REGISTRATIONS OPEN SOON!
TMTA Southern branch invites all instrumental and vocal students of TMTA members to participate in an afternoon of music making and performances at the 2025 TMTA Music Competition.
A friendly and supportive environment, the TMTA Music Competition is a great opportunity for students to perform to a small audience and share in live performances together. Adjudicator, Roseanne Hammer will provide feedback and adjudicate the awards in various sections on the day.
Students need not have completed an exam to participate in the sections/awards. A copy of the music should be provided for the adjudicator on the day and entry forms must be received prior to the performance day.
Audience entry is $10 per adult (children are free). $20 student participant fees are to be paid at the door on the day.
Entries close on 11th September and must be emailed to Lynette Smith.
Hosted at the The Farrell Centre, The Friends' School, Argyle St in North Hobart. Download a Campus Map here.
Roseanne will be conducting a masterclass on Sunday 20 September. Please contact Lynnette Smith for expressions of interest.
Adjudicator
ROSEANNE HAMMER
Rosanne Hammer is a South Australian pianist and educator with degrees in Music and Education from the University of Adelaide. Her career encompasses a dynamic blend of performance, pedagogy, and leadership within the Australian music community.
Her performance work includes premieres by notable composers such as Elena Kats-Chernin AO, Larry Sitsky AO FAHA (who dedicated a movement of The Golden Dawn Suite to her), and Kristoffer Zegers (Netherlands), leading to an invitation to perform another interpretation of Zegers’ Piano Phasing work in Seattle, USA. Beyond these projects, she has been a regular soloist and collaborator in South Australian concert series, including recurring appearances in the Recitals Australia series.
She is a highly regarded adjudicator, masterclass clinician, and presenter, having delivered masterclasses and presentations for the Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference, the Musicological Society of Australia, various Eisteddfod societies, and Music Teachers’ Associations, and serving on the Australian jury for the Singapore International Music Competition in 2025.
Rosanne currently serves as a Federal Examiner and sits on the South Australian & Northern Territory Advisory Board for the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB). She is President of the Music Teachers’ Association of South Australia and has previously held key roles with Recitals Australia, including Secretary, Scholarships Convener, and Co-Convener of the Yamaha–Recitals Australia Showcase. In 2022, she was awarded the Don Burrows Award by the Australian Heads of Music in Non-Government Schools (AHOMINGS) in recognition of her outstanding contribution to music education.
Her teaching and artistic practice are deeply influenced by her long-standing contact with esteemed pedagogue Eleonora Sivan, who continues to be a mentor and source of inspiration.
