Five Northern Tasmanian musicians are the latest recipients of the Dorothy Glover memorial scholarships, which has given each of them the opportunity to take on post-graduate level studies both interstate and overseas.

Dorothy Glover trustee John Morris said Miss Glover came to Launceston in the late 1960s with her elderly mother, who became so ill that they decided to stay.

Miss Glover played the organ at St John's Church and taught music.

"She became very involved in the musical life of the city, particularly in the Launceston Chamber Music Society," Dr Morris said.

She moved to Geelong in 1986 but before she went she set up a trust fund from the money that she earned from music teaching in Launceston.

She left instructions that when it had accrued to $20,000, the interest be used to provide scholarships to promising Launceston musicians to study interstate or overseas.

This year's five recipients are baritone Christopher Bryg, counter tenor Nicholas Tolputt, violinist and teacher Alexandra Harris, music teacher Anthony Moles and operatic student Edwina Dalco.

Ms Harris used her $5000 scholarship to travel to the US for a special music theory summer school at the Jaques Dalcroze Institute in Baltimore. She said the Dalcroze was a method of violin theory teaching she had studied as part of her Melbourne Conservatorium masters degree.

Mr Tolputt, a bachelor of music student in classical voice, will use his scholarship to study with one of the finest counter tenors in the world in Switzerland.

Mr Bryg, an occupational therapist, will use his earnings to study for a classical music career.

Anthony Moles is studying for a doctor of philosophy majoring in composition at the Sydney University. The scholarship will help him further his studies.

Ms Dalco has been studying classical voice at the Melbourne Conservatorium and has been accepted into the professional performance stream. She has done master classes with artists such as Dame Kiri te Kanawu and the scholarship will help her expand those studies.

Dr Morris said a concert would be held later this year as a fund-raising event for the Dorothy Glover scholarships.