About Steven
Steven, a dedicated music educator with a Bachelor of Music from Humber College, emphasizes the importance of fostering a love for music while developing essential skills like discipline and technique. His teaching philosophy centers on inspiring students to explore diverse musical genres and cultivate a strong work ethic that extends beyond music into all aspects of their lives. With accolades such as the Dave Stillwell Arranging Award and Yamaha Canada Music Scholarship, Steven brings a wealth of expertise to his lessons, empowering students to excel in their musical journey.
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I have had some of the best experiences of my life while playing music, and I want to help students reach a level of ability where music becomes an amazingly fun and very rewarding experience. I want to inspire students to work on music they are familiar with, as well as broaden their musical horizons. In lessons, I will help students develop the work ethic, practice discipline, technique, and fundamentals needed to progress on the path towards musical excellence. I believe that through studying music, students can develop a work ethic, passion and creativity that will help in all future endeavours.
Name: Steven (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 30's
Gender: Male
Humber College - Bachelor of Music
• Dave Stillwell Arranging Award • Yamaha Canada Music, Ltd. Scholarship • Dixieland Jazz Award • Honours Standing at Humber • Dean’s List at Grant MacEwan
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
Steven is available to teach in your home if you are located in the following areas
Online lessons
Steven 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.
Steven's Studio Location
Steven 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.