To assist with providing more professional development opportunities, particularly for our country members and those who can’t attend our face-to-face workshops, your WAMTA Council have adopted an idea that several other Music Teachers’ Associations around Australia have likewise introduced this past year: PD Partners. Professional development partners are external providers…
The WAMTA Office will be open on Friday 28th April 2023, during which we will have a busy bee to sort the most recent donations of books, and then will be open every Monday from the following week, starting 1st May 2023. Thank you for your patience over the past…
Join your music teacher colleagues for a casual coffee and a chat on Tuesday 23rd May 2023 from 10:00am at Mid Century Cafe, 56 Michael St Yokine. Your WAMTA Council Host is June Clark. Look for our WAMTA table banner to help find us on the day! Please RSVP by purchasing a…
By popular demand, WAMTA is proud to present a 2 hour webinar on all things WordPress! WordPress is the most popular content management system for building websites, but despite being one of the most user-friendly options around, can still be daunting to use without some help! This will be a…
The Australian Youth Orchestra generously gave away 3 free double passes to WAMTA members for their concert in Perth on 14th April 2023, and offered a 20% discount for those that missed out on the free tickets. Paddy Ge was one of the lucky winners, who enjoyed attending the concert…
WAMTA’s first object is to “promote excellence in the teaching, practice and study of the art of music”. As such, we would like to recognise the WAMTA teachers whose students recently received an AMEB Award for Excellence for their outstanding exam results in 2022. Tricia Atkinson ⭐️ Penny Black ⭐️ Marilu Botes ⭐️ Hulda Budilestari ⭐️ Catherine Carboon ⭐️ Lyvia…
We’re delighted to announce that we have partnered with Music Aural Theory Trainer – MATT, a new curriculum-aligned, teaching aid for classroom and private studio music teachers in Australia. WAMTA Teaching and Accredited Teaching Members can now enjoy FREE MATT Studio teacher accounts as part of their WAMTA membership! That…
WAMTA was represented at the recent AMEB Awards Ceremony held at the University of Western Australia on 26th March 2023. WAMTA Council member Paddy Ge (left) had our new WAMTA brochures hand out, while WAMTA President Marina Knoote (right) presented the AJ Leckie Award, which has traditionally been sponsored by…
Simone Collins is employed as the WAMTA Secretary / Treasurer / Office Administrator 12 hours a week, and is also the PR Coordinator. She teaches piano, electronic organ and theory in Canning Vale. When and where were you born? I was born in Perth in the 1970s. When you were…
UWA’s ATAR Music Bootcamp will be held on Wednesday 19th April 2023. Carefully designed around the new ATAR Music Syllabus, the bootcamp will cover elements of Analysis, Performance, Composition, Musical Literacy and MORE in fun and informative sessions, suitable for students in years 10-12 (across all instruments and voice). Tickets are…
