About Matthew
Matthew offers piano lessons and beginner to intermediate music theory instruction. Currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Music program at the University of Toronto, Matthew brings a wealth of experience, including obtaining his ARCT Diploma under the guidance of Alan Hobbins and participating in various piano competitions, recitals, and concerts. Fluent in English and Mandarin, Matthew provides online instruction using Zoom video conferencing, ensuring optimized audio quality for engaging and effective lessons. Book an interview with Matthew now.
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As younger musician and teacher, I strongly believe that music is a way of life that should be preserved. Instead of teaching music as another academic outlet, My goal is to allow students to develop and explore their own musical talent and voice.
Name: Matthew (Full name will be provided upon registration)
Age: 19
Gender: male
As of currently, I am enrolled in University of Toronto in the Bachelor of Music program. I started playing piano at the age of eight. Recently, I have obtained my ARCT Diploma under extensive studies with Alan Hobbins. I have also participated various piano competition, recitals, and concerts; ORMTA Honour's recital and North York Music Festival, to name a few.
English
Mandarin
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
Matthew 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.