About Aunty Rozzy

Born in Sydney, Australia, Ros Tesoriero has been a passionate musician and educator on both a professional and personal level since 1987. A student at the NSW State Conservatorium of Music, Ros majored in classical piano and music education and then continued her musical development in NYC studying jazz improvisation. This experience marked an extraordinary moment in her career as she arranged and composed with world-renowned jazz concert artist and music educator, Dave Frank.

Over the last 20 years Tesoriero's career has evolved including various disciplines ranging from music theatre, solo pianist, vocalist and entertaining in a variety of musical styles and collaborative ensembles.

While music is a particular passion for Tesoriero, she is also enthusiastic about passing on knowledge. She has enjoyed working as a music educator where she has taught a broad selection of age groups ranging from infants all the way through to secondary school elective music levels. Tesoriero now resides in Melbourne.

It was a family dinner that changed Tesoriero's career and the defining moment was when her nephew Charlie, declared he did not like carrots. Tesoriero wanted to encourage Charlie to eat the orange vegetable and called them "Nanna's carrots" and gave them a personality, which inferred to Charlie that carrots were better coming from Nanna. In theory this seemed a simple concept and in practice Tesoriero realised it could be applied to all foods and in turn may have a considerable effect on how children learn about healthy food. Greatly concerned with childhood obesity becoming a national epidemic in Australia, the United States and the UK, Tesoriero set out to create a happy positive experience for children. She started writing the Aunty Rozzy® series of books and accompanying music to encourage children to read, sing, dance and socialise all the while educating young ones about healthy eating with a long term impact in mind.

"Music connects with people in so many ways. It can address physical, emotional, cognitive and social needs of people of all ages. Happy music makes people happy and I believe happy music with a healthy message can evoke a positive feeling towards healthy eating," says Tesoriero.

"It's pretty cool to have a positive impact on those difficult moments parents have with kids, to help parents find a fun way to get kids to eat their veggies."

"Children are naturally active and learn best by doing. Their ears develop before their eyes. Because kids love singing and dancing, the book - CD sets are a great way to approach healthy eating."

She adds, "Singing also aids in language and reading skills while nurturing an appreciation of the arts."

Testimonials

First of all I would like to congratulate yourself, your team and your "great thing" you have created and direct to encourage health, fun and vision entertainment for children. I had the pleasure of being at the Queen Victoria Market on Thursday and my four year old daughter and I happened to walk by and the music instantly caught our attention... I just wanted to let you know that my daughter woke up this morning singing "Nanna's Carrots" and asking me can she have carrots today.
Patrick Barallon
Melbourne, Australia