About Sébastien
Sébastien offers drumset lessons alongside composition, ear training, harmony, and jazz improvisation. With a Technical DEC in popular and jazz music performance from Cégep de Saint-Laurent and an Honours BA in Jazz Studies from Concordia University, Sébastien brings a rich educational background to his teaching. He's a Philippe Rey Music Award recipient and has scored films featured at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. Fluent in English and French, Sébastien provides in-home and online instruction, fostering creativity while ensuring students are primed for success. Book an interview now.
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I believe that teachers are a vessel to the student's aspirations, whether they are big or small. My goal as a teacher is to push the right buttons in a student's mind in order to make sure that he or she is in the right mindset to learn and accomplish his or her goals. I like to teach the essentials like technique and grooves while keeping time for creativity and musical appreciation. I can teach the simple and the complex, depending on the student's background.
Name: Sébastien (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 25
Gender: male
I have attended the following schools and earned the following degrees: - Ozias Leduc High School: I played percussion during my program. - Cégep de Saint-Laurent: Technical DEC in popular and jazz music performance. - Concordia University: Honours BA, Specialization in Jazz Studies. - UQAM: DESS (one-year graduate degree) in film scoring and composition. My main teachers include Mario Roy and Jim Doxas.
I have won the Philippe Rey Music Award for academic achievement in the Music department at Concordia University. One of the films I co-wrote the score for was selected at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montreal.
I am qualified to prepare students for end-of-year concerts and band situations. I have worked with students to prepare for Cegep auditions. I am also a composer who can teach ear training, harmony, and solfege.
English
French
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
Sébastien is available to teach in your home if you are located in the following areas
Online lessons
Sébastien 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.