Bennett - BAH Teacher #4705

Name: Bennett (Full name will be provided upon registration)

Age: 21

Gender: male

I completed my level 10 piano exam at the Royal Conservatory of Music with first class honors in 2020, and my RCM harmony exam in 2021 with a 97%. Since then I continued my music education at the University of Toronto, where I am pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree in piano and composition and intend on graduating in 2025. I've studied applied piano with Lynda Metelsky, Younggun Kim, and Larysa Kuzmenko, and composition with Gary Kulesha, Abigail Richardson-Schulte, and James Rolfe. I also sung in my university's flagship choir-- the MacMillan singers. Aside from piano, I am very enthusiastic about music theory (harmony) and counterpoint. I am knowledgeable about traditional analysis, but also more niche topics such as serialism and 20th century harmony. You can find more about me at my website bennettluo.com.

Aside from playing piano, I am also a composer. I am soon to be a graduate of the composition program at the University of Toronto. Looking at music from a compositional perspective really helps one appreciate the music more, and understand how to interpret it. I am also able to create lead sheets and arrangements, which I have done for my students in the past (for free). Sometimes for a new student, classical music can get overwhelming so I offer to arrange for them a piece they like, for example a video game soundtrack or pop song, tailored to their skill level.

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).