Course Enrolment Terms
Piano Teacher Pedagogy and Practice, Founding Cohort 2027
Institute of Music Pedagogy Australia Pty Ltd, ABN 54 702 353 811, ACN 702 353 811 (“IMPA”, “we”)
1. Agreement
1.1 These terms form the agreement between you and IMPA for your place in Piano Teacher Pedagogy and Practice, Founding Cohort 2027 (the “Course”).
1.2 You accept these terms when you pay the deposit or the full fee.
1.3 Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or modifies any right or remedy you have under the Australian Consumer Law that cannot lawfully be excluded.
2. The Course
2.1 The Course runs as ten live online sessions on Monday evenings, 6 to 8.30pm (Sydney time), starting Monday 1 March 2027, and a two-day practical intensive in Sydney on dates IMPA will confirm in writing.
2.2 The Course includes 40 core hours of teaching, course materials, six assessed projects with written feedback, the course assessment fees, and one year of MTA(NSW) membership. The founding cohort also receives ten extra tutorials.
2.3 On successful completion of the six assessed projects, and with evidence of Grade 8 practical and Grade 5 theory or musicianship (or equivalent), IMPA will submit your application for MTA(NSW) Fellowship. The course prepares you for the AMEB CTMusA and ATMusA, which AMEB assesses separately.
2.4 IMPA may make reasonable changes to session times, presenters or the venue. It will give you reasonable notice, and no change will materially reduce what the Course delivers.
2.5 Live sessions are recorded and made available to enrolled participants. Missing a live session does not entitle you to a refund or credit.
3. Fees
3.1 All fees are in Australian dollars and include GST.
3.2 Paid in full: $4,600. Self-study: $3,000. Private Mentorship: $15,000.
3.3 Payment plan: $4,900, made up of a $400 deposit and fortnightly instalments, the first charged two weeks after the deposit, with all instalments paid by 31 March 2027. Enrolling by 30 November 2026: eight instalments of $562.50. Enrolling by 31 December 2026: six instalments of $750. Enrolling by 20 January 2027: five instalments of $900.
3.4 After 20 January 2027, enrolment is by payment in full only.
3.5 By choosing the payment plan, you authorise IMPA, through its payment provider, to charge each instalment automatically to the card used for the deposit, or to a replacement card you provide.
3.6 Travel, accommodation and external certification or diploma fees are not included.
4. Cooling-off period
4.1 If you pay a deposit, you may cancel your enrolment within seven days of paying it by emailing office@musicpedagogy.com.au, and IMPA will refund everything you have paid within 14 days. Payment in full is not refundable.
4.2 After the seven-day period your enrolment is confirmed and the full Course fee (or the full payment plan total) is payable. You will not receive a refund if you change your mind, withdraw, or do not attend.
5. Missed payments
5.1 If an instalment fails, IMPA will notify you and you will have seven days to make the payment or update your card.
5.2 If the payment is still outstanding after seven days, IMPA may pause your access to sessions, recordings and materials until it is paid. All remaining instalments remain payable on their due dates.
5.3 If an amount is more than 30 days overdue, IMPA may require the whole remaining balance to be paid and may take reasonable steps to recover it, including recovering reasonable collection costs.
6. Assessments and Fellowship held until payment
Assessment results, the MTA(NSW) Fellowship application, MTA(NSW) membership and your certificate of completion are released only once the Course fee has been paid in full.
7. If you cannot continue
7.1 If serious illness, injury, bereavement or another genuine emergency prevents you from continuing, you may apply in writing, with supporting evidence, to transfer to a later cohort.
7.2 IMPA will consider each application fairly and may, at its discretion, offer a transfer, a pause or another arrangement.
7.3 Unless IMPA agrees otherwise in writing, the Course fee remains payable on the original schedule.
8. If IMPA cancels or postpones
8.1 If IMPA cancels or postpones the Course or the intensive, it will transfer your place to the rescheduled dates or to the next cohort at no extra cost.
8.2 If IMPA cancels the Course and no replacement cohort begins within 12 months of the original start date, IMPA will refund all amounts you have paid.
9. Founding cohort benefits
9.1 Founding cohort participants who complete the Course may attend the sessions of the second cohort, when it runs, at no extra cost.
9.2 This benefit does not include assessment or re-assessment, or the ten extra tutorials offered to the founding cohort.
9.3 IMPA has not yet set a date for the second cohort. The benefit is personal to you, cannot be transferred or exchanged for cash, and is not a reason for a refund.
10. Course materials and recordings
10.1 All Course materials and recordings belong to IMPA. You may use them for your own professional development and teaching practice.
10.2 You must not copy, share, sell or publish Course materials or recordings, or give anyone else access to them.
10.3 Live sessions may show your name, image and voice. Recordings are shared only with participants in your cohort.
11. Conduct
IMPA may suspend or remove a participant who behaves in a way that is abusive or disruptive, or that breaches clause 10. In that case IMPA may, at its discretion, refund the unused part of the fee.
12. Scholarships and travel support
MTA(NSW) may offer scholarships for travel and accommodation. MTA(NSW) decides eligibility and awards, and an application does not change the fee or the payment schedule.
13. Privacy
IMPA collects your name, email address, phone number and payment details to deliver the Course, process payments and contact you about it. IMPA handles your information under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and does not sell it. Card details are held by IMPA’s payment provider, not by IMPA. To ask about or correct your information, email office@musicpedagogy.com.au.
14. Liability
14.1 To the extent permitted by law, IMPA’s liability for any failure to supply the Course is limited to supplying the Course again or paying the cost of having it supplied again.
14.2 IMPA does not guarantee any particular outcome, such as examination results, student numbers or income.
15. General
15.1 These terms are governed by the law of New South Wales.
15.2 IMPA may update these terms for future enrolments. The terms in force when you paid your deposit or full fee apply to your enrolment.
15.3 Notices to IMPA go to office@musicpedagogy.com.au. Notices to you go to the email address you gave when enrolling.