Sam - Teacher #4736

Instruments:
- Piano

Services:
- Composition

Languages:
- English

Teaching Philosophy

Music has always been a huge part of my life, growing up with all kinds of genres through films and games, leading me to pursue it and be forever curious. I began studying piano very young, which really opened up my perspective to everything that goes into music has a concept, and the more I discover, the more I just want to sit down and write!
However, for a long time while studying, music always felt very complex and "out of reach" to me, and while I was very passionate, I often struggled with many concepts. Regardless, it was the that sense of storytelling in musical motifs that kept things connected and interesting for me. It wasn't until I started creating my own music and sharing with others that it all clicked for me.
Which is exactly what I want to spread if I were teaching music! I want learning to feel simple and free so anyone can express themselves through it! Music is such a creative and magical thing; I want to help anyone and everyone explore it.

Musical Education

After studying piano privately my whole life, I attended Centre for Arts and Technology (CATO) in Kelowna, BC to pursue my love for my music composition. My program was accelerated, so my college career was only 18 months, but it was intense and exciting; we learned all the depths of music theory, composition, post-production, sound physics and much more!
I thoroughly enjoyed exploring the audio world during my time there, and graduated in the top 3 of my class.
Early on into my program, my campus hired me as a student tutor to teach others music theory, as well as various software we were covering, such as Pro Tools, Ableton and Wwise.

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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