About Melisssa
Melisssa is an accomplished piano teacher based in Whitby, offering personalized piano lessons online and from her own studio. Her approach to teaching is highly adaptive, focusing on selecting the right methodology and materials that resonate best with each student's unique learning style and musical journey. Melisssa holds an advanced diploma in piano performance from Cambrian College and has extensive training in various musical fields including music theory and ear training. Fluent in English, she provides a comprehensive learning experience that includes preparation for RCM examinations and advanced music theory. Melisssa is not just a teacher, but a guide who believes deeply in the transformative power of music to influence lives. Book an interview now to experience her engaging and enriching piano lessons, whether online or in her studio.
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I cater to the students' needs. I have a variety of method books that I can draw from and will choose the one best suited to the student. I believe that if it is ingrained in you, music can never leave you.
Name: Melisssa (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 30's
Gender: female
I received an advanced diploma from Cambrian College in piano performance, where I also studied clarinet and violin. My piano teacher at Cambrian received her doctorate from Eastman, and was able to teach all of her students how to think critically about what they were performing.
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
Melisssa 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.
Melisssa's Studio Location
Melisssa 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.