About Joy
Joy offers ukulele and voice lessons from age 6 to adults, including music theory and solfege. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education at the University of Alberta. Joy teaches in English and Italian, with lessons available online and in her Edmonton studio. Joy is passionate about using music to foster connections and discuss mental health. Book an interview to learn more about her engaging teaching style.
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Music has the power to heal, connect, and provide people a place to feel their emotions again. I fully believe in the quote, "Music is a universal language" because of it's ability to allow people to engage with themselves, as well as with each other. I chose to become a music teacher because of the joy and motivation that singing brings to me on any given day. I've experienced the laughter and connections made in a choir; and the memories that a song or tune can hold within your heart. As a private music teacher, I want to allow my students to learn what music means to them, and how it shapes their everyday lives; and to see what effects their sharing of music will have in any person's life. My ultimate goal is to become a high school music teacher, and to use music to get people to talk about mental health. I hope that showing support through music will mean that more people will talk about mental health and change the language around how we talk about it. I am so full of gratitude and recognize the privilege of sharing my music with the world.
Name: Joy (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 22
Gender: female
I have been taking singing lessons since the age of six and have grown to love the effect that music has in our lives and in our emotions. I wanted to pursue this passion of music into a career and am currently working towards my Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education degree at the University of Alberta. I have been exposed to numerous genres of singing, and particularly enjoyed learning classical vocal training, musical theatre/pop, as well as some tips on singing for country music.
Choral Music Award Outstanding Contribution to Music Award The Vienna Opera Ball Society Scholarship
English
Italian
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
Joy 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.
Joy's Studio Location
Joy offers lessons from her studio. Please note that map locations are based on the postal code of the teachers studio. address will be released to you if needed.