About Danielle
Danielle teaches drumset, guitar, piano, recorder, ukulele, and voice, with lessons available online and in students’ homes in Maple Ridge and Port Coquitlam. With ARCT-level piano training, a certificate in Basic Musicianship, and studies toward a Bachelor of Arts in Music, she brings deep expertise. Danielle incorporates ear training and theory into a fun, well-rounded approach.
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Music is not only my passion, it is my obsession. It is something that is very technical, but should also be a lot of fun. I believe that one should have fun, no matter their age, when learning music. It is my primary goal, to make sure that happens. If there is fun, then learning will always come easier. Music is a discpline that is good for everyone to learn as it exercises the entire brain at the same time. This is why I believe that it is never too late to learn music. When I teach music, I try to be well rounded about it. I teach ear training, theory and sight reading all at the same time. I believe it's vital to learn to play by ear, as well as to learn all of the notes in the musical alphabet and where they live on the music staff.
Name: Danielle (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 50's
Gender: female
I have attended Douglas College and received a one year certificate in Basic Musicianship. I have also completed 2 years of my B. Music from Douglas College. I am currently in the process of completing my final course for my B. Arts with a major in music. I have studied piano since I was 6 years old, completing many grades of RCM. While at Douglas College, I was a piano major, playing at the ARCT level. As I was studying for my B. Arts, I was a voice major and studied in Italian, French, Latin, German and Portuguese. For almost 5 years, I owned and operated my own music school in the Kootenays of BC, where I taught, piano, drums, voice and guitar, as well as directed a children's choir that performed frequently in the community. I have also volunteered my time as a musician in my local church and community.
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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
Danielle is available to teach in your home if you are located in the following areas
Online lessons
Danielle 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.