About Stephen
Stephen, with over 13 years of experience, holds an Honours Specialist in Music Education from Queens University, along with a Bachelor of Music in Voice and a minor in Trumpet. Awarded Educator of the Year 2021 by TCDSB, he is passionate about nurturing students' natural talents. Fluent in English, Stephen offers guitar, singer-songwriter, trumpet, and advanced music theory lessons. With a background in directing choirs, bands, and award-winning performance groups, he provides personalized instruction tailored to each student's needs. Stephen offers lessons at home, online, and at his studio, fostering a love for music in learners. to start your musical journey with Stephen!
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I am so blessed to be a music educator. Nothing is more important to me than being able to work with students on honing in on their natural talents.
Name: Stephen (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 30's
Gender: male
I have a Honours Specialist is Music Education from Queens University. Bachelor of Music in Voice, Minor in Trumpet. I have been a music teacher for 13 years and music is my life. I trained in many languages at Queens, have been the director of many choirs, bands and award winning performance groups.
Educator of the Year 2021 - TCDSB
I spent my childhood in choirs and bands. I have worked with many incredible educators in my life and love to pass on that wisdom.
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
Stephen is available to teach in your home if you are located in the following areas
Online lessons
Stephen 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.
Stephen's Studio Location
Stephen offers lessons from his studio. Please note that map locations are based on the postal code of the teachers studio. address will be released to you if needed.