About Sheila
Sheila, a dedicated music educator, offers online lessons in piano, voice, music theory, and more. With 15 years of teaching experience and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, Sheila is committed to making music education accessible to students of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. She believes in tailoring each lesson to the individual student's interests, goals, and learning style, creating a rewarding and enjoyable learning experience. Book an interview with Sheila now to start your musical journey!
BOOK AN INTERVIEW WITH SHEILA NOW
I believe that music is for everyone and am passionate about breaking down barriers to music education. I accept students of all ages, abilities, backgrounds, genders and special needs. I have 15 years experience teaching piano, voice, theory and songwriting to individuals and small groups. I believe music should be a personal exploration and customize each lesson to the students interests, goals and learning style. I strive to create classes that are interesting, rewarding and enjoyable for students from every walk of life.
Name: Sheila (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 30's
Gender: female
I have the following teaching credentials. -Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance University of Lethbridge, 2008. -RCM Teaching Online Course certification, 2022. -Many years piano instruction and completion of grade 10 RCM practical piano exam.
Jason Lang Scholarship for Exceptional Academic Achievement
-15 years experience teaching piano, voice, theory and songwriting to individuals and small groups. -Experience with students with a variety of special needs. -10 years experience accompanying singers and strings in RCM exams, recitals and festival. I create my own accompaniment tracks so that students can practice at home. -Participant in the Alberta Centennial Choir. -Participant in University Singers including Cuba tour.
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
Sheila 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.