EDUCATION FOR INSTRUMENTAL TEACHERS
An institute for
instrumental teachers
The Institute delivers effective, practical training to emerging and experienced instrumental and vocal teachers, upskilling the industry to ensure every music student is taught well.
Starts Monday 1 March 2027 · Live online
THE INSTITUTE
Founded in a strategic partnership with the Music Teachers' Association of NSW, the Institute gives teachers a pathway to learn the skills of being an instrumental teacher, to get certified, and to prepare for AMEB and other exam board teaching diplomas (CTMusA and ATMusA).
Courses are rigorous, time efficient and cost effective, and deliver results. They teach the craft of teaching the full spectrum of students, along with business and studio practices.
When a student's progress is patchy, something is missing.
THE PROBLEM
Other teachers get faster results. Parents notice.
Progress and results are patchy. Parents compare notes. Referrals go elsewhere.
THE ANSWER
The skills to diagnose and solve problems, and to plan lessons that avoid common pitfalls.
THE PROBLEM
You were taught to play. Who taught you to teach?
Pedagogy is often not taught in universities. Certification and teaching diplomas are hard to reach.
THE ANSWER
Completing the course covers the certification standards and prepares you for the CTMusA and ATMusA diplomas.
THE PROBLEM
The lessons end. The admin doesn’t.
Fees, enquiries, parent emails, marketing, tax, legal and financial obligations, employment issues.
THE ANSWER
Efficient business, marketing, finance and administration practices that mark you as a true professional.
Your pathway to better teaching
Join a free workshop · Request a free teaching guide · Explore the course
FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP · FRIDAY 6 NOVEMBER · 1PM AEDT
Solving tricky passages before the student stumbles
Every piece has its predictable trouble spots: the bar where the student is likely to come unstuck. With the right fingering, the right movement and the right preparatory exercise, all of them can be solved, and many avoided altogether. Anthony works through examples from his own recent teaching, then solves passages nominated by the audience. Nominate one from your own or a student’s repertoire when you register. Everyone who registers receives the recording.
FREE GUIDE · SEVEN PAGES
From Good to Outstanding: The Ten-Minute Check That Turns a B+ into an A
Many exam results sit between B and B+, and the playing behind them is rather good: notes learnt, mostly secure, hands balanced. What usually holds the grade back is unevenness, and it’s easy to miss from the teacher’s side of the piano. This guide helps you diagnose exactly what can be improved and exactly what to work on to lift your student’s results from good to outstanding.
FOUNDING COHORT · STARTS MONDAY 1 MARCH 2027 · 45 PLACES
Piano Teacher Pedagogy and Practice
You were taught to play. But who taught you to teach? This course bridges the gap between playing well and teaching well. It shows how students learn, and how to teach them at every level, ability and background, with strategies you can use immediately! It leads to MTA(NSW) Certification and prepares you for a teaching diploma. The Course Guide sets out what you’ll learn, the pathway and the fees, in five pages.
Endorsed by the Board of the Music Teachers’ Association
The MTA(NSW) Board is excited to enter into a strategic partnership with IMPA. This course is overdue and meets a need our profession has faced for years. For some time, private music teachers have had no practical way to learn the craft of teaching and have it properly recognised. This course gives them one and it is cost effective and time efficient.
The Board therefore highly recommends the course and endorses it for every piano teacher, whether you are just starting out, in the middle of your career or have taught for decades.
We are further delighted to support the founding cohort, including through scholarships, bursaries and other assistance wherever we can. We look forward to welcoming you into the MTA community.
Max Holzner
Chair, Music Teachers’ Association of NSW