
JMI Live may be closed, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the gigs are still going ahead online, every Thursday.
JMI Live may be closed, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the gigs are still going ahead online, every Thursday.
In these short interviews I ask musicians and composers, from various backgrounds, the same 3 simple questions about music. 1. Why do you have music in your life? 2. How do you make music? 3. What excites you musically right now?
“The music we’re playing is heavily funky, fast and at times frenetic. If I had to bring someone in I would probably choose either Freddie Hubbard or Hiromi Uehara.”
Jazz Music Institute (JMI) is a higher education provider based in Brisbane, Australia delivering accredited courses in music specialising in jazz performance. JMI also runs […] Read More
In these short interviews I ask musicians and composers, from various backgrounds, the same 3 simple questions about music. 1. Why do you have music in your life? 2. How do you make music? 3. What excites you musically right now?
” I was having a lesson with the great Caroline Henbest, preparing Rebecca Clarke’s ‘Sonata for Viola and Piano’. It was the first time I had ever played a solo viola work by a woman composer, and I felt so connected with her composition. Everything about this work spoke to me. I just had this crazy epiphany, that I didn’t want to play the music anymore, I wanted to speak about it!”
The club may be closed, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the JMI LIVE gigs are still going ahead online
Now more than ever, we need the healing power of music; we need the community building experience of live music performance to cope with the new normal we are trying to adapt to. Self – isolation, quarantine, lockdown, physical distancing – you name it, it will affect our lives for longer than it actually lasts.