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Revision as of 21:17, 23 June 2020
Former names | Sydney Guitar School[1] |
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| Established | 1968[1] |
| Founder | Peter Calvo[1] |
| Students | 1,300 (2019) |
| Address |
33°53′03″S 151°12′34″E / 33.88417°S 151.20944°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
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  Location in greater metropolitan Sydney | |
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 and entertainment management.[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.[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
- 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<
- 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[10]
- Mark Vincent – Australian tenor
- Tarisai Vushe – Australian–Zimbabwe-born singer in the 2014 production of The Lion King[11]
- Three Wishez – Australian band
- Tiffani Wood – Australian singer-songwriter and former member of Bardot (Australian band)
See also Australian Institute of Music - Dramatic Arts#Notable alumni
References
- ^ a b c "About AIM". Australian Institute of Music. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ [1]
- ^ 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 6 February 2011.
- ^ "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
- Official website
- Australian Government GoingToUni website
- Australian Universities Quality Agency Audit Report
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- Australian Institute of Music
- Music schools in Australia
- Dance education in Australia
- Drama schools in Australia
- Film schools in Australia
- Australian tertiary institutions
- Education in Melbourne
- Classical music in Australia
- Education in Sydney
- Educational institutions established in 1968
- 1968 establishments in Australia
- Education in New South Wales