Astrid - Teacher #3087

Instruments:
- Piano

Services:
- Ear Training
- Music Appreciation
- Music History
- Music Theory (Beginner-Intermediate)

Languages:
- English
- Spanish

Teaching Philosophy

I believe music is a living phenomenon that helps humans to interact between each other and with their environment. Teaching, learning and/or making music are acts of discovering the world in a sensible and expressive way. I encourage anyone who has the smallest desire to learn and play music to do so.
I believe learning occurs best while having fun, no matter what. Keeping this in mind, having me as your teacher I will try to make the learning environment a non-forced, friendly space where you can feel free to play, bring questions and/or suggestions to improve the class.
As a guide through your learning process, I will always keep in mind the starting point and the goal we want to achieve together, as well as to promote your own development and self-discovering. My essential values are: respect, enjoyment, self-confidence, patience, sensitivity, self-expression and happiness.
As a musician I expect to inspire my students by continually striving to develop and challenge my own abilities as a solo and chamber music performer, to make music with them in class and in recitals.
Last but not least, I consider the learning process will never end for it is a living process.

Musical Education

I have a Master in Music Performance/Pedagogy from Memorial University in Newfoundland, where I also had the opportunity to play and sing for several local choirs.
I studied piano since I was six years old. I then pursued my university degree at the Aguascalientes State University in Mexico, where I had the opportunity to play with youth orchestras.
I have collaborated with instrumentalists, singers, choirs and ballets, as well as performing solo in different venues.

Special Skills and Training

In 2015 I took a Suzuki Philosophy trainning course with Caroline Fraser, and since then my teaching approach is based in kindness and endless care for the learning curve rather than the end goal. I cannot stress enough how important was for me to understand Suzuki's approach to the learning process of music.

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).