Galen - BAH Teacher #3816

About Galen
Galen is offering online lessons in piano, recorder, singer-songwriter, ukulele, violin, voice, ear training, harmony, jazz improvisation, music appreciation, music history, music theory (beginner-intermediate), RCM, RCM - Basic Rudiments, solfege, and Suzuki method. With a Bachelor of Music degree from Humber College, where he majored in vocal performance and minored in music technology. His teaching philosophy emphasizes creating a supportive and encouraging environment where students can overcome their fears and develop confidence in their musical abilities. Book an interview with Galen now.


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My teaching philosophy is that any person can learn to play music. Anyone, regardless of age, experience or skill level can learn to become a singer and musician. I can teach you how to stop fearing your voice and become comfortable and confident with the sounds you creat and the emotions you conjure while singing, and create a personalized lesson plan to help you get there.

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

Age: 30's

Gender: male

I have attended the following school earning the degree of Bachelor of Music: Humber College. I have an honours Bachelor of Music, studying vocal performance, and minoring in music technology. I studied with various vocal educators while there, where they taught both on the Humber Music faculty as well as York and UofT's Music programs. While there I gained performance skills in many environments, and performed in many ensembles including Vocal Jazz Choir, as well as R&B Ensembles performing pop and R&B classics. I also was trained in RCM for Violin, and am comfortable teaching at a beginner's level for violin.

I have the following vocal trainings: - Vocal Music Degree from Humber College - 1 year Certificate of Vocal Jazz Performance from Humber College - BAST Teaching Training Certificate - John Henny's New Science of Singing Vocal Training Certificate

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

Galen 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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