About Matthew
Matthew is an experienced piano teacher offering lessons both online and in-person at his studio or your home in the Hamilton area. With an ARCT performance degree from the Royal Conservatory of Music and over 12 years of teaching experience, Matthew specializes in classical and pop music. He also provides instruction in music theory and RCM Basic Rudiments. Lessons are available to students aged 6 and up.
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I believe teaching music is a vital skill that will benefit a person's education. It is important that my students are interested in the content they are learning and I hope to inspire them to be curious and explore the infinite possibilities music can offer. Whatever you put into practicing is what you will get out and I hope to mentor my students with that mentality.
Name: Matthew (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 28
Gender: male
I started studying piano when I was 4 and have an ARCT performance degree from the Royal Conservatory of Music. I have taught piano for 12 years in my home teaching students of various ages in classical and pop music.
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).
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.