Isobel - Teacher #4792

Instruments:
- Guitar

Languages:
- English
- French

Teaching Philosophy

Hello, I’m Isobel! I’ve been teaching guitar for over 12 years. I am particularly interested in how we learn music and navigate different aspects of learning, such as feeling stuck on our instruments, performance anxiety, and self-criticism, so we can truly enjoy learning and playing music and tap into the creativity that we all have in us. I have a bachelor’s degree in jazz guitar from Concordia university, and the styles I love and teach the most are folk, rock, jazz, pop and bluegrass. I also teach ear-training and theory. My goal is to help students find joy and motivation in all aspects of learning and playing music and tackle the more challenging elements without feeling rushed or stressed.

Musical Education

I have a BA in jazz studies from Concordia University.
I studied classical piano and then violin from a very young age, and started taking guitar lessons when I was 13. I decided to pursue guitar more seriously when I was 18, and first enrolled at Capilano University in the jazz studies department for two years, before moving back to Montreal to finish my degree at Concordia.

Special Skills and Training

In 2020, I was accepted for a Jeunes Volontaires program to do a year-long research project on performance anxiety and musical learning. In 2022, I attended the Alternative Guitar Summit in New York state for the first time. In 2023, I received a scholarship to attend this guitar summit for a second time. This week-long intensive camp included lectures, performances and clinics by Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Julian Lage, Gilad Hekselman and Camila Meza. It was a truly wonderful experience and I learned so much from these incredible musicians and teachers.

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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