Lecturers

Yianni Adams is a Sydney based guitarist, producer, teacher and multi-instrumentalist. Since completing a Bachelor of Music Performance degree at AIM, he has established himself as an in-demand session musician, recording engineer and producer.

April Albert is an international performer, theatre maker and academic. As an artist, she specialises in creating politically engaged performance in a range of contexts and settings. Her solo performance work explores how the historical and cultural resonates in our current social and political experiences.

Johanna Allen is one of Australia’s most acclaimed singers / actors. She has worked within musical theatre, theatre, opera, film, television, and cabaret. She works as a director, writer and curator/artistic director across theatre, festivals and television.

Luke has enjoyed an expansive career spanning film, television, and stage. He now enjoys the business from the vantage point of performer, producer, and choreographer.

Matt Amy is a composer, arranger, trombonist and musical director based in Melbourne. His screen credits include Dancing with the Stars, Australia’s Got Talent and Australian Idol and movies such as Death Defying Acts and Corporate Animals.

Studying music from a young age, Justyn Angel has cultivated a music career for herself as a performer, composer and teacher. From afternoons as a bubbly teacher to evenings as your wedding singer, Justyn Angel has carefully nurtured her craft on stage and in the classroom.

Michael has worked across multiple genres and settings, from rock and jazz to classical. He has composed for theatre (the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It) and film (Dive Deep, Resistance). His work has been featured extensively in radio and TV commercials including TVCs for Qantas and Nescafe.

Andrew Batterham is an Australian composer, arranger, songwriter and performer. His music has been performed, recorded and broadcast in Australia, Asia, Europe and the USA, by artists ranging from jazz legend James Morrison to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Austin Benjamin (known by his stage name Utility) is a versatile Sydney-based music producer, educator, artist and founder of local label Trackwork. He’s produced music for a slew of artists, created a suite of complex audio/visual works and has built a reputation for diverse and innovative music that breaks boundaries.

Adrian Bolland is one of Australia’s most experienced and celebrated audio experts. As a producer, engineer and mixer, he’s been credited with a long list of hit singles and albums for artists such as The Divinyls, Slim Dusty, The Little River Band, Leo Sayer, Vince Jones, Gangajang, The Rockmelons, Celibate Rifles,  Severed Heads, Margaret Urlich and many others. In 1993 he won the ARIA Award for Engineer of the Year.

Sally has been working in theatre, TV, film & cabaret for over 40 years. She is also one of Melbourne's busiest singing teachers with 30 years of expertise.

Candice Boyd has been teaching singing and violin since age 18, specialising in contemporary singing and violin, as well as classical violin. In 2010, she began teaching the choirs and small vocal groups at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts. In 2013, she began teaching private vocal lessons and vocal ensemble groups at the Australian Institute of Music.