Is Your Off-the-Bench Working to Your Advantage?
Movement, singing and rhythm before notes on a page, and how to make sure every minute off the bench builds real musical skill.
MTNA 2026 · APPC 2026 · TopMusicLive 2026
Speaking
Talks that get teachers out of their seats.
Research-backed, practical and active. Your audience will move, sing and play, then walk out with ideas they can use in their next lesson.
Talks
What I speak about
Workshops and presentations I've given at conferences and for exam boards around the world. Each can run as a keynote, a hands-on workshop or a longer professional learning session.
Meeting the Learning Needs of All Students
Practical ways to reach every learner in your studio, whatever way they learn best.
MTNA National Conference, USA, 2025
Improvisation and Composition Skills using Orff-Schulwerk
Orff-Schulwerk techniques that get students improvising and composing from their very first lessons.
NCKP 2023 and 2025 · APPC 2024 · Texas MTA and Canadian MTA 2023
Teaching Piano using Orff-Schulwerk and Whole Body Learning
Professional learning for piano teachers that brings Orff-Schulwerk and Whole Body Learning into everyday lessons.
AMEB · ABRSM · Royal Irish Academy of Music · Trinity College London
Teaching Kids Piano in the 2020s
A hands-on workshop on what today's young students need from their piano lessons, and how to give it to them.
Australia · UK · USA
Aural and Theory Tool Kit
Theory fundamentals and aural skills, taught actively so they stick.
Australia · Hong Kong · Singapore · UK
What people say
From the people who booked me
“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. Most importantly, the session was fun, entertaining, and enlightening! Your zest and enthusiasm for the activities and learning they were based on were utterly infectious.”
“Paul Myatt has co-presented several successful pedagogy courses on Orff-Schulwerk using the Trinity College piano syllabus. He is a well-informed pedagogue who brings a sense of fun and excitement to learning, offering teachers practical, hands-on activities that can be used in lessons immediately.”
Formats
How I can work with you
- KeynotesFor conferences and association events, 45 to 60 minutes.
- Hands-on workshopsTeachers on their feet or at keyboards, trying every idea as we go.
- Professional learning for schoolsSessions for music staff and classroom teachers.
- OnlineLive sessions and webinars for teachers anywhere in the world.
Where I've spoken
Conferences and workshops
Also presented at and for
- ConferencesMTNA National Conference (USA) 2025 and 2026 · NCKP 2023 and 2025 · NAMM (USA) · ISME · ASME · Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference · Texas MTA and Canadian MTA 2023 · Group Piano Live, Texas, 2024 to 2026
- Exam boards and institutionsTrinity College London (Australia and New Zealand) · ABRSM (Kent, Cardiff, Hong Kong and online) · AMEB at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music · Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin · NSW Department of Education
- CountriesAustralia · New Zealand · United Kingdom · Ireland · USA · Canada · Hong Kong · Singapore
- Coming upFLOW2027, the ANCOS Orff-Schulwerk national conference, Brisbane, January 2027
Planning a conference or PD day?
Tell me about your event, your audience and your dates, and I'll come back to you with ideas.