About Maddy
Maddy, with an honors BMus in Music Theory and Composition from New York University, offers a diverse range of lessons including classical guitar, electric guitar, piano, singer-songwriter, ukulele, composition, and more. With a background in film scoring and educational theatre, Maddy brings a unique perspective to teaching. Her teaching philosophy focuses on collaboration, tailoring lessons to fit each student's interests and needs. Fluent in English, Maddy's extensive musical education and experience in composing for theatre and film ensure a dynamic and enriching learning experience. Book an interview now!
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I believe my job as a teacher is to collaborate with a student to overcome a challenge. Do you want to write a symphony? Great! Do you want to learn how to play barre chords? Let's do it! I'm on your side. With every lesson, I aim to meet students where they are. By tailoring lessons to fit their backgrounds, interests, and needs, together we create an environment that emphasizes progress over perfection. Every student brings something new to the table and I strive to use their individual strengths to build new skills in a way that is engaging, challenging, and supportive. We're here to make music, after all. What's better than that?
Name: Maddy (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 25
Gender: female
I have an honors BMus in Music Theory and Composition from New York University which consists of a concentration in Film Scoring and a minor in Educational Theatre. I am completing my MA in Educational Theatre at NYU as well. I've had the pleasure of studying composition as well as instrumental performance with some of New York City's established composers and songwriters (Julia Wolfe, Phil Galdston, Joseph Church, Justin Dello Joio) as well as teachers from all over the world (Antonio Figura, Beata Hlavenkova, Cyrille Oswald) Here, I developed a diverse musical background, and I learned how to tailor my teaching style to a range of students.
New York University - Honors Scholar (cum laude) New York University - Founders Day Award
Over the last 5 years, I've worked as a composer for theatre and film, meaning I get to write a wide range of styles and genres-- everything from traditional musical theatre orchestral to toy box percussion to whale noises (really!)-- and I have an extensive knowledge of music software (Logic Pro, Pro-Tools, Finale, Sibelius), studio recording sessions and the technical side of working in music. I'm excited to get the chance to share all of this with you!
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
Maddy 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.