Enjoy a night featuring TWO of Brisbane’s finest young big bands performing in the intimate space of JMI Live. This is a rare opportunity to listen to the best up and coming talent on Brisbane’s jazz scene in the big band format.
JMI Jazz Orchestra
The JMI Jazz Orchestra is an 18-piece big band made of up of students and staff from the Jazz Music Institute. Led by saxophonist and JMI senior lecturer Joshua Hatcher, the JMI Jazz Orchestra pays tribute to the incredible music of Duke Ellington, Count Basie and other seminal composers and arrangers of big band music. Through performing the music of these legends gives the students a strong foundation of understanding the breadth of Big Band music. The JMI Jazz Orchestra performs regularly around Brisbane at various locations and community festivals including Big Band Blast and Brisbane Big Band Festival.
QYO Big Band
The QYO Big Band is part of the world-renowned Queensland Youth Orchestra (QYO) music program. We are a 20-piece ensemble consisting of some of Queensland’s most talented and emerging instrumental musicians performing music from a variety of big band jazz and swing genres. The members of the auditioned ensemble are students attending schools, universities and music conservatories aged between 16 and 23.
The Big Band performs at a variety of community, educational, corporate and commercial engagements as well as touring regionally within Queensland. We have played venues such as QPAC, Suncorp Stadium (for the NRL), Brisbane City Hall, Queen Street Mall, Brisbane Jazz Club, Doo Bop Bar, Reef Casino (Cairns) and various jazz evenings & swing dancing events, where we have performed alongside notable artists such as James Morrison, Tom Burlinson and Darren Percival. The ensemble is led by accomplished Musical Director, Mr Bohdan Davison, a noted musician, music educator and saxophonist.
CONCERT DETAILS
Sunday 28th July 2024
Doors from 6pm
6:30pm: QYO Big Band
7:30pm: JMI Jazz Orchestra
$10 Entry (plus GST & BF)
LICENSED BAR
ALL AGES (persons under 18 need to be accompanied by an adult)
Head to our Humanitix to purchase limited seated tickets
How do I purchase a ticket?
Tickets are being sold through Humanitix. Purchase limited seated tickets here. Due to JMI Live being an intimate space, we have a maximum number of guests allowed in the venue. We highly recommend it is best to get in early before tickets sell out.
What is JMI Live?
JMI Live presents live jazz in Brisbane every Thursday night from 8pm and a jam session after each gig. JMI Live is renowned for its intimate setting, providing the best opportunity to listen to live jazz in Brisbane. Just like a jazz club in New York, this venue is the ideal location for great jazz music, acoustics and atmosphere.
Location
JMI Live is located at 10 Exhibition Street, Bowen Hills.
Live streaming
All JMI Live concerts are live streamed to JMI’s YouTube account. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to access our free live streams.
Ticket Refund Policy
If you are experiencing flu-like symptoms and are unable to attend after having purchased a ticket, please contact the JMI office (07 3216 1110 or email play@jazz.qld.edu.au) as soon as possible during business hours (10AM-4PM) to let us know you won’t be able to attend. A full refund will be given if we are contacted prior to a performance. Refunds will not be processed if we are contacted after the gig.