About Geoffrey
Geoffrey is a passionate trombone and clarinet teacher who holds a Bachelor of Music from the Schulich School of Music of McGill University. He believes in establishing good technique from the start to avoid bad habits, covering aspects like posture, slide technique, embouchure development, breath control, and more. Geoffrey ensures every lesson is musical, incorporating repertoire suited to the student's level and duets to keep learning enjoyable. He offers lessons online and in students' homes in selected areas.
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As a trombone player/teacher, I believe that a new student must learn good technique as early as possible to avoid bad habits. This covers everything from good posture and slide technique to embouchure development and breath control, tonguing and flexibility. I develop a daily routine with all students used to touch on all of these areas. No student is going to practice mindless exercises for very long, so I feel it important to make music every single time the horn is played. As well as playing repertoire (suited to the level of the student) and duets with me to keep things fun. I want the student to enjoy their lessons, making them want to practice and improve on their own.
Name: Geoffrey (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 30's
Gender: Male
Schulich School of Music of McGill University - Bachelor of Music (Jazz Trombone Performance)
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).
Lessons in your home
Geoffrey is available to teach in your home if you are located in the following areas
Online lessons
Geoffrey 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.