling is a passion of mine and believe it or not I have been to 10 countries so far!
Name: Annika (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 24
Gender: female
Studies - 2018 - 2020, Studies in the Bachelor of Music in Jazz and Contemporary Popular Music Other Education - RCM 10 Practical, History and Harmony & Counterpoint Certification - Private lessons with classical pianist Glenda Murphy - Private lessons with jazz pianist Andrew Glover - Private lessons with jazz, funk, pop, latin, and musical theatre pianist Chris Andrew Performance Experience - 2011-2015, Singer in Alberta Children’s Choir - 2011 - 2014, Piano performances in the Kiwanis Festival - 2011 - 2015, Singer in the Kokopelli Association Work Experience - 2015 - Present, Private Teaching Piano, Beginner Ukulele, Beginner Singing and Beginner to Intermediate Theory - 2019-2021, Crescendo Music Studios Teaching Piano Related Work Experience - 2017, Accompanying the Kokopelli Association’s Tamariki Choir - 2016, Accompanying St.David’s Welsh Male Voice Choir Other Experience - 2011 - 2016, Volunteer, Glenrose Hospital, playing piano for patients - 2008 - 2015, Volunteer, Various Senior Centers, playing piano for residents
Awards: - CFRN CTV Television Inc. Bursary - FFAC Entrance Award
RCM 10 Certification in Harmony & Counterpoint, History and Practical
English
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
Annika is available to teach in your home if you are located in the following areas
Online lessons
Annika 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.
Annika's Studio Location
Annika offers lessons from her studio. Please note that map locations are based on the postal code of the teachers studio. address will be released to you if needed.