WASO’s reimagined community musician experience, Side-by-Side Symphony, is similar in concept to their previous community event The Rusty Orchestra, with experienced musicians aged 25+ years from across Western Australia performing alongside WASO musicians, to create the Side-by-Side Symphony. In June 2024, community musicians have the extraordinary opportunity to learn from and…
Led by internationally acclaimed performers and academics Cecilia Sun, Sara Macliver and Shaun Lee-Chen, the Irwin Street Collective is committed to daring and novel approaches to the playing, teaching, and researching historically informed performance practices. Beethoven’s ten sonatas for piano and violin remain the most significant exploration of the potential…
Would you like a technique ‘refresher’ to help you revive your teaching ideas over the long holiday period? Would you like to update your knowledge and skills, or re-visit some ideas of how to provide technique choices for your students? Join AMEB examiner Valerie Lang at Zenith Music Claremont on Friday…
The next Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference will be held in July 2024 at Monash University. As on previous occasions, theyare holding a composition competition with the aim of fostering new repertoire for young players. This time, the competition will be arranged in two sections, (a) school age and (b) open…
Entries are now open for the next monthly student concert (“Student Forum”) to be held on Saturday 7th October 2023. This is one of our most popular perks of WAMTA membership, open to students of WAMTA teachers. Entries will close on Wed 4th October 2023, or when an hour long…
Join us for a Masterclass with Geoffrey Lancaster on 30th September 2023 at Zenith Music, Claremont, commencing at 2:30 pm. Five students at a Grade 6 level or above are invited to present one piece for Geoffrey. The pieces being performed so far are: Please register students to perform below….
You can now register to enter the 2023 WAMTA Recital & Concerto Competition at https://rcc.wamta.au An early bird discount applies throughout June. Entries close at midnight on 16th July 2023.
Develop your delivery of, and skills in jazz with internationally acclaimed leading Jazz Educator Dean Sorenson (USA). On a national tour, Sorenson will walk educators through sessions designed for the West Australian curriculum, covering key aspects of the curriculum including ‘The First Steps’, ‘The Rhythm Section’, and ‘Improvisation for the…
The recent WordPress Websites Webinar held on 21st May 2023 was recorded, and is now available for purchase from our PD On-Demand page. Many thanks to WAMTA Past President Jocelyn Kotchie, who attended the webinar, for her report on the workshop: On Sunday 21st May I attended the WordPress Websites…
Finnish virtuoso and the Artistic Director of the Australian National Academy of Music Paavali Jumppanen is one of the most imaginative and versatile concert pianists, and is joining the University of Western Australia in 2023 as an Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Artist. In this concert on Sunday 28th May 2023, he…
