Michael - BAH Teacher #2475

“Teaching transcends mere knowledge transfer; it's about inspiring.”
 - Michael

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With over 25 years of teaching experience, my confidence in my abilities has grown steadily. When working with beginners, especially children, my focus is on making every lesson enjoyable and engaging to nurture a genuine passion for the instrument. I want my students to eagerly anticipate each lesson. For more advanced and older students, I maintain an open mindset, carefully listening to their goals and aspirations. Teaching transcends mere knowledge transfer; it's about inspiring. Maintaining professionalism is equally paramount to me. Punctuality, a professional appearance, and preparedness are matters of pride for me. Establishing a strong rapport with both the student and their parents is also an essential aspect of my teaching approach.

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

Age: 40's

Gender: male

My education in music began at the age of 13 with my first private guitar teacher. At 16 I began to work as a student-teacher. My mentor encouraged my love for music and guided me through a 2-year guitar pedagogy course that had me teach several students per week while also achieving a Grade 5 level in classical guitar. After high school, I attended Malaspina University College to study Jazz music. After 3 years at Malaspina, I was offered a teaching position at the Powell River Academy of Music where I taught for 10 years before moving to Montreal in 2009.

I have a wide stylistic knowledge and a level of experience that sets me apart from most guitar teachers. At the busiest time of my career, I had between 50 -60 students and sustained that number for several years. My involvement in community choirs has made me a competent vocalist. I record and produce albums, perform live, and have toured and I am also able to repair and maintain my instruments.

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

Michael is available to teach in your home if you are located in the following areas

Online lessons

Michael 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.

Michael's Studio Location

Michael 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.

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