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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...
JMI now offering its Bachelor program to international students!
JMI has recently been approved by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) as a CRICOS provider, meaning that we can now offer the Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance...
JMI Blog: Three Beat Phrases in Jazz Drumming
by Dave Sanders, drum lecturer at JMI Many of the syncopations in Jazz music are created from rhythmic phrases that use groupings of three. These provide a rolling feel that crosses bar...
JMI Blog: Jazz Drumming in Odd Time
by Dave Sanders - Drum lecturer at JMI. In this blog series, Dave will look at various aspects of jazz drumming. This blog will focus on playing in odd time. Not all music is in 4/4. It’s...