Marjorie Hesse

Marjorie Anne Hesse, MBE, DSCM, B.A., LRSM, LMusA was an Australian pianist, lecturer, examiner, and composer.

[2] In 1927, Hesse won the National Prize for Piano and Harmony from Trinity College London as the best candidate in the British Commonwealth.

[4][2] In 1936, Hesse began a Commonwealth tour with contralto Alice Prowse and violinist Phyllis MacDonald under direction of the ABC.

She was invited by the Italian tenor Dino Borgioli to accompany his students, including Australian soprano Joan Hammond.

[8][10] Hesse and her mother travelled to New York on the RMS Aquitania - one of the first British passenger ships to leave England after the declaration of war.

[10][4][9] One of these recitals took place at the Rockefeller Center where Hesse performed works by herself, Alfred and Mirrie Hill, and Percy Grainger who also attended the concert.

[12] In the 1950s, Hesse travelled to both Europe and Canada for a two-year tour where she gave recitals and studied music teaching methods.