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JMI’s Summer Jazz Clinics running again in January 2020
JMI's infamous Summer Jazz Clinics will be running again in January 2020 in Brisbane and Canberra! These clinics have been running since the late 1970s and have been instrumental in the...
JMI offering Vocal Night Classes with Charlotte Mclean
JMI is extending its renowned Night Classes and are now offering Vocal Classes with Brisbane-based vocalist Charlotte Mclean. Classes will be held on Tuesday nights from 6:30pm to 8:30pm...
Drum lessons with Dave Sanders at JMI!
JMI is offering private drum lessons with its drum lecturer, Dave Sanders, through a 3 x 1-hour lesson package for a limited time only! If you are serious about improving your drumming in...
Auditions open for 2020 entry into JMI courses
Auditions are now open for entry into JMI courses in 2020! Auditions are available by appointment and you can book an audition by downloading the Application for Audition Form and sending...
Jerome Jennings touring Australia for Essentially Ellington Down Under
Jerome Jennings and Vince Gardner are coming to Australia in August 2019 for Essentially Ellington Down Under! We're very excited to have Jerome and Vince coming back again to adjudicate...
JMI’s Diploma music course now available to international students!
JMI's 1-year Diploma of Music in Jazz Performance is now a CRICOS-approved course, meaning it can now be offered to international students studying on a student visa. The Diploma program...
Students rate JMI among the top institutions in Australia
The Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) have released the 2018 Student Experience Survey (SES) National Report and results. For the 3rd year in a row, JMI has been rated...
Wynton Marsalis recommends JMI!
Multi-grammy award winner, Artistic and Managing Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center and internationally-renowned and revered jazz musician, Wynton Marsalis, has recommended JMI as the...
JMI Blog: Blues Phraseology (Part II)
Blues Phraseology in Jazz by Steve Russell, piano lecturer at JMI This is the second in a series of articles aimed at developing a better understanding of the nature of blues phraseology...
JMI Blog: Blues Phraseology (Part I)
Blues Phraseology in Jazz by Steve Russell, piano lecturer at JMI This is the first in a series of articles aimed at developing a better understanding of the nature of blues phraseology...
Registrations open for JMI’s Summer Jazz Clinics in Brisbane & Canberra!
JMI will be running its famed Summer Jazz Clinics in Brisbane and Canberra (thanks to the support of ANU School of Music) in January 2019. The JMI Summer Jazz Clinics are an intensive...
Essentially Ellington Down Under 2018
JMI in partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) delivered the 3rd Essentially Ellington Down Under Regional Festival throughout August and September this year. The festival is a...