About Matthew
Matthew offers piano, singer-songwriter, and voice lessons to students aged 8 and up in Belleville. With a teaching style that combines classical and jazz approaches, he tailors lessons to each student's interests. Matthew holds an RCM Grade 10 and has extensive experience in both classical and pop vocals. Lessons are available online, at his studio, or in your home. Matthew is fluent in both English and French.
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I take a mixed approach to teaching. I have a background in both a classical and "Jazz" approach to music (i.e. manipulating musical structures, arranging, improvising, jamming in bands, composing, by ear, etc.) I am happy to meet the student where they are at passion and interest wise and grow from there. Not everyone is interested in exactly the same thing musically, and we can use whatever setting is motivating to grow your musical skills. I like a progressive approach with an emphasis on the correct experiences to build the skills and understanding to eventually enable the student to independently do whatever musical endeavor they want with their skills. I use a mixture of educational materials, including many which I write/record myself, and popular pieces that the student is personally interested in.
Name: Matthew (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 40's
Gender: male
I've been playing piano since age 5 (now 39) and singing in choirs. I have done my grade 10 RCM, have worked with University level piano teachers and courses, studied Jazz piano with University teachers for several years. Much experience performing vocals in a classical and pop setting. I was in many Operas at the National Art Center, and performed in bands at large Music Festivals.
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
Matthew is available to teach in your home if you are located in the following areas
Online lessons
Matthew 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.
Matthew's Studio Location
Matthew 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.