Christine - Teacher #2349

Instruments:
- Piano

Languages:
- English
- German

Teaching Philosophy

I enjoy working with an individual approach that is tailored to the needs and long-term goals of a student and encourages them to become better musicians.
My goal is to lay a solid foundation that will allow my students to grow and thrive in whatever field they choose to go in life, be it in music or other areas.

Musical Education

I hold a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance (2014) as well as a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance (2020), both from the University of Manitoba where I have had the privilege of studying with Juilliard alumnus Dr. David Moroz for many years. I completed the first year of my Master’s degree at the University of Minnesota where I studied with Dr. Alexander Chernyshev, alumnus of the prestigious St. Petersburg Conservatory. Other notable instructors have included Dr. Oleg Pokhanovski, Dr. Darryl Friesen, Dr. Laura Loewen, and Dr. Karl Paulnack. I have also had the privilege of working with accomplished pianists such as Sean Chen, Alon Goldstein and Dr. Theresa Bogard on several occasions. Over the course of my studies, I won numerous awards and scholarships for demonstrating excellence in academics and performance. I am multi-lingual and comfortable teaching in both, English and German, and have a working knowledge of Russian.

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).