Competitions Day 2025

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.