Evelyn - Teacher #4615

Instruments:
- Voice

Services:
- Music Theory (Beginner-Intermediate)
- RCM

Languages:
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Spanish

Teaching Philosophy

I believe that anyone can learn to sing! As a singer and vocal pedagogue, my primary goal is to ensure that students in my voice studio feel safe to explore their vocal potential. All lessons include an emphasis on healthy vocal technique, confidence building, and effective communication through song. Additionally, I believe in a personalized and flexible approach to lessons, with each student’s unique goals and needs in mind.

Through regular lessons, students are encouraged to explore, make mistakes, take risks, and embrace vulnerability, all while experiencing the joy that comes with singing. As sharing your voice with someone new can be extremely daunting, I encourage all my students to embrace fun and silliness as part of the learning process. Experiencing excitement while learning ensures that students leave lessons feeling inspired to continue in their music making journey.

Musical Education

I have attended the following schools and programs and have earned the following:

- Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Alberta
- Performer Certificate from the Franz-Schubert-Institut
- Post-Baccalaureate Vocal Performance and Pedagogy Certificate from Concordia University of Edmonton
- I am also currently in my first year of studies in the Master of Music in Voice Performance at Western Ontario’s Don Wright Faculty of Music.

I am a registered teacher with the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and the Alberta Registered Music Teachers' Association (ARMTA)

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).