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JMI receives highest student satisfaction rating in Australia!
The results are in.... JMI has received the highest student satisfaction rating out of all Australian higher education institutions! The Quality Indicators of Learning and Teaching (QILT)...
FREE Audition Packs available for 2025 JMI Auditions
Auditions are now open for 2025 entry into JMI's Bachelor and Diploma programs! To help you prepare for an audition at JMI, we've developed a FREE audition pack, which is downloadable on...
Creative freedom through variation
We asked JMI lecturer Graeme Norris (Woodwind, Improvisation Techniques) about some of his approaches to teaching improvisation here at JMI. Have a read below about his thoughts on...
Exploring Jazz When You’re Unsure of What to Listen to
Exploring Jazz When You're Unsure of What to Listen to By Charlotte Mclean, JMI Course Coordinator Jazz is a labyrinth of different styles, eras, and instrumentation and deciding where to...
Interview with JMI Student Chris James
JMI's Course Coordinator, Charlotte Mclean, recently sat down with current JMI Bachelor student and alto saxophonist Chris James to chat about where his affinity for music began, his...
Where Are They Now? Meet Alumni, Kat Kellalea
In the following blog series of ‘Where Are They Now?’, we talk to some of our alumni who we haven’t heard from in quite some time! We find out where life has taken them since graduation,...
JMI Spring Clinics running in the September Holidays
UP JUMPED SPRING (CLINICS)! Looking for something different to fill up your September holidays? Why not spend it learning and playing jazz with the masters of jazz music in Brisbane! JMI...
What is Swing? Getting Inside the Sound We All Love
By Charlotte Mclean, JMI Course Coordinator The word "swing" in Jazz serves multiple purposes, encompassing the genre itself, its rhythmic essence, the approach of musicians, and the...
Where Are They Now? Meet Alumni, Clayton Young
The Jazz Music Institute was founded in 1996 and has been a higher education tertiary institution since 2009. In the following blog series of ‘Where Are They Now?’, we talk to some of our...
Where Are They Now? Meet Alumni, Al Wheeler
The Jazz Music Institute was founded in 1996 and has been a higher education tertiary institution since 2009. In the following blog series of 'Where Are They Now?', we talk to some of our...
Where Are They Now? Meet Alumni, Angus Murrell!
The Jazz Music Institute was founded in 1996 and has been a higher education tertiary institution since 2009. In the following blog series of 'Where Are They Now?', we talk to some of our...
Where Are They Now? Meet Alumni, Natalie Rogers!
The Jazz Music Institute was founded in 1996 and has been a higher education tertiary institution since 2009. In the following blog series of 'Where Are They Now?', we talk to some of our...