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Australian Institute of Music
Former names	Sydney Guitar School
Established	1968; 57 years ago
Founder	Peter Calvo
Students	1,300 (2019)
Location	Foveaux Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales; King Street, Melbourne central business district, Victoria; ; 33°53′03″S 151°12′34″E / 33.88417°S 151.20944°E
Campus	Urban
Website	www.aim.edu.au
	Location in greater metropolitan Sydney

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The Australian Institute of Music (AIM) is an Australian private not-for-profit tertiary education provider, with campuses in Sydney, New South Wales and Melbourne, Victoria.

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 undergraduate and postgraduate studies in contemporary performance, classical performance, audio engineering, composition and music production, musical theatre, theatre performance and acting, arts,entertainment management and lanyard wearing.^[2]

The main AIM Sydney campus is located in Foveaux Street, Surry Hills, 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 which declined as the year progressed due to poor student to teacher communication.^[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 – Composition & 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 Australian Academy of Dramatic Art (AADA) as part of its goal to create a performing arts university through the merger of multiple tertiary independent schools.^[8]

Notable alumni

Balawan (I Wayan Balawan) – innovative musician and educator
Chris Brooks – Australian rock, metal and fusion guitarist most noted for his debut instrumental album The Master Plan
Casey Donovan – winner of season 2 of Australian Idol^[9]
Tamara Jaber – Australian recording artist
Hannah Joy – singer/songwriter of Australian band Middle Kids^[10]
Bianca Moon – Emmy nominated composer of CBS-TV Hollywood's Bold and the Beautiful
Amanda Palmer – director and journalist
Palmy (Eve Pancharoen) – Thai–Belgian pop singer
Celia Pavey (Vera Blue) – Australian singer
The Preatures – Australian band^[11]
Chris Sorbello – Australian singer, songwriter and dancer signed to the Ministry of Sound label in Australia
Evgeny Ukhanov – Ukrainian–Australian pianist and winner of 3rd prize in the Sydney International Piano Competition in 2000^[12]
Mark Vincent – Australian tenor
Tarisai Vushe – Australian–Zimbabwe-born singer in the 2014 production of The Lion King^[13]
Three Wishez – Australian band
Tiffani Wood – Australian singer-songwriter and former member of Bardot (Australian band)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "About AIM". Australian Institute of Music. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^ "Australian Government GoingToUni website". Archived from the original on 14 March 2011.
^ 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). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
^ "Middle Kids", Wikipedia, 23 November 2018, retrieved 3 February 2019
^ "The Preatures", Wikipedia, 23 August 2018, retrieved 3 February 2019
^ "ABC TV Sunday Afternoon, 8 April 2001 > 1:30 Sydney International Piano Competition Awards: Evgeny Ukhanov". abc tv. 8 April 2001. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
^ Tarasai Vushe, www.aim.edu.au

External links

[about-1] "About AIM". Australian Institute of Music. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

[2] "Australian Government GoingToUni website". Archived from the original on 14 March 2011.

[3] Music degrees & diplomas, www.aim.edu.au

[4] Internal Student Data, January 2019

[aim.edu.au-5] "Programs | The Australian Institute of Music". www.aim.edu.au. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

[6] "AIM SHOWCASE | Australian Institute of Music Sydney & Melbourne". www.aim.edu.au. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

[7] "Events | Australian Institute of Music Sydney & Melbourne". www.aim.edu.au. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

[Hopp!_Vol._21-8] "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-9] "Casey Donovan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-06.

[10] "Middle Kids", Wikipedia, 23 November 2018, retrieved 3 February 2019

[11] "The Preatures", Wikipedia, 23 August 2018, retrieved 3 February 2019

[12] "ABC TV Sunday Afternoon, 8 April 2001 > 1:30 Sydney International Piano Competition Awards: Evgeny Ukhanov". abc tv. 8 April 2001. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2010.

[13] Tarasai Vushe, www.aim.edu.au

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 ==Courses==

v t e Performing arts schools in Australia
Acting	Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts Adelaide College of the Arts Australian Institute of Music - Dramatic Arts (formerly Australian Academy of Dramatic Art) Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne National Institute of Dramatic Art New York Film Academy Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Screenwise Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Dance	Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts Australian Ballet School Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Music	Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts Australian Institute of Music Australian National Academy of Music Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Sydney Conservatorium of Music Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music UWA Conservatorium of Music Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Musical theatre	Australian Institute of Music Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Secondary	Australian Performing Arts Grammar School Newtown High School of the Performing Arts Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School John Curtin College of the Arts