Maria - BAH Teacher #3067

“Maria, a passionate music educator with a background in Music Education and Piano, believes in the numerous benefits of playing instruments for both children and adults. With over two decades of teaching experience and proficiency in RCM up to level 9, Maria is dedicated to helping her students grow, progress, and develop confidence in their musical abilities. She offers online piano lessons and follows a structured yet nurturing approach to teaching.”
 - Maria

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I believe that playing and instruments has many benefits for children and for adults. It reduces stress, depression, and anxiety. For young kids it helps in their brain development. Performing in recitals or just in front of family members also develops self-confidence.

Name: Maria (Full name will be provided upon registration)

Age: 40's

Gender: female

I have attended The University of Sto Tomas in the Philippines. I studied Music Education and Majored in Piano and minor in Voice. I was a member of the Coro Tomasino the official choir of UST. We performed in concerts, traveled the Philippines in summer camps.

I have been teaching since 2001, I enjoy seeing my students grow and progress. I can teach RCM up to level 9 and also use James Bastein and Faber Adventures for piano material.

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

Maria 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.

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