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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...
JMI Blog: Charles Mingus’ The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady – A Case Study by Andrew Garton
by Andrew Garton - Jazz Composition lecturer Introduction Charles Mingus’s “The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady” (Mingus, 1963) was recorded and released in 1963 and is one of his most...
Auditions for JMI courses in 2019 are now open!
JMI has now opened auditions for entry into its accredited music courses for 2019! Auditions are available by appointment from July up until the end of January 2019. In 2019, JMI will be...
JMI is now offering a 1-year Diploma of Music in Jazz Performance!
JMI has been accredited to deliver a 1-year Diploma of Music in Jazz Performance by the federal regulator of Higher Education in Australia - Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency...
Students rate JMI as one of the best Higher Education institutions in Australia
The results from the Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) Student Experience Survey (SES) 2016-2017 have now been published. This survey is administered to students at 97...
Jazz at Lincoln Center & JMI present concerts at primary schools in Australia
Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) and JMI are teaming up again to present a series of concerts at primary schools in Sydney and Melbourne as part of JALC's Let Freedom Swing program. JMI's...
Getting to know JMI Alumni: Steve Powell
In our "Getting to know JMI Alumni" blog series, we speak to our alumni to see what they've been up to since graduating from JMI and what's on the musical horizon for them. This week we...