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Blackburn High School to perform at Essentially Ellington Festival in NY 2020!

In 2020, Jazz at Lincoln Center was set to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the annual Essentially Ellington (EE) festival held in New York City. For the first time in history the renowned festival will instead be held virtually due to COVID-19. With EE going virtual this year, the lineup...

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A brief chinwag with current student, Tom Watson and his JMI experience thus far

We had a quick chat with one of our current Bachelor students, Tom Watson to discuss his experience thus far studying at JMI and how it has benefited him and his future as a musician. Firstly, tell me a bit about yourself. What instrument are you currently learning and when...

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A chat with current student Lachie Alexander and his experience at JMI thus far

We had a quick chat with one of our current Bachelor students, Lachie Alexander to discuss his experience thus far studying at JMI and how it has benefited him and his future as a musician. Firstly, tell me a bit about yourself. What instrument are you currently learning and when...

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A Q&A with current student, Liam Conor about his JMI experience thus far

We had a quick chat with one of our current Bachelor students, Liam Conor to discuss his experience thus far studying at JMI and how it has benefited him and his future as a musician. Firstly, tell us a bit about yourself. What instrument are you currently learning and when...

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Current student, Georgia Hoskins discusses her experience at JMI thus far

We had a quick chat with one of our current Bachelor students, Georgia Hoskins to discuss her experience thus far studying at JMI and how it has benefited her and her future as a musician. Firstly, tell us a bit about yourself. What instrument are you currently learning and when...

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A brief chat with current student, Peter Yi and his experience at JMI thus far

We had a quick chat with one of our current Bachelor students and Student Representative for 2020, Peter Yi to discuss his experience thus far studying at JMI and how it has benefited him and his future as a musician. Firstly, tell us a bit about yourself. What instrument are...

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A quick chat with current student, Connor Perkins and his experience thus far at JMI

We had a quick chat with one of our current Bachelor students, Connor Perkins to discuss his experience thus far studying at JMI and how it has benefited him and his future as a musician. Firstly, tell us a bit about yourself, your love for music and what instrument you...

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An Insight into Learning and Teaching Jazz Online at JMI during COVID-19

Life as we know it has changed dramatically here at JMI. Due to the current COVID-19 crisis, face-to-face lessons are unfortunately not available. However in record time, our faculty and students were able to adjust and adapt to online teaching and learning more successfully than anticipated. As a result, we...