Music Master Teacher Program
Pushing the boundaries of music education
Welcome to the MMTP website. The MMTP is an innovative teacher training program designed to
meet the needs of music teachers (specifically guitar/bass/piano/drums tutors) who wish to place
themselves on the forefront of their profession by further developing professionally relevant
knowledge and experience of teaching practices. To this end, the program sets out to keep music
teachers abreast of a range of teaching methodologies, evidence-based educational theories, and
music related disciplines. The program is aimed either at proficient guitar/bass/piano/drums players
who are already involved in music education, or to those who are planning to start a teaching career.
Course Outline
Please, download our Course Outline brochure to learn more about our program, objectives and requirements.
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Program
Our core aim is to present several ways to expand the lens through which we look at instrumental
teaching in the twenty-first century. The course argues for a shift of thinking towards unscrutinised
common assumptions on what is pedagogically relevant to music teachers in informal avenues of
learning. It discusses what constitutes a broad, engaging curriculum and examines assessment
procedures in the light of the latest teaching theories and methodologies. Informed by an
interdisciplinary approach, it engages with a range of disciplines and fields of enquiry that furnish
new models of music education of the profession. Chief amongst these are the advancements in
neuroscience, educational psychology, and socio-cultural perspectives. Moreover, the program
departs from the traditional ethnocentric approach that resits a re-contextualisation of the
pedagogical aims – at times rooted in the habit of hostility amongst methodologies ...
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FAQ
What is the MMTP?
The M Master Teacher Program (MMTP) is a comprehensive professional development program
for bass, drums, guitar, and piano teachers. It is devised for teachers who seek to combine their
performing skills with a firm knowledge and advanced understanding of the principles of music
education, recognizing such understanding as a the most critical element for developing and
maintaining a long and successful teaching career in today’s fast-changing and diverse music
culture, and complex interdisciplinary field.
Who is the MMTP for?
The MMTP address teachers who recognize the value of gaining today most innovative educational
knowledge on teaching bass/drums/guitar/piano and related subjects; knowledge which is viewed
indispensable for entering the contemporary music education sector...
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