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A great opportunity from the ABC for young musicians! 👇
The YPAs offer cash prizes for all finalists, and the winner will receive recording and performance opportunities led by the ABC.
Applications are open now: www.abc.net.au/listen/class...
The YPAs offer cash prizes for all finalists, and the winner will receive recording and performance opportunities led by the ABC.
Applications are open now: www.abc.net.au/listen/class...
The ABC Young Performer Awards - ABC Classic
ABC Classic presents the Young Performer Awards, Australia's premier national artist development programme for young musicians, instrumentalists and performing artists.
www.abc.net.au
February 18, 2026 at 9:02 PM
A great opportunity from the ABC for young musicians! 👇
The YPAs offer cash prizes for all finalists, and the winner will receive recording and performance opportunities led by the ABC.
Applications are open now: www.abc.net.au/listen/class...
The YPAs offer cash prizes for all finalists, and the winner will receive recording and performance opportunities led by the ABC.
Applications are open now: www.abc.net.au/listen/class...
February 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
🎹 Calling all piano lovers & music educators!
Unlock fresh inspiration— a full-day professional learning event featuring expert insights into AMEB Piano Series 19 & more!
📆 15 March • 📍 Yamaha Head Office, South Melbourne
Register: bit.ly/VMTA-Piano-D...
Unlock fresh inspiration— a full-day professional learning event featuring expert insights into AMEB Piano Series 19 & more!
📆 15 March • 📍 Yamaha Head Office, South Melbourne
Register: bit.ly/VMTA-Piano-D...
February 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
🎹 Calling all piano lovers & music educators!
Unlock fresh inspiration— a full-day professional learning event featuring expert insights into AMEB Piano Series 19 & more!
📆 15 March • 📍 Yamaha Head Office, South Melbourne
Register: bit.ly/VMTA-Piano-D...
Unlock fresh inspiration— a full-day professional learning event featuring expert insights into AMEB Piano Series 19 & more!
📆 15 March • 📍 Yamaha Head Office, South Melbourne
Register: bit.ly/VMTA-Piano-D...
Here are 12 incredibly useful tips for practice from the legendary Wynton Marsalis. The great thing about these are they will benefit your immediate music skills but can also be transferred to other professions and areas of life. 🙌🎵
#PracticeTips #MusicforLife
#PracticeTips #MusicforLife
Wynton Marsalis’ 12 Tips on How to Practice: For Musicians, Athletes, or Anyone Who Wants to Learn
Practicing for countless hours before we can be good at something seems burdensome and boring. Maybe that’s why we’re drawn to stories of instant achievement. The monk realizes satori (and Neo learns…
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February 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Here are 12 incredibly useful tips for practice from the legendary Wynton Marsalis. The great thing about these are they will benefit your immediate music skills but can also be transferred to other professions and areas of life. 🙌🎵
#PracticeTips #MusicforLife
#PracticeTips #MusicforLife
🎻 Join friends of the VMTA in beautiful Kyneton!
Enjoy classics and help grow an inclusive garden for all abilities. 🌿✨
📅 Sun 1 Mar • 2–4pm • Kyneton Mechanics Institute
🎟️ Every seat supports Mark’s Country Place: events.humanitix.com/music-for-ma...
#MusicForMarksCountryPlace
Enjoy classics and help grow an inclusive garden for all abilities. 🌿✨
📅 Sun 1 Mar • 2–4pm • Kyneton Mechanics Institute
🎟️ Every seat supports Mark’s Country Place: events.humanitix.com/music-for-ma...
#MusicForMarksCountryPlace
Music for Mark's Country Place
Mark's Country Place and the ARME are hosting a fundraising concert in Kyneton featuring music from Vivaldi, Handel, Bach and Biber, followed by refreshments.
events.humanitix.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:01 PM
🎻 Join friends of the VMTA in beautiful Kyneton!
Enjoy classics and help grow an inclusive garden for all abilities. 🌿✨
📅 Sun 1 Mar • 2–4pm • Kyneton Mechanics Institute
🎟️ Every seat supports Mark’s Country Place: events.humanitix.com/music-for-ma...
#MusicForMarksCountryPlace
Enjoy classics and help grow an inclusive garden for all abilities. 🌿✨
📅 Sun 1 Mar • 2–4pm • Kyneton Mechanics Institute
🎟️ Every seat supports Mark’s Country Place: events.humanitix.com/music-for-ma...
#MusicForMarksCountryPlace
February 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Noa Kageyama over at Bulletproof Musician discusses practice studies and digs through the findings to deliver some great practice strategies. Which have you used? 🤔
8 Things Top Practicers Do Differently
As my kids were (begrudgingly) practicing their Tae Kwon Do patterns t...
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February 10, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Noa Kageyama over at Bulletproof Musician discusses practice studies and digs through the findings to deliver some great practice strategies. Which have you used? 🤔
Join the VMTA and clinician Glenn Riddle for our Term 1 Student Concert, with two regular performance sessions and a Piano Masterclass. 🎻🎷🎹
🎶 Register now: www.vmta.org.au/eventdetails...
#StudentConcert #Masterclass #PerformanceOpportunity
🎶 Register now: www.vmta.org.au/eventdetails...
#StudentConcert #Masterclass #PerformanceOpportunity
February 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Join the VMTA and clinician Glenn Riddle for our Term 1 Student Concert, with two regular performance sessions and a Piano Masterclass. 🎻🎷🎹
🎶 Register now: www.vmta.org.au/eventdetails...
#StudentConcert #Masterclass #PerformanceOpportunity
🎶 Register now: www.vmta.org.au/eventdetails...
#StudentConcert #Masterclass #PerformanceOpportunity
This month in the VMTA Blog, we have an article from VMTA Treasurer Maria Fiteni, who provides an overview of how the Kodály approach can be applied to instrumental music teaching and learning. 🎶👏
Read more: www.vmta.org.au/news-item/21... 👈
#Kodály #InstrumentalMusicTeachers
Read more: www.vmta.org.au/news-item/21... 👈
#Kodály #InstrumentalMusicTeachers
February 8, 2026 at 9:01 PM
This month in the VMTA Blog, we have an article from VMTA Treasurer Maria Fiteni, who provides an overview of how the Kodály approach can be applied to instrumental music teaching and learning. 🎶👏
Read more: www.vmta.org.au/news-item/21... 👈
#Kodály #InstrumentalMusicTeachers
Read more: www.vmta.org.au/news-item/21... 👈
#Kodály #InstrumentalMusicTeachers
February 5, 2026 at 9:01 PM
February 3, 2026 at 9:02 PM
🎹 Calling all piano lovers & music educators!
Unlock fresh inspiration— a full-day professional learning event featuring expert insights into AMEB Piano Series 19 & more!
📆 15 March • 📍 Yamaha Head Office, South Melbourne
Register: bit.ly/VMTA-Piano-D...
Unlock fresh inspiration— a full-day professional learning event featuring expert insights into AMEB Piano Series 19 & more!
📆 15 March • 📍 Yamaha Head Office, South Melbourne
Register: bit.ly/VMTA-Piano-D...
February 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
🎹 Calling all piano lovers & music educators!
Unlock fresh inspiration— a full-day professional learning event featuring expert insights into AMEB Piano Series 19 & more!
📆 15 March • 📍 Yamaha Head Office, South Melbourne
Register: bit.ly/VMTA-Piano-D...
Unlock fresh inspiration— a full-day professional learning event featuring expert insights into AMEB Piano Series 19 & more!
📆 15 March • 📍 Yamaha Head Office, South Melbourne
Register: bit.ly/VMTA-Piano-D...
And we thought it was worth listening to simply because it sounds great! 😜🎻
#TedEd #Vivaldi #FourSeasons
#TedEd #Vivaldi #FourSeasons
Why should you listen to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons"? - Betsy Schwarm
Light, bright, and cheerful, "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi is some of the most familiar of all early 18th century music, featured in numerous films and television commercials. But what is…
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February 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
And we thought it was worth listening to simply because it sounds great! 😜🎻
#TedEd #Vivaldi #FourSeasons
#TedEd #Vivaldi #FourSeasons
🎻 Join friends of the VMTA in beautiful Kyneton!
Enjoy classics and help grow an inclusive garden for all abilities. 🌿✨
📅 Sun 1 Mar • 2–4pm • Kyneton Mechanics Institute
🎟️ Every seat supports Mark’s Country Place: events.humanitix.com/music-for-ma...
#MusicForMarksCountryPlace
Enjoy classics and help grow an inclusive garden for all abilities. 🌿✨
📅 Sun 1 Mar • 2–4pm • Kyneton Mechanics Institute
🎟️ Every seat supports Mark’s Country Place: events.humanitix.com/music-for-ma...
#MusicForMarksCountryPlace
Music for Mark's Country Place
Mark's Country Place and the ARME are hosting a fundraising concert in Kyneton featuring music from Vivaldi, Handel, Bach and Biber, followed by refreshments.
events.humanitix.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:02 PM
🎻 Join friends of the VMTA in beautiful Kyneton!
Enjoy classics and help grow an inclusive garden for all abilities. 🌿✨
📅 Sun 1 Mar • 2–4pm • Kyneton Mechanics Institute
🎟️ Every seat supports Mark’s Country Place: events.humanitix.com/music-for-ma...
#MusicForMarksCountryPlace
Enjoy classics and help grow an inclusive garden for all abilities. 🌿✨
📅 Sun 1 Mar • 2–4pm • Kyneton Mechanics Institute
🎟️ Every seat supports Mark’s Country Place: events.humanitix.com/music-for-ma...
#MusicForMarksCountryPlace
January 29, 2026 at 9:01 PM
January 27, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Calling all piano teachers! The Judy Hall Piano Technique Toolkit offers vital insights into strong foundational technique for beginning piano students: bit.ly/judy-hall-to... 🎹
#PianoTechnique #PianoTeachers #PianoToolkit #JudyHallOAM
#PianoTechnique #PianoTeachers #PianoToolkit #JudyHallOAM
January 26, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Calling all piano teachers! The Judy Hall Piano Technique Toolkit offers vital insights into strong foundational technique for beginning piano students: bit.ly/judy-hall-to... 🎹
#PianoTechnique #PianoTeachers #PianoToolkit #JudyHallOAM
#PianoTechnique #PianoTeachers #PianoToolkit #JudyHallOAM
🌟APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN🌟
Are you or do you know a terrific teaching member of the VMTA? 👀
This award, named in honour of Geoffrey McFerran, is designed to recognise members of our Association. 🎶
Applications close COB Friday 10 April: www.vmta.org.au/teachers/vmt...
Are you or do you know a terrific teaching member of the VMTA? 👀
This award, named in honour of Geoffrey McFerran, is designed to recognise members of our Association. 🎶
Applications close COB Friday 10 April: www.vmta.org.au/teachers/vmt...
January 23, 2026 at 9:01 PM
🌟APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN🌟
Are you or do you know a terrific teaching member of the VMTA? 👀
This award, named in honour of Geoffrey McFerran, is designed to recognise members of our Association. 🎶
Applications close COB Friday 10 April: www.vmta.org.au/teachers/vmt...
Are you or do you know a terrific teaching member of the VMTA? 👀
This award, named in honour of Geoffrey McFerran, is designed to recognise members of our Association. 🎶
Applications close COB Friday 10 April: www.vmta.org.au/teachers/vmt...
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Some terrific beginner resources for teaching students to read notation! 🎼🎶
Note Names - Band Directors Talk Shop
Click on the pictures to see more info Find a Partner Games Task Cards & Slide Shows Beginning Band Chants- Perfect for Learning Lines/Spaces & More Animated PowerPoint Games I Have, Who…
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January 20, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Some terrific beginner resources for teaching students to read notation! 🎼🎶
🎹 Calling all piano lovers & music educators!
Unlock fresh inspiration— a full-day professional learning event featuring expert insights into AMEB Piano Series 19 & more!
📆 15 March • 📍 Yamaha Head Office, South Melbourne
Register: bit.ly/VMTA-Piano-D...
Unlock fresh inspiration— a full-day professional learning event featuring expert insights into AMEB Piano Series 19 & more!
📆 15 March • 📍 Yamaha Head Office, South Melbourne
Register: bit.ly/VMTA-Piano-D...
January 19, 2026 at 9:01 PM
🎹 Calling all piano lovers & music educators!
Unlock fresh inspiration— a full-day professional learning event featuring expert insights into AMEB Piano Series 19 & more!
📆 15 March • 📍 Yamaha Head Office, South Melbourne
Register: bit.ly/VMTA-Piano-D...
Unlock fresh inspiration— a full-day professional learning event featuring expert insights into AMEB Piano Series 19 & more!
📆 15 March • 📍 Yamaha Head Office, South Melbourne
Register: bit.ly/VMTA-Piano-D...
Thanks to all who completed our 'What is Quality Music Education?' survey and shared their insights.
📄 Read the findings: bit.ly/VMTA-QME-Sum...
#SurveyInsights #OrganisationalGrowth #PublicFeedback #QualityMusicEd
📄 Read the findings: bit.ly/VMTA-QME-Sum...
#SurveyInsights #OrganisationalGrowth #PublicFeedback #QualityMusicEd
January 18, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Thanks to all who completed our 'What is Quality Music Education?' survey and shared their insights.
📄 Read the findings: bit.ly/VMTA-QME-Sum...
#SurveyInsights #OrganisationalGrowth #PublicFeedback #QualityMusicEd
📄 Read the findings: bit.ly/VMTA-QME-Sum...
#SurveyInsights #OrganisationalGrowth #PublicFeedback #QualityMusicEd
The VMTA Board includes our President, Josie Thomas. Read more from her and take a look at our Roles & Aims: bit.ly/3rLoUEl
January 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The VMTA Board includes our President, Josie Thomas. Read more from her and take a look at our Roles & Aims: bit.ly/3rLoUEl
January 15, 2026 at 9:02 PM
January 13, 2026 at 9:01 PM