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How exciting! Your child is starting school in the New Year. You have chosen to enrol your child in after school private piano lessons with Music Matters  in Term 1, 2019. Congratulations on a making great choice for an extra-curricular activity which will support your... READ MORE

What is your take on music concerts? Do you relish the chance to get up in front of people and play or do you shiver at the thought of all those eyes staring at you just waiting for you to make a mistake? Playing at a music concert can be a very rewarding experience. It can also... READ MORE

  Download “A Parent’s guide to Beating the Practise Blues” and share easy practise ideas with your kids today. Don’t miss an opportunity to support your child’s musical journey. You are paying good money for instruments, for lessons and for... READ MORE

“Simon has not practised music this week because we have been too busy. He has swimming lessons on Mondays at 4.00pm, dance on Wednesdays at 3.30pm and Gym on Fridays at 5.00pm. He is very tired by the end of the week.”   If this sounds familiar, you are not... READ MORE

  Is it better for my child to learn to play the ukulele first and then move on to the guitar when he is older and bigger? It is a very good question. Thanks for asking. As it happens the ukulele is a complete instrument in its own right. It has its own unique set of 4... READ MORE

  1. The development of language. Music is one of the few activities that involves using the whole brain. Music plays a very important part in learning both our native language, as well as additional ones. Science has shown that learning music requires the same parts of the... READ MORE

  This may sound strange, but as a parent of  four music students, over a 20 year period, it never occurred to me to admonish my children for lack of practise or to force, coerce or guilt them to practising their instruments. Come to think of it I never heard my own parents... READ MORE

              Preschoolers love this piano program! Your child aged 4 will thrive on the creativity, energy and musicality of Mozart Mouse and Beethoven Bear. Intuitively, Mozart and Beethoven take little fingers and minds on a musical journey.... READ MORE

You child is unique and matures at his own pace. There is no set age to start music lessons but there are clear preparation guidelines which make an early start much more fun and successful for everyone. Children who know their right side from left side have a head start. Most... READ MORE

Have you ever wondered why babies stare so hard at you? Your eyes are amazing to them! Aren’t we all captivated by lovely, big eyes? Your baby has a natural attraction to faces. While he is staring at you he is making a map of your face and memorising all your details. When... READ MORE