Hi there! We’re Paul Myatt and Gillian Erskine, and we’re passionate about supporting the modern piano teachers like you who are ready to embrace learning strategies that bring more confidence, progress, and FUN to students of all ages.

Our mission is simple: to help you charge premium rates, enjoy teaching more, and create your ideal lifestyle. We want you to fall back in love with piano teaching! 

We’re the creators of The Studio Program & Group Piano University, and over the years we’ve helped thousands of teachers around the world elevate their teaching success.

Group Piano University was born from our desire to help teachers create better group piano classes and better lives. The Studio was created to offer a long-awaited global community for piano teachers while sharing our Whole Body Learning approach we pioneered; a body-based learning system backed by neuroscience and the biology of learning, engineered to help you experience more success and less stress.

Before we founded Piano Teaching Success, we spent more than two decades building and teaching in Forte School of Music, with schools across the world, and thousands of students. Those years shaped so much of the wisdom, resources, and systems we now share with teachers everywhere, including you. 

I’m Gillian, and after years of running large music schools, I now love mentoring the next generation of inspiring teachers. When I’m not teaching or creating new resources, you’ll find me on the sunny Gold Coast doing yoga, pilates, or weight training. I’m a proud mum of two piano-playing sons, and we often still play together!

And I’m Paul. I’m usually on the move—teaching group piano, running along Sydney Harbour, coaching swimming, or training for marathons to raise funds for cancer research. I live in Sydney with my partner, and I love to travel! I’m currently working on my PhD in sensory-motor integration (Whole Body Learning), and I’m often invited to present, lecture, and speak at music conferences and events around the world.

As best-selling composers and publishers, our 30-plus years of collaboration have led to our Whole Body Learning approach and a wide range of books and resources used across Forte Music Schools, our Accredited Teachers, and our Whole Body Learning Studio Members.

Together, we’re a passionate about paving the way for more effective, research-rooted, science-informed, and experience-proven teaching methods - to give you a better teaching life! 

Piano Teaching Success isn’t a brand—it’s a global movement that’s transforming how piano is taught, learned, and experienced. Join us!