Elena - Teacher #4499

Instruments:
- Piano
- Violin

Services:
- Ear Training
- Music Theory (Beginner-Intermediate)
- RCM
- Suzuki

Languages:
- English

Teaching Philosophy

The quote on my high school yearbook was, "Without Music Life would be a Mistake." I truly believe without music, life would be very dull, boring and even depressing. I have also taken a lot of lessons in teaching styles from my own music teachers and hopefully have perfected all of them into a very inclusive and relaxed music setting where kids want to come to class, learn music and practice through the week. I find teaching with kindness and patience is the best policy and it affords me the luxury of my students returning again and again, year after year. I never want students to be scared of class, of their teacher or of their instrument so I make lessons fun and informative so that they enjoy coming to class. I even use a color coded beginner music system that worked for me when I was first learning violin and that my beloved violin teacher used. It takes out the stress of learning so many things when you are learning a new instrument and therefore the students can relax and learn faster and more confident.

Musical Education

I have a Honors Music Education Degree from Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario as well as Dalhousie and Acadia University in Nova Scotia. I played in the National Youth Orchestra as well as the International Youth Orchestra in the US. I've also played under Branwell Tovey in the Winnipeg Youth Orchestra and even played violin for Wayne Gretsky and John Candy in my youth. I received an ARCT Diploma with the Royal Conservatory of Music and I trained in violin for members of the Penderecki Quartet of Poland for 4 years and have taught violin and piano for over 30 years.

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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