Toshio - Teacher #2379

Instruments:
- Classical Guitar
- Guitar
- Piano
- Ukulele

Services:
- Composition
- Counterpoint
- Dictation
- Ear Training
- Harmony
- Jazz Improvation
- Music Appreciation
- Music History
- Music Theory (Advanced)
- Music Theory (Beginner-Intermediate)
- RCM
- RCM - Advanced Harmony
- RCM - Advanced Rudiments
- RCM - Analysis
- RCM - Basic Harmony
- RCM - Basic Rudiments
- RCM - Counterpoint
- RCM - History
- RCM - Intermediate Harmony
- RCM - Intermediate Rudiments

Languages:
- English

Teaching Philosophy

I strive to share a love of learning with students - and fellow teachers.

Musical Education

Growing up, I studied both Piano and Guitar. I have taken formal lessons with qualified instructors in Classical, Jazz and Popular Music. At York Univeristy I studied with concert pianist and pedagogue Christina Petrowska Quilico - who can trace her musical lineage to the legendary Rosina Lhevinne. I graduated with a specialization in Theory and Composition.

Special Skills and Training

- Expertise in guiding students through the process of composing, recording, and releasing their own music - Strong ability to overcome self-criticism and encourage creative freedom in music production - Special interest in 20th-century Pianism, including influential artists like Sviatoslav Richter, Alfred Cortot, Bill Evans, Art Tatum, and Joe Pass's Guitar craft - Accomplished in recording and sharing musical works, including recordings of Chopin's Etudes and ongoing work on Godowsky's Etudes - Utilization of audio routing software for online lessons, ensuring clear sound transmission from the piano - Track record of preparing students for higher education in Compositions and Piano at University and College levels

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).

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