Peter - BAH Teacher #470

About Peter
Peter is an accomplished cello teacher with a rich educational background including a Bachelor of Music (Honours) in Cello Performance from the University of Western Ontario and a Master of Music in Cello Performance from the University of Victoria. He has been a section cello with several symphony orchestras and has received extensive training from prestigious institutions like The Banff Centre. Peter believes in tailoring his teaching to the individual needs of each student. He offers online lessons only.


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

Age: 60's

Gender: Male

B.Mus. (Honours) in Violoncello Performance: University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario Private Instructors: Hirochika Chimoto, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, and Gisela Depkat M.Mus. in Violoncello Performance: University of Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Private Instructor: Hanna Dedecius

- Section Cello with Orchestra London, Windsor Symphony Orchestra, Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Kamloops Symphony Orchestra, Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, Prince George Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Opera Orchestra. - Teaching Assistant to Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, University of Western Ontario London, Ontario - Teaching Assistant to James Hunter Courtenay Youth Music Centre, Timothy Vernon, Music Director, Courtenay, British Columbia - Toured the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia as a member of the Nemessanyi Piano Quartet - Winner of the University of Victoria Concerto Competition (Haydn: Concerto in C)

The Banff Centre Banff, Alberta - Summer 1984: (Chamber Music) Instructors: Raphael Hillyer, Isobel Moore, Thomas Rolston - Winter 1984-1985: (Member of Nemessanyi Piano Quartet) Instructors: Janos Starker, Florence Hooten, Zara Nelsova, Dennis Brott, Orford String Quartet, Simon Streatfield, Menachim Pressler, Gyorgy Sebok.

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

Peter 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.

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