News - JMI

King St Jazz Festival was a huge success!

The Jazz Music Institute & King Street Brisbane proudly present: The King St Jazz Festival! Saying goodbye to Winter and hello to Spring, the Jazz Music Institute proudly curated a half-day jazz festival this September in the central location of Alexandria Park, Bowen Hills, supported by King Street Brisbane. Jazz...

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Eric Alexander (NYC) visits the Jazz Music Institute!

What a week! JMI had the privilege of hosting internationally renowned tenor saxophone player, Eric Alexander (NYC) for a workshop and concert! Eric spent half a day holding a workshop at JMI Live with our students and saxophone lovers alike. After a quick ensemble demonstration with his quartet, Eric opened...

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Students rate JMI the #1 Institute in Queensland to study Music & Creative Arts!

The Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) have released the 2020-2021 Student Experience Survey (SES) National Report and results. For the 5th year in a row, JMI has been rated among the top tertiary institutions in the country. In fact, the data collected in 2020-2021 rated JMI as the #1...

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Talking JMI with Braden Hunter

We had a quick chat with one of our current Bachelor students, Braden to discuss his experience thus far studying at JMI and how it has benefited him and his future as a musician. Braden lived regionally before moving to Brisbane to study and we are very grateful that he...

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Chats with long-time friend of JMI, Brent Stanton

Originally from New Zealand, Brent Stanton now permanently resides in New York City, working in Film & Television, as well as Music. Brent has a wealth of knowledge to share. We wanted to take a walk down memory lane and learn more about Brent’s journey as a working musician in...

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Talking JMI with current student, Will Milne

We had a quick chat with one of our current Bachelor students, Will 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 did...

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Chats with current JMI student, Patrick Atkinson

We had a quick chat with one of our current Bachelor students, Pat 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 did...

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Interview with current JMI student, Tom Kakanis

We had a quick chat with one of our current Bachelor students, Tom 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 did...