About Luis
Luis, with over 15 years of teaching experience, has honed his skills in cello performance, music theory, and orchestral training. Holding a B.A. in Cello Performance from São Paulo University and currently pursuing a doctoral degree at McGill University. He received the prestigious Olivier Toni Award for prominence in musical artistry during his undergraduate studies. Luis offers lessons in cello, electric guitar, guitar, and ukulele, along with advanced topics like counterpoint, harmony, and jazz improvisation. Fluent in English and Portuguese, he provides in-home, in-studio, and online lessons, ensuring flexibility and convenience for his students. Book an interview now!
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Throughout my 15+ years of teaching experience, I've developed an enormous passion to help students in their musical journey, regardless of level and age. Due to that, I founded two educational projects, Musical Gym and Cello em Pauta. The first is dedicated to practice organization, as a reflection of my personal musical journey and research throughout the years. The second is a combination of discussion regarding the craft of music making! I have extensive experience with the cello's standard repertoire, such as concertos, methods, etudes, pieces and orchestral excerpts. One of my specialties is practice organization. I understand that sometimes students don't have a lot of time to practice, so I believe that it is very important to create an effective routine that also keeps us motivated! I have a large orchestral experience, most recently as a core member of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, so if you are looking to start your orchestral career or if you are getting ready for your next audition, I have the tools that you need!
Name: Luis (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 27
Gender: male
I have a B.A. in Cello Performance from São Paulo University, the top university in Latin America. During this degree, I received the Olivier Toni Award for prominence in musical artistry. I moved to Canada to pursue my Master's degree at the University of Manitoba, where I also taught as a teaching assistant. I'm currently (and proudly!) an doctoral researcher at McGill University.
English
Portugese
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
Luis is available to teach in your home if you are located in the following areas
Online lessons
Luis 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.
Luis' Studio Location
Luis offers lessons from his studio. Please note that map locations are based on the postal code of the teachers studio. address will be released to you if needed.