About Muhammad
Muhammad offers online instruction in guitar, piano, and voice. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Contemporary Improvisation and Musicianship from York University, Canada, and a Diploma in Indian Vocal Music from Pakistan, Muhammad brings a diverse musical background to his teaching. Muhammad's teaching philosophy revolves around expanding students' musical vocabulary while fostering individuality. Book an interview with Muhammad for engaging and personalized music lessons online.
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Musical instrument is an extension of our own selves. It is important to encourage students to develop their own voice, expression and to experiment with all available tools in their musical vocabulary. A teacher's job is to facilitate students to enhance and develop that musical vocabulary.
Name: Muhammad (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 30's
Gender: male
I have attended the following schools earning the following degrees: - Bachelor of Fine Arts from York Univeristy, Canada (Contemporary Improvisation and Musicianship) - Bachelor of Education from York University - Diploma in Indian Vocal Music from National Academy of Performing Arts, Pakistan. - Visiting Scholar at University of Texas in Austin, USA.
Peter Zaparinuk Memorial Scholarship, 2019 York University Continuing Student Scholarship, 2020 Member of Dean's Honour Roll, 2020 & 2021 Stephanie Ling Award in Music Education and Community Outreach, 2021
South by South West (SXSW) performing artist Music Courses audit at University of Texas at Austin NAPA International Music Festival Artist
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
Muhammad 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.