Kjel - Teacher #4816

Instruments:
- Organ
- Piano

Services:
- Composition
- Counterpoint
- Dictation
- Ear Training
- Harmony
- Jazz Improvation
- Music Appreciation
- Music History
- Music Theory (Advanced)
- Music Theory (Beginner-Intermediate)
- Solfege

Languages:
- English
- French

Teaching Philosophy

As a composer, organist, and pianist, music permeates my daily life. I believe it plays a vital role in the well-being of a society, and that an essential part of what defines music is the intergenerational transmission of knowledge. As far as my teaching philosophy, I believe in a self-directed approach. This means that I take care to listen to my students’ needs/passion and structure their lessons around that. I find that people are much more likely to become immersed in a subject if they are following their motivation rather than fighting it. This naturally creates a learning path that is non-linear, but very rewarding. I aim to be simply a resource and a guide; providing a clarity and a focus to the chaos of art.

Musical Education

I have a Bachelor of Music from the University of British Columbia with a major in composition, and a minor in applied music technology. During this time I studied piano performance with Mark Anderson, and music composition with Stephen Chatman and Dorothy Chang. I also have a D.E.S.S. in digital music from l'Université de Montréal as well as a Master of Music in composition and sound design from l'Université de Montréal. My master's thesis is entitled: Élégies for hyper-organ : conceiving, playing and writing for an augmented Casavant Frères pipe organ.

Awards and Distinctions

Bourse OICRM
Ernest Wesley Cubitt Sharpe Memorial Scholarship
Go Global Award: Global Seminar Programs
Marie Elizabeth and Adolphe William Pal Jones Bursary
Harold B and Nellie Boyes Memorial Bursary
David L. Kaplan Scholarship

Special Skills and Training

There are several aspects to my path that could be considered unique. Though I have been intensely interested in traditional approaches to keyboard playing and music composition, I have also been immersed from the beginning in the technological aspects of music making. At UBC, I spent three years as a recording technician, recording both audio and video at the Barnett Recital Hall and the Chan Centre. During this time I recorded my first album, Ad viger, which contained 11 of my own experimental compositions, drawing on classical, jazz, folk, and pop influences. In addition to skills in recording and editing audio and video, I am also adept in music-centered programming paradigms like Max MSP, supercollider, and pyo. One of the most fascinating ways I have merged these traditional and technological worlds is through the treatment of the pipe organ as an augmented instrument. As pipe organist at l'église Saint-Édouard, I have been able to create an interface that places this ancient instrument in a contemporary light.

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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