Rachel - BAH Teacher #4794

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

Age: 21

Gender: female

I have recently completed a Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Toronto, in which I specialized in music education, classical voice studies, and jazz improvisation. I am currently in the process of completing a Master of Teaching degree. Additionally, I have obtained songwriting credentials from the Berklee College of Music, where I did a summer songwriting intensive. I have been studying voice and piano since I was five years old, and guitar and ukulele since I was fifteen. In addition to my experience studying classical music, I have been performing in musical theatre for over a decade, and also love to sing pop, rock, and jazz! Additionally, I am a proud choir nerd, and have been singing in choirs since the age of ten. I have performed professionally in musical theatre, classical singing productions, and choral settings throughout Toronto and the GTA. In addition, I have studied with singers who have performed on Broadway and in the Canadian Opera Company.

In the summer of 2018, I studied musical theatre in New York City, doing singing and dancing workshops under the instruction of Broadway performers who were, at the time, in Hamilton and Hello Dolly. In the summer of 2019, I studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, doing a summer program focusing on songwriting - particularly for pop and jazz. I have received my Level 10 RCM certificate for classical voice, and also my Level 9 RCM Harmony certificate. I have taught RCM performance and theory with students as young as 6, who all passed their exams with flying colours!

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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).