“Sydney, with a Master of Music degree and extensive experience in both performance and teaching, offers online and in-studio lessons specializing in bass clarinet, clarinet, saxophone, and music theory. With a philosophy centered on fostering a lifelong love of music, Sydney tailors her teaching methods to each student's unique needs and goals, ensuring the highest potential is achieved. With a proven track record of provincially, nationally, and internationally ranked students, Sydney's expertise and passion for music education make her an ideal choice for students of all ages and skill levels. Book an interview now with Sydney for a personalized and enriching musical journey!”
- Sydney
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I believe that fostering a lifelong love of music is the first priority. Each student is unique, and not everyone responds to the same teaching methods, or has the same goals. I believe it's my responsibility as a teacher to find out what methods work best for each student to achieve their highest potential. Not everyone wants to become a professional musician, but everyone can be musical.
Name: Sydney (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 30's
Gender: Female
University of British Columbia - Bachelor of Education (present) University of British Columbia - Master of Music University of Victoria - Bachelor of Music
I have a masters of orchestral performance from UBC, and a bachelors of music from UVic. I've studied clarinet pedagogy, and even written my own introductory book. I'm an active performing, having experience in many large orchestras as well as small ensembles, solo works, even studio recording. I have provincially, nationally, and internationally ranked students. All of my students have achieved honours on their RCM exam, and several of them have achieved the highest marks in the province or country. I also have extensive teaching experience ranging from private instruction, classroom instruction, to educational assemblies and concerts.
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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
Sydney 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.
Sydney's Studio Location
Sydney 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.