Callum - BAH Teacher #2966

“If you want to be a good singer, learning the foundation is what will set you up for success.”
 - Callum

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I teach my students classical singing fundamentals (breathing, matching pitch, support, etc), that sets them up to sing to the best of their abilities in their preferred style! In a typical lesson with me, we'll spend the first half of the lesson working on fundamentals. After that, we'll work on a song of your choice, which will show you how much proper technique can improve your singing! Don't be scared of the fundamentals! Classical singing technique is the foundation to all great singing - ask Mariah Carey, Hugh Jackman, Pavarotti, and I'll they'll all say the same! Classical technique is to singing as ballet is to all forms of dance. If you want to be a good singer, learning the foundation is what will set you up for success.

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

Age: 26

Gender: male

I have a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from McGill University! My teachers include Grammy-award winning singer Brett Polegato, and Tina Chang, principal coach at at UBC and Vancouver Opera I've performed across Canada, the United States, and in the United Kingdom.

English

French

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

Callum is available to teach in your home if you are located in the following areas

Online lessons

Callum 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.

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