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We do this by running our own jazz club, JMI Live, and presenting hundreds of performances a year throughout the community.
Keep up to date with the latest that’s happening at JMI and throughout the community here!
JMI LIVE gigs
Talkin Jazz Big Band & Unladylike Big Band – 28/5/26
Talkin’ Jazz is a community music program hosted and supported by the Brisbane Jazz Club, providing young musicians with opportunities to meet, learn and perform....
Hilary Geddes Quartet – Redleaf Album Tour – 29/5/26
Hilary Geddes Quartet felt like being thrown into a pool and submerged in some aquatic bliss." - Limelight Hilary Geddes is an award-winning guitarist, composer...
Good Bait Trio – 4/06/26
The Good Bait trio is a long-standing collaboration between three of Brisbane’s most versatile jazz instrumentalists. The arrangements and compositions draw on...
RECENT NEWS & BLOGS
Life at JMI: Open Day 2026
Thinking about studying music at a higher education level? Come and experience what life at JMI is really like at our upcoming Open Day on Sunday 5 July, from...
The Longest Gig: Ben Hauptmann on 12 Years at Jazz Music Institute
After 12 years of weekly flights from Sydney to Brisbane, acclaimed guitarist and teacher Ben Hauptmann is departing JMI. In this conversation, he reflects on what...
Teaching Jazz: Tailoring Music Lessons for Every Student – 21/4/25
Delivered by JMI's Course Coordinator, Charlotte Mclean, this workshop is aimed towards teachers looking to develop their skills in lesson planning and development...
educational BLOGS
Teaching Jazz: Tailoring Music Lessons for Every Student – 21/4/25
Delivered by JMI's Course Coordinator, Charlotte Mclean, this workshop is aimed towards teachers looking to develop their skills in lesson planning and development...
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...
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...
alumni stories
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...
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...
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...
jmi videos
Why Learn Jazz at JMI? A Chat with Vincent Gardner & Sherman Irby
“I know for a fact here at JMI, that the students are happy — to be around the music, to play the music and to meet...
Meet the CEO: Nick Quigley
Meet JMI CEO, bassist Nick Quigley where he discusses how studying jazz can help you become the musician you want to...
Alumni Interview: Patrick Atkinson
Meet JMI alumni, trombonist Patrick Atkinson as he discusses what he enjoyed most about studying at JMI and his...