Yoanita | Teacher #2965
About Yoanita
Yoanita is a dedicated music teacher, offering piano and violin lessons for students from age 4 to adults, exclusively online. She holds a Master of Music Education from The University of British Columbia and has excelled in piano and violin performance. Fluent in English, Indonesian, and Mandarin, Yoanita's teaching philosophy focuses on building a strong teacher-student rapport, ensuring a comfortable and positive learning environment. She believes in creating enjoyable and purposeful music tasks to sustain interest and spur creativity in music learning. Yoanita is ready to guide students in their musical journey, offering lessons in the comfort of their home through online platforms.
Piano Violin Ear Training Music Theory (Beginner-Intermediate) Solfege Composition Music Theory (Advanced) Suzuki
Online Lessons Lessons in Your Home
Classical Pop Baroque
English Mandarin Indonesian
Teaching Philosophy
Music learning begins and becomes optimal when I take the initiative to establish good teacher-student rapport. I believe that building a strong, positive, and professional relationship with the student allows the student to be comfortable during music lessons. To me, building a student’s trust is by far the most fundamental to my being. Guided by my belief to establish and constantly maintain a strong and healthy teacher-student relationship, a safe learning space is thus created. The safe learning space encourages students to dare to make attempts and to dare to make mistakes, as learning through making mistakes is what helps students to grasp hold of a musical skill or concept. To sustain and spur interest in music, I see myself as a motivating resourceful teacher who injects enjoyment, fun, and purposeful music tasks that target at helping students attain both general and specific musical knowledge and skills. Enjoyment, creativity, and the freedom to explore musical expression are essential elements of successful music learning at any age. After all, can music be truly be deemed as music if a student laments engaging with it?
Musical Education
I have attended the following schools earning the following degrees: 1) The University of British Columbia - Master of Music Education; 2) East China Normal University - Bachelor of Arts: Music Education; 3) Shanghai Conservatory of Music - Piano Advanced Studies: Piano Performance.
Awards and Distinctions
I've some awards in local music competitions when I was younger. For me, the big award was to play on stage with a cello legend, Yo-YoMa
Special Skills and Trainings
Associated Board of Royal School of Music - Licentiate of Royal School of Music in piano performance (2012) and violin performance (2019)
Lessons in your home
Yoanita is available to teach in your home if you are located in the following areas:- Richmond, BC
- Vancouver, BC
Lessons on an online platform
Yoanita 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.Reviews
Associate Teacher Lesson Rates:
Yoanita is a Beethoven at Home Associate Teacher
- 30 minutes: $39
- 45 minutes: $49
- 60 minutes: $59
Home visit fee: $15 minimum fee. Teachers may negotiate a higher travel fee if the travel distance is longer than they are comfortable with. Most arrangements use the minimum fee.
One-Time Family Registration: $25. This covers your entire family for life - once you're in, everyone can take lessons!
Our Promise to You
Getting Started Together
We don't offer free trials, but we do something better - a relaxed 2-lesson getting-to-know-you period. You can pause anytime with just 24 hours notice. After your third lesson, we ask for a friendly 2-lesson heads up if you need to stop.
Life Happens - We Get It
Give us 24 hours notice for any cancellation or reschedule and you'll receive full credit. Planning a family vacation or summer break? Perfect - just let us know a day ahead and we'll pause your lessons.
When You're Under the Weather
If illness strikes with short notice (less than 24 hours), you'll still be charged since your teacher has reserved that time. However, most teachers are happy to offer makeup lessons when possible - they have the final say, especially if last-minute cancellations become a pattern.
Stopping Lessons
Need to take a break? We just ask for a 2-lesson notice:
Weekly lessons = 2 weeks notice
Every other week = 3 weeks notice
Twice weekly = 1 week notice
Summer breaks are different - no notice period needed when you return in the fall!
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