About Siyuan
Siyuan is a versatile BAH teacher offering piano, violin, and voice lessons to students from age 6 to adults. Based in London, Siyuan provides lessons online and in her studio. She holds a BMus in History, Theory, and Critical Analysis from Wilfrid Laurier University and an MMus in Vocal Literature and Performance from Western University. Additionally, she possesses RCM certifications in violin and piano as well as training in the Suzuki method.
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I believe in meeting students where they're at, working together to set goals that are both engaging and challenging. I welcome students of all ages and musical backgrounds to my studio, because I believe that music is for everyone. My goal as a teacher is to teach students to be their own guide through careful listening and self-analysis. I hope that every student walks away with a sense of fulfillment and joy in what they are doing. Equity, diversity, and inclusion is also important to me as I am a queer, disabled, woman of colour myself. To me, EDI means accepting people non-judgmentally regardless of ethnicity, cultural background, gender, sexuality, size, or age. I also believe in the power of communication, listening and asking students what they need rather than assuming. I aim to make every space I teach in an accessible one, physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Name: Siyuan (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 26
Gender: female
I started playing violin at age 4, growing up with the Suzuki method. As a teenager, I knew I wanted to go into music and began learning piano in order to prepare for undergraduate piano proficiency examinations. I hold my BMus in History, Theory, and Critical Analysis from Wilfrid Laurier University, and my MMus in vocal Literature and Performance from Western University. I also have my RCM Grade 9 and Grade 7 certificates in violin and piano respectively. Because my undergad degree was in theory, I am very comfortable teaching and tutoring students in auxiliary skills such as theory and ear training.
I hold my Grade 7 RCM piano and my Grade 9 RCM violin. I have also taken the courses to teach Book 1 and Book 2 of the Suzuki violin method.
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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).
Online lessons
Siyuan 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.
Siyuan 's Studio Location
Siyuan offers lessons from her studio. Please note that map locations are based on the postal code of the teachers studio. address will be released to you if needed.