About Jack-James
Jack-James offers online and in-home lessons in classical guitar, electric bass, electric guitar, piano, and ukulele, along with ear training, music theory, and RCM preparation. With a Bachelor of Music from Humber College and a background in various musical genres, Jack-James' extensive performance experience enriches his teaching approach, ensuring students receive a comprehensive musical education. Book an interview now.
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Joyous sounds are all around us. Musical lessons help us see the beauty in everyday experience and better understand what is around us. I believe the best lessons come from taking the sounds we enjoy and finding out what makes it great. Anything can be an instrument and anyone can play!
Name: Jack-James (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 30's
Gender: male
I have attended the following schools earning the following degrees: CEGEP Vanier-DEP in Professional Music and Songwriting Techniques Humber College-Bachelor of Music
A jack-of-all-trades! I have performed in country acts to Bollywood wedding groups to musical theater. I have a firm grasp of many musical styles. I started my musical education in the classical stream, with bass as my primary instrument, and completed my Bachelor of Music in Jazz/Pop. I am a life-long learner and play multiple instruments which help me fulling comprehend what is going in any given piece of music.
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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
Jack-James is available to teach in your home if you are located in the following areas
Online lessons
Jack-James 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.