Australian Institute of Music
Former names | Sydney Guitar School Victoria, Australia 33°53′03″S 151°12′34″E / 33.88417°S 151.20944°E |
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The Australian Institute of Music (AIM) is an Australian private
Founded in 1968, AIM delivers education for careers in the Australian music, entertainment and performing arts industries. Its music and performing arts courses offer accredited
The main AIM Sydney campus is located in Harrington Street, The Rocks, with the AIM Melbourne Campus located at King Street, Melbourne. Both campuses offer a wide range of music degrees and diplomas.[3]
As of January 2019[update], there were 1,300 students enrolled at AIM.[4]
Courses
The Australian Institute of Music offers a range of several courses for both undergraduate and postgraduate studies, including:[5]
- Undergraduate
- Bachelor of Music – Audio
- Bachelor of Music – Classical
- Bachelor of Music – Contemporary
- Bachelor of Music – Music Production
- Diploma of Music
- Bachelor of Music – Music Theatre
- Bachelor of Music – Arts Management
- Bachelor of Entertainment Management
- Bachelor of Performance (Dramatic Arts)
- Postgraduate
- Masters of Music
- Master of Arts & Entertainment Management
Productions and performances
Showcase events – Three times a year AIM stages its major Showcase events, featuring the talents of students across many of its departments collaborative performances, most recently in late 2018 with a performance of the 1974 Broadway musical The Wiz, an adaption of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.[6]
AIM also regularly hosts performances from across a variety of disciplines.[7]
Acquisitions
In 2006, AIM acquired the
Notable alumni
- Balawan (born I Wayan Balawan; 1972) – musician and educator
- Vera Blue (born Celia Pavey; 1994) – Australian pop singer-songwriter
- Nicholas Cartwright (born 1988) - Australian actor and Home and Away star
- season 2 of Australian Idol[9]
- Tamara Jaber (born 1982) – Australian recording artist
- Hannah Joy – Australian singer/songwriter and lead vocalist of Australian indie rock band Middle Kids
- Bianca Moon – composer for CBS-TV Hollywood's Bold and the Beautiful
- Amanda Palmer (born 1976) – director and journalist
- Palmy (born Eve Pancharoen; 1981) – Thai–Belgian pop singer
- The Preatures (formed 2010) – Australian indie rock band
- Isabella Manfredi – lead vocalist and keyboardist
- Jack Moffitt – guitarist
- Thomas Champion – bass guitarist
- season 2 of The Voice Australia
- Chris Sorbello – Australian singer, songwriter and dancer
- Evgeny Ukhanov (born 1982) – Ukrainian–Australian pianist and winner of 3rd prize in the Sydney International Piano Competition in 2000[10]
- Mark Vincent (born 1993) – Australian tenor
- Tarisai Vushe – Australian–Zimbabwe-born singer in the 2014 production of The Lion King[11]
- Three Wishez– Australian band
- Tiffani Wood (born 1977) – Australian singer-songwriter and former member of Bardot
- Charmaine Bingwa (born 1985) – actress[12]
References
- ^ a b c "About AIM". Australian Institute of Music. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ "Home". aim.edu.au.
- ^ Music degrees & diplomas, www.aim.edu.au
- ^ Internal Student Data, January 2019
- ^ "Programs | The Australian Institute of Music". www.aim.edu.au. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ "AIM SHOWCASE | Australian Institute of Music Sydney & Melbourne". www.aim.edu.au. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ "Events | Australian Institute of Music Sydney & Melbourne". www.aim.edu.au. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ "August 2007 Vol. 21 No. 1" (PDF). Dalcroze Australia. 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Casey Donovan" (PDF). Arts Center Frankston. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ABC TV. 8 April 2001. Archived from the originalon 11 November 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
- ^ "Tarasai Vushe". Australian Institute of Music. 2014.
- ^ Kornits, Dov (19 September 2018). "Charmaine Bingwa: Australia's Big Sista". FilmInk. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
External links
- Official website
- Australian Government GoingToUni website
- Australian Universities Quality Agency Audit Report
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