“Marcus, with a Master of Music from the University of Montreal and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto. He empowers students to explore music appreciation, theory, history, and practical skills such as dictation and ear training. Whether teaching online or in the comfort of your home, Marcus provides personalized instruction that inspires students to develop their musical abilities and appreciation. Book an interview with Marcus today.”
- Marcus
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I believe in making the learning process fun, creative, interactive, and imaginative. Students possess different backgrounds, life experiences, sensibilities, temperaments, and affinities for different types of music. Getting to know these personal aspects helps me the teacher find common ground to express ideas about learning music. Learning about a student's own personality, interests, and goals helps me tailor the lesson content and guide the communication process. Learning music is a team effort between teacher and student. This is most rewarding when shared ideas, problems, points of view, positive action, and music appreciation enrich the communicative experience.
Name: Marcus (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 50's
Gender: Male
University of Montreal - Master of Music University of Toronto - Bachelor of Music
English
French
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
Marcus is available to teach in your home if you are located in the following areas
Online lessons
Marcus 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.