About Paul
Paul, a highly skilled music instructor, offers online lessons in bass clarinet, clarinet, and piano. With a Master of Music in Clarinet and Piano Performance, and extensive experience including teaching at prestigious institutions like P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music. Winner of national competitions and recognized by the Ministry of Culture, Russian Federation, fluent in English and Russian, he offers a range of services including RCM preparation and solfege. Book an interview with Paul now.
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The key lies in students committing to weekly instruction and, of course, consistent practice. With my distinctive teaching approach, students will witness remarkable improvements in their technical skills within a brief timeframe. Furthermore, I've developed my own method for learning chord progressions, which proves incredibly valuable for effortlessly playing songs, especially in the gospel music style.
Name: Paul (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 50's
Gender: male
- Practical Apprenticeship Assistant in Clarinet performance Professor's assistance. P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music. - Master of Music in Clarinet and piano performance and teaching. Pedagogical Academy of Music. - Bachelor of Music in Major: Clarinet performance, bandmaster and clarinet teacher. Minor: Piano and Brass band conducting. Gnesin College of Music.
- First-Prize Clarinet Winner: Russian National Competition for Woodwind and Brass Instrumentalists. - Second-Prize Winner: Russian National Competition for Conductors. - Nominated by Ministry of Culture, Russian Federation for Government. Grant
RCM Teaching Online Course Certificate
English
Russian
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
Paul 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.