About Maya
Maya is a versatile music teacher offering composition, piano, and violin lessons to students aged 4 and up. She provides lessons online, in her studio, or at your home in Edmonton. Maya's educational background includes studying piano and composition at MacEwan University, with a strong foundation in classical, jazz, and contemporary genres. She is well-versed in RCM exams and has been on the Dean's List at MacEwan University. Maya strives to create a tailored, inspiring, and creative learning environment for all her students.
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I wholeheartedly believe that music is as individual as the person who plays it. As someone fond of stories, I often compare music to the sound-based equivalent of a book. As such, I always take care to structure lessons in accordance with a student's goals and desires. I strive to foster a creative environment in which a student feels at liberty to improvise. I also often describe playing an instrument to playing a sport. Not only in the sense of needing adequate physical preparation, but also in needing raw practice. Above all, I aim to inspire a love for practice in my students, to allow them to become independent and self-sufficient in their playing. The art of practicing is not only applicable to a student's instrument, but to every aspect of their lives.
Name: Maya (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 20
Gender: female
I've been playing piano and violin since I was about 12, and I'm currently studying piano and composition at MacEwan University. My musical upbringing was classical, though in university I've since branched out to jazz and contemporary genres. I've studied RCM, played in the Edmonton Youth Orchestra, and played in a few bands. I was immensely fortunate to have private teachers as I was studying my instruments, and I can fondly say that I still carry all of their lessons with me.
I was placed on the Dean's List as a Bachelor of Music student after recently completing my first year at MacEwan University's music program.
During my time studying music, I've taken part in festivals, recitals, orchestras, bands, and music exams. Due to this, I understand the multitude of opportunities and goals a young musician may have. I'm especially well-versed in the RCM exams, having pursued training in RCM violin, piano, theory, and history. And while I have spent three years teaching music, I also have experience as a tutor for school subjects; this has greatly helped my teaching ability, and has exposed me to a large variety of different learning styles.
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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
Maya is available to teach in your home if you are located in the following areas
Online lessons
Maya 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.
Maya's Studio Location
Maya offers lessons from her studio. Please note that map locations are based on the postal code of the teachers studio. address will be released to you if needed.