“Music is a language, a language that allows us to better express our emotions and to experience the romance of the world with a heartfelt connection. ”
- xinyue
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Music is a language, a language that allows us to better express our emotions and to experience the romance of the world with a heartfelt connection. Whether a person can appreciate music and art with care represents their personal culture and level of education. Therefore, I won't teach my courses rigidly. I hope my students can gain knowledge with joy, get to know music, and I wish they can play a piece of music with rich emotions. I don't want them to approach music like a robotic task but to understand it. I want them to realize that the essence of music is the expression of emotions, not just a matter of right or wrong notes. In front of a piece of music, emotions are certainly more important than correctness. I firmly believe in this philosophy, and I also hope that I can impart this philosophy to my students.
Name: xinyue (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 19
Gender: female
I have nearly fifteen years of piano playing experience, and I since August of last year, I had the privilege of studying with Richard Raymond for a period of time. He is an internationally acclaimed pianist, and he currently serves as a teacher at the Conservatoire de Montreal.Right now I'm studing with Ms. Zinaida Varosian, she is a piano instructor at Mc Gill University in Conservatory for 25 years, she is very qualified teacher with outstanding knowledge with European and North American experience. Also she was honored with the 'Brossard Order of Merit' awarded by the city of Brossard in 2023. Throughout the years of studying alongside her, I received excellent education and garnered numerous awards in international competitions. Currently, I am studying music at Marianopolis College in collaboration with McGill School of Music. I have been working as a piano teacher at a private music school, and I have been in this role for one year now. Therefore, I have extensive teaching experience in music education, especially with absolute beginners.
-2021 GRAND MARSTRO international music competition Gold Medalist -2021 Trinity International Music Competition Gold Medalist -2022 GRAND MARSTRO international music competition Gold Medalist -2022 Canadian international music competition Sliver Medalist -2019 Crescendo international music competition Third place
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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
xinyue 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.