Association Focus: The West Australian Music Teachers' Association (Inc)

Tanya Allen

By Tanya Allen
Community contribution / June 6, 2016

The West Australian Music Teachers’ Association (Inc) (WAMTA) is an incorporated professional association representing the interests of studio music teachers in Western Australia.

WAMTA fulfils an important role in providing a scale of recommended minimum fees for music teachers, a music teacher database ...

This story appeared in the June 2016 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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