Xinyao - Teacher #4581

Instruments:
- Piano
- Voice

Services:
- Dictation
- Ear Training

Languages:
- English
- Mandarin

Teaching Philosophy

My name is Xinyao(Sylvia) Luo , and I’m currently a second-year doctor student in music at the Western University. I completed my Masters degree at the University of Regina, during which time I gave two solo voice recitals, played piano in a jazz band, and as a solo in a choir. I completed my undergraduate degree at Chongqing University, with vocal music as my major and piano as my minor. During this period, I won many awards competitions, and participated in the vocal summer camp of Mount Royal University(Calgary) in 2017, singing the musical Phantom of the Opera in the final performance.

I have been teaching voice and piano for nine years. As a teacher, what I should do is to provide a safe and relax studio for students to learn and grow. It is very important for learning in such a studio so that students are not only free to show me their fantastic music technique, but free to tell me what is their question during their lesson. This way I will have a clearer understanding of how to help them, so that it will save time and I can provide them with more direct guidance.

Musical Education

I am studying in Western University now as a doctor student.
I have attened the following schools earning the following degrees:
-University of Regina- Master of Music
-Chongqing University- Bachelor of Music

Special Skills and Training

I fell in love with music when I was five years old. My grandfather was a musician and he encouraged me to go further in this field.

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).