Galen - Teacher #3816

Instruments:
- Piano
- Recorder
- Singer-Songwriter
- Ukulele
- Violin
- Voice

Services:
- Ear Training
- Harmony
- Jazz Improvation
- Music Appreciation
- Music History
- Music Theory (Beginner-Intermediate)
- RCM
- RCM - Basic Rudiments
- Solfege
- Suzuki

Languages:
- English

Teaching Philosophy

My teaching philosophy is that any person can learn to play music. Anyone, regardless of age, experience or skill level can learn to become a singer and musician. I can teach you how to stop fearing your voice and become comfortable and confident with the sounds you creat and the emotions you conjure while singing, and create a personalized lesson plan to help you get there.

Musical Education

I have attended the following school earning the degree of Bachelor of Music: Humber College.

I have an honours Bachelor of Music, studying vocal performance, and minoring in music technology. I studied with various vocal educators while there, where they taught both on the Humber Music faculty as well as York and UofT's Music programs. While there I gained performance skills in many environments, and performed in many ensembles including Vocal Jazz Choir, as well as R&B Ensembles performing pop and R&B classics.

I also was trained in RCM for Violin, and am comfortable teaching at a beginner's level for violin.

Special Skills and Training

I have the following vocal trainings: - Vocal Music Degree from Humber College - 1 year Certificate of Vocal Jazz Performance from Humber College - BAST Teaching Training Certificate - John Henny's New Science of Singing Vocal Training Certificate

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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