Felicia - BAH Teacher #2229

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

Age: 30's

Gender: female

My journey has been a long and varied one! I studied voice privately under the RCM from childhood to the end of high school. After that, I graduated from York University with a BFA in classical vocal performance. From there I studied as an opera singer and teacher under many amazing singers across Canada, the states and Europe. I've sung as a backing singer for rock bands, was the front woman to an indie rock band, I've sung opera with the RCM, Toronto City Opera, Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. I studied under Canadas foremost Butterfly - Maria Pellegrini - in Ottawa. After that, I travelled to Germany and Italy and studied under wonderful musicians (Nadine Secunde, Dr. Siebald). I came back to Canada and continued my studies in theatre, acting, improv and voiceover. I've been working on contemporary and musical theatre vocal techniques these past five years. I adore learning and am constantly updating my teaching education - most recently having completed the Vocal Pedagogy "Un-Degree" with Dr. Shannon Coates. Experience-wise - I have have been teaching voice since 2008 - first in Brampton, then Toronto, Germany, Ottawa, Hamilton, and finally online!

Best Female Voiceover (International) One Voice Awards - 2020 Orpheus Award, outstanding achievement in adjudicated vocal performance, York University 2011 Third Place ORMTA, Selected to represent Toronto in the Ontario Music Teachers Association Competition 2011 First Place, Concerto Competition, Winner and Soloist of the York University Concerto Competition 2011 Cormac Robbin Memorial Award, Newmarket Festival 2010

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).