Bahar - Teacher #4666

Instruments:
- Piano

Services:
- Ear Training

Languages:
- English
- Farsi

Teaching Philosophy

I am a certified teacher in British Columbia and have extensive experience teaching in various classrooms and also smaller groups and privately. I thrive on helping my students grow and work toward their goals. My teaching philosophy is centred around recognizing the unique abilities and interests of each student and designing personalized lessons based on students' goals and aspirations. As a trained Montessori teacher, I make sure that my students (of any age) are actively involved in their own learning journey. My lessons begin with a discussion around interests and goals and I utilize a variety of different teaching methods to actively engage diverse learners.

Musical Education

I have studied both classical piano and solfege from the age of seven until the age of 22. My teachers were trained under the rigorous French system and passed down their methods onto me. I have studied with highly regarded composers in Canada and have also studied jazz piano with a professor at The New School of music in New York. I have a bachelor of education and have taught music and other topics at elementary Montessori schools across the lower mainland. I currently play in a progressive rock band and help run various music community events in Vancouver, BC.

Special Skills and Training

In addition to teaching music and playing in bands, I work in sound design and composition for theatre, video games and animation. I am also an electronic music producer and work with a variety of different synthesizers and electronic instruments and produce ambient 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).

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