About Christian
Christian offers lessons in classical guitar, electric bass, electric guitar, and general guitar, catering to students from age 8 to adults. With a strong educational background, including a diploma in music theory and a degree in Digital Audio, Christian is well-equipped to provide personalized instruction tailored to individual student needs. Lessons are available online and at his studio in Calgary. Christian’s teaching philosophy focuses on balancing theory and practical application, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience.
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My philosophy is that no two people are the same. Every student is different and special, from their physiology and psychology to their goals with music and personal tastes etc for example, it wouldn’t make sense to teach heavy metal styles to a blues player. With this in mind, I create my lessons with specificity to the students and what they’re looking to get out of the lessons. Ideally, I aim to balance my lessons with the first half being a theory discussion and the second half being about working on a song and applying what we discussed.
Name: Christian (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 30's
Gender: male
I began learning music and theory as a cellist in string orchestras in grade school, and have since acquired a wealth of experiential knowledge playing in bands of all styles(predominantly rock and metal) I also hold a diploma in music theory from Alison.com Online learning and a degree in Digital Audio from SAIT.
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).
Online lessons
Christian 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.
Christian 's Studio Location
Christian offers lessons from his studio. Please note that map locations are based on the postal code of the teachers studio. address will be released to you if needed.