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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...

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A lovely chat with current student, Chelle Janse Van Rensburg

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

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Five reasons why EVERY musician should study jazz

Every genre of music has the ability to teach us something new. But there is one genre of music that will not only teach you something new, but change the way you play music entirely — jazz, baby. Now we might be biased, but here at the Jazz Music Institute,...

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Meet our new Jazz Vocal Teacher, Jess Spina!

We had a quick chat with our latest addition to the JMI Faculty, Jess Spina! We are so pleased to announce that Jess starts a new adventure with us as one of our Principal Study Vocal Teachers here at the Jazz Music Institute! Jess was kind enough to share a...

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Meet our newest Faculty member, Lee Brackenborough!

We had a quick chat with our latest addition to the JMI Faculty, Lee Brackenborough! We are so pleased to announce that he starts a new adventure with us at the Jazz Music Institute as an Aural Ear Training Teacher. Lee was kind enough to share a bit of a...