Jacob - Teacher #1526

Instruments:
- Viola
- Violin

Languages:
- English

Teaching Philosophy

Everyone hears music differently! My duty as a teacher is to bring out my students' individual and innate musicality.

Age should have no bearing on ability or enthusiasm. Everyone can learn, have fun, and enjoy what they produce!

Musical Education

Glenn Gould School - Performance Diploma
Stonybrook Unversity - Master of Music
Cornish School of the Arts - Bachelor of Music

Awards and Distinctions

- Commendation from the Government of Oklahoma for achievement at a young age
- Winner of Oklahoma City University's "Musings" competition (2010)
- Winner of Ladies Music Club of Oklahoma City's scholarship competition (2010)
- Finalist in Seattle Philharmonic's Don Bushell concerto competition (2014)
- Finalist in Beatrice Hermann competition (2014)
- Premiered new original work at Lake District Summer Music in the United Kingdom (2016)

Special Skills and Training

- Mentored by the Emerson String Quartet, along with members of the Chilingirian, Dante, Endellion, Corigliano, and Brooklyn Rider quartets, and Ensemble Made in Canada. - Studied and performed at the Eastern Music Festival (USA), Marrowstone Music Festival (USA), Mendocino Festival (USA), Scotia Festival (CAN), Lake District Summer Music (UK), and Max Aronoff Viola Institute (USA)

Rates

30 Minutes: $39.00
45 Minutes: $49.00
60 Minutes: $59.00

There is a one-time registration fee of 25 $ charged with the first lessons. All Taxes are included in prices, if applicable

NOTE: Your Credit card will be charged ONLY when the first lesson is set up and confirmed with the teacher

Policies


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).