MTASA Competitions Day 2025
Reimann-Robinson Scholarship & Norman Sellick Memorial Prize

The Music Teachers’ Association of South Australia warmly invites you to the 2025 Competitions Day, featuring the Norman Sellick Memorial Prize and the Reimann-Robinson Scholarship.

This year’s competition will feature both a preliminary video round and a live final at the Australian Piano Warehouse.

COMPETITION FINAL:

Venue: Australian Piano Warehouse
Date: Sunday, 26 October 2025
Time:

Norman Sellick Memorial Prize: 5:00pm – 6:45pm

Reimann-Robinson Scholarship: 7:00pm – 9:00pm

ENTRY DEADLINE: (including video submission):

Friday, October 10, 2025

No late entries will be accepted.

Entry Process

All entries and payments must be submitted online via Humanitix.

Recordings must be submitted as unlisted YouTube links.

Competitors must be available to attend the FINAL to be eligible for a prize.

Video submission deadline: 10 October 2025. Video Submission Requirements are as follows:

The recording must be done in one continuous take.

Recordings cannot be posted online except as unlisted YouTube videos.

The camera must be positioned to capture the performer’s face, both hands and the instrument. If feet are used (e.g., piano pedalling), they must also be visible.

The recording must clearly show both the performer and accompanist, with balanced, audible sound.

Once the video is uploaded, the unlisted YouTube URL must be submitted via the enrolment form.

We will inform the teachers whether the students will be selected into final by 16 October 2025.

Competitors must perform the same repertoire in both preliminary and final rounds.

Entry Fees & Prize Structure

Norman Sellick Memorial Prize: Entry Fee: $50

First Prize: $250

Second Prize: $100

Third Prize: $50

Reimann-Robinson Scholarship: Entry Fee: $65

First Prize: $400

Second Prize: $200

Third Prize: $100

Performance Guidelines

Norman Sellick Memorial Prize:

Two contrasting works must be performed within a total of 10 minutes.

Reimann-Robinson Scholarship:

Any number of works may be performed within a total of 15 minutes.

No coaching is permitted during the performance.

Photography and recording are not permitted during final performances.

All copyright laws must be observed. APRA/AMCOS forms, along with original or licensed copies of music, must be provided.

If invited to the final - Competitors must check in at least 20 minutes before the start of their session.

The adjudicator’s decision is final. The scholarship may be withheld if a satisfactory standard is not met.

All winners will be invited to perform at the MTASA Summer Conference event in January 2026, and feature in the SA Music Teacher Magazine.

Conditions of Entry

Open to students of MTASA members (any instrument). The member must be the student’s principal teacher.

Age Limit:

Norman Sellick: 12 years and under (as of 1 May 2025)

Reimann-Robinson: 13–18 years (as of 1 May 2025)

Eligibility exclusions:

Past First Prize winners of each respective competition are not eligible to enter again.

All other students, including past 2nd and 3rd prize winners, are eligible to enter.

Contact the host of Competitions Day 2025

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