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VMTA is pleased to offer instrumental music teachers a comprehensive handbook on our Useful Information for Teachers page at https://vmta.org.au/useful-information-for-teachers/. The handbook is designed to be used by all teachers working in their own studio and in schools. It also includes a Code of Ethics written specifically for VMTA Members.

The 2019 biennial Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference, held in Brisbane from 8-12 July 2019, was once more full of ideas and information to improve our teaching. In addition, we were treated to several very fine concerts. The campus is like a magnificent spacious botanical park and the new auditorium in the Advanced Engineering Building was a superb space to hear the keynote speakers and most of the concerts. All with the background of a lakeside view behind the stage.

In May this year, VMTA members were treated to a VIP event with New York based pianist and composer Dan Tepfer at the Yamaha Premium Piano Centre in South Melbourne. Using Yamaha’s Disklavier piano as his only instrument, Tepfer performed all 11 pieces from his new album Natural Machines – improvisations interacting with computer programs he’s invented on Yamaha’s Disklavier.