About Sheldon
Sheldon offers banjo and ukulele lessons, both online and in the comfort of your own home. With a Bachelor of Theology from Pacific Life Bible College and training from the Royal Conservatory of Music, Sheldon brings a diverse background to his teaching. Specializing in Scruggs-style banjo and melodic-style ukulele, Sheldon fosters a welcoming environment where students can connect through music and jam together. Whether you're a beginner or looking to refine your skills, Sheldon invites you to join the musical community and share in the joy of making music together. Book an interview now to start your musical journey with Sheldon!
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Being involved in fostering the bluegrass scene in the lower mainland brings me a lot of joy. Hope you can come on down sometime and jam a little! It's a chance to have some fun together, play some great music, and connect with fellow musicians. Your presence would truly add something special to our musical community, and I can't wait to hopefully make music with you in the near future!
Name: Sheldon (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 60's
Gender: Male
Bachelor of Theology - Pacific Life Bible College Royal Conservatory of Music
5 string Banjo - Scruggs style, Melodic style Ukulele
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).
Lessons in your home
Sheldon is available to teach in your home if you are located in the following areas
Online lessons
Sheldon 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.