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Contact Information: Phone: (503)-409-4183 (texting is fine)    e-mail: mahlerman30@gmail.com

Welcome to the Horn Studio Page of Benjamin Garrett

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Rates:

Individual Lesson

(I do offer both in person and online options)

$26 for 30 min  -  $39 for 45 min  - $52 for 60 min

For Multiple Lessons

Flex Pass Option: you may also purchase a flex pass which allows you to get a discount for multiple lessons, and allows to you configure your lessons in different ways:

3 hour pass = 6-30 min lessons, 4-45 min lessons, or 3-hour lessons (or 3-30 min and 2-45 min, etc)

5 hour pass = 10-30 min lessons or 5-hour lessons (or 4-45 min and 2-hour/4-30 min, etc)

$135 - 3 hours $220 - 5 Hours

Teaching Philosophy    

My personal philosophy of teaching horn is to teach the student to teach themselves. I pride myself on giving students sequenced instruction that will help them reach their utmost potential. While focusing on strong fundamentals and practice techniques, students can be successful in all aspects of horn playing. 

Location

I try to be flexible in this area. In some cases I am willing to come to your residence, if the timeing and route fit into my schedule. I also have online options avalable as well. If you come to me, my residence is located in West Salem

Expectations 

Students are expected to come to each lesson with a positive attitude and  prepared with all materials needed including the following Assignment Sheet printed off for each lesson. Students should also own a metronome and a tuner (which are now available on most smart phones)

 I encourage all students to participate in many of the following experiences:

Solo/Ensemble festival

All-State/City Groups

Youth Symphony 


(As my studio grows, I would like to develop small horn ensembles and also have students participate in a studio recital, but the is not an expectation at the moment)

Make Up Policy (effective Jan 2022)

Since I have moved to a flexpass payment option, this eleminates the need for make up lesson in general. If either person has to miss a lesson, I simply don't count it towards the flex pass total