Policies and Lesson Details
*New Students* - Please make a request online to book your free 15min Discovery Chat! (Phone call or Zoom)
After your 15min Discovery Chat, we may proceed to booking an Initial Online Lesson, or In-person Lesson. Thereafter, we may proceed to scheduling a regular lesson time for you. I currently primarily use FarPlay or Zoom for online lessons.
I offer 45min or 60min lessons on an ongoing, weekly basis, depending on the singer's needs and age. Typically 30 minute lessons are only offered for young children.
Short-term coaching packages are also available, via special arrangement.
Policies:
I aim to keep all studio policies clear and upfront so we can spend our time singing! If you have any questions about the following points, please let me know.
Supplies required for online lessons:
Student/Parent responsibilities:
Practice guidelines:
For younger students (7-12yrs), I will work with the parents to come to appropriate arrangements as we get started, but in general the guidelines are:
"We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so." - B.B. King
*New Students* - Please make a request online to book your free 15min Discovery Chat! (Phone call or Zoom)
After your 15min Discovery Chat, we may proceed to booking an Initial Online Lesson, or In-person Lesson. Thereafter, we may proceed to scheduling a regular lesson time for you. I currently primarily use FarPlay or Zoom for online lessons.
I offer 45min or 60min lessons on an ongoing, weekly basis, depending on the singer's needs and age. Typically 30 minute lessons are only offered for young children.
Short-term coaching packages are also available, via special arrangement.
Policies:
I aim to keep all studio policies clear and upfront so we can spend our time singing! If you have any questions about the following points, please let me know.
- Pre-payment for all lessons is expected via e-transfer or credit card (via Stripe). You will be sent an invoice by the first day of the month. Payment is due within 5 days of the invoice.
- The student is expected to provide 48 hrs notice via (text or phone call) if unable to attend a regularly scheduled lesson.
- If a student misses a recurring lesson time there is no refund offered for the lesson fee (excepting sudden/severe illness or accidents). If a student provides 48hrs notice, we may be able to reschedule your lesson, to a maximum of one per term (Term I Sept - Dec; Term II Jan-June; Summer Term June-July). There is no guarantee of being offered a rescheduled lesson as it depends on other openings in the schedule.
- If you have booked a single coaching session, or a series of 2-3 single lessons, payment is due upon booking the classes, and no refunds are provided if you must cancel.
- If I unexpectedly have to miss a lesson, you will be fully refunded or provided with an additional lesson, or added time for your next lesson.
- If you wish to pause, change, or discontinue your regularly scheduled lessons, I expect a minimum of 14 calendar days notice.
- If the student is ill for the lesson time, unless the student is unable to make any sound or is in bed with the ailment, the student is expected to attend the lesson and the main focus of the lesson will be on vocal health and/or learning music theory for that session. If it is an in-person lesson you have booked but you are ill, we will switch to an online format for that lesson.
Supplies required for online lessons:
- DSL connection with a newer laptop with good processor speed (please ask for more details) or a commercial speed wifi signal
- a second internet-linked device (ipad, iphone or similar) to play backing tracks for your songs
- Open back headphones, or wired Apple ear buds are highly recommended
- a USB mic is also useful, if using headphones.
- Binder for sheet music and handouts
- Digital keyboard or piano
Student/Parent responsibilities:
- Dedicated space for practice
- Music binder prepared with your songs organized and hole-punched, and/or songbooks, at-hand
- Basic piano backing tracks via youtube or other backing tracks, and sheet music from musicnotes.com or sheetmusicdirect.com, or accurate guitar chord charts
- A theory book or a solfège book may be required, depending on your musical goals. We typically use Full Voice method books for kids and beginners.
- Piano or digital keyboard at-hand.
- "Compliments only" policy from parents, and privacy when needed.
Practice guidelines:
For younger students (7-12yrs), I will work with the parents to come to appropriate arrangements as we get started, but in general the guidelines are:
- 20mins 3x/week or 10-15mins/4x per week for beginners (or children)
- 30-45mins 3-4x/week for intermediate students
- 60mins 3x/week for pre-professional or professional level singers
"We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so." - B.B. King
