Paul Myatt

Paul Myatt is a passionate teacher, performer, coach, author, composer and workshop facilitator. His purpose and passion is to continue to learn and work with people to assist them in developing their skills to achieve their goals. His experience extends across many fields: music, business, technology and sports.

Along with colleague, Gillian Erskine, Gillian & Paul created Piano Teaching Success a thriving membership group that helps teachers teach better using 21st century teaching strategies which have been proven to help kids learn more effectively, play for longer and help create the musicians of tomorrow. Paul has also been instrumental in the development of Whole Body Learning (wholebodylearning.org), the approach used by Forte School of Music and is involved in developing Professional Development programs for music teachers including Piano Teaching Success TV and the PTS Q+A TV show.

Forte School of Music is a thriving and growing network of music schools & studios with over 7,500 students across locations in Australia, New Zealand, UK and US. Since 1994, they have worked with their music teaching business partners to help them build their studio businesses in all areas including education & training, marketing, human resources, management and administration.

As the co-author of the Forte course books, Paul has also co-created the Forte School of Music Teacher Training programmes which thousands of teachers have participated in. He is co-writer of the easiLEARNmusic educational text books which are published/distributed in Australia and the United Kingdom by Hal Leonard Corporation, the world’s largest music publisher. He is a regular contributor to British & Australian piano teaching magazines and is currently working on a book about Whole Body Learning, the teaching strategy employed by Forte School of Music.

What people say...

“Paul is an outstanding and innovative music teacher. He is endlessly curious in research about all aspects of learning in music.” – Dr Robyn Staveley, Education Lecturer University of Technology, Sydney.

“Your session provided a physical and mental ‘wake-up’; a space for working in pairs and as a team, and a positive way of provoking thoughts and discussion about learning. You pushed the team out of their comfort zone, but in a way that was never uncomfortable and importantly, the session was fun, entertaining and enlightening! Your zest and enthusiasm, for the activities and learning they were based on, were utterly infectious.” – Dr Rebecca Sutherland, Teachers & Psychologists Workshop NSW Education Department.

“Paul Myatt has co-presented several successful pedagogy courses on Orff-Schulwerk using the Trinity College piano syllabus. He is a well informed pedagogues who bring a sense of fun and excitement to learning, offering teachers practical, hands on activities that can be used in lessons immediately. His workshops offer teachers an insight into current pedagogical approaches and technology.” - Barry Walmsley Head of Trinity College (Australia)