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It’s IDAHOBIT day folks! ✨

The International day against Homophobia, Biphobia, & Transphobia. On this day 31 years ago, the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from the classification of diseases and related health problems.
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Today is a chance to celebrate those who identify as a part of this cohort, and to take a moment to think about how we can all make our own workplaces and social circles a safer and more inclusive space, free from discrimination. 💪🏽

We promise to make sure AIM will continue to be a safe and welcoming space for all our LGBTQIA+ students, staff and affiliates. 💕 🌈

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#idahobit #lgbtqia #antidiscrimination #australianinstituteofmusic

There's nothing that brings a tear to our eye more than an AIM Syd x Melb Collab! 🎼⁠
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Recent Composition & Production grad & Melbourne based producer @zakroams has teamed up with Sydney Comp student & singer songwriter @birdeeofficial to create their brooding new brainchild “Dark Cloud”. It's available now on all streaming platforms! 🌩️⁠
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So great to see how far the AIM network can stretch, don't be afraid to reach out to your piers in different departments! 🤳🏼

Our first study period back to face-to-face classes in Sydney and Melbourne has been amazing!🎶⁠
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Here are some quick highlights from the last few weeks of Graduating Recitals, Ensembles & Performance Studies Assessments. It was a privilege to watch our students flourish in front of live audiences again. ✨⁠
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We hope you're all enjoying a well deserved break - We'll see you back on campus very soon! 🤙🏼

AIM GIG GUIDE ALERT: 🚨 🎵

We thought we’d drop you a few Aim student & alumni artists who have live shows coming up! Breakdown Below ⬇️

The best thing we can all do for our industry right now is to go out and consume as much live music as possible; buy tickets, vinyl, merch and support your wonderful artist friends anyway you can 💕

1. Melb: @_dandecat_ Wed May 12th supporting @highhomes at the @colour___club
2. Syd: @sayahmusic & @rissa.kl Thursday 13th May for @womeninpop at @theoxfordartfactory
3. Melb: @abbybellamay supporting @melblue Melbourne EP launch at @reatreat_hotel_brunswick
4. Syd: Tuesday 18th May, An entire Aim lineup of @themotherfunkers @riddo.x @birdeeofficial at @vanguardnewtown
5. Melb: @alyshajane.music & @-connorknight_ appearing in @thereddoorco production of Mamma Mia from thurs May 13th-23rd
6. Syd: @iamellemurphy Thursday 27th Ma, headlining @theoxfordartfactory
7. Melb: @beatnik.collective Saturday 29th May, EP launch at @thenightcat_fitzroy
8. Syd: @alexandrayounes_ Sunday June 6th, playing at @lazybonesloungemarrickville

AIM sydney Alumni @antoniagauci is an accomplished sound engineer, producer and artist, who spent four years as an in-house engineer at @studios301 before going freelance. She's worked with a plethora of notable Australian and international artists, including Lil Yachty, DMA’s, Kesha and The Black Eyed Peas, as well as in studios in Berlin, LA and London.⁠
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Here's the advice she gave our new graduates during our recent graduation ceremony! ⁠
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Check out our recent article on Antonia's life & career after aim via the link in our bio :)⁠
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#aimmusic #aimsydney #sydneymusic #musicproduction #graduation #australianinstituteofmusic⁠

Here's Masters of Music student @jimmywhelanssaxophone giving us a little jazz treat before class!⁠ An inspiring example of a musician that never stops learning and developing his craft. ⁠
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Jimmy is an internationally acclaimed alto saxophonist and music educator who has performed around the world with his quintet - everywhere from the Sydney Opera House to the North Gate Jazz Cooperative in Chiang Mai. ⁠
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His Masters follows his B.Music in Contemporary, also earned here at AIM. We're so stoked to have such talented musicians here!⁠
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#aimmusic #musicstudent #mastersdegree #mastersofmusic #australianinstituteofmusic #sydneyjazz #saxophone #altosaxophone⁠
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The ‘House Arrest’ charity event is happening down in Melbourne tomorrow night from 7.30pm at Pride of Our Footscray! (Tickets in our bio).⁠
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You don’t want to miss out on the biggest house party event of the year! The night will consist of party games, throwbacks and house music artists- curated entirely by students from our Bachelor of Entertainment Management Course. ⁠
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All proceeds on the night will be donated directly to @supportact, so for just $10 a ticket, you can help to support the recovery of the Australian Music Industry post Covid-19. ⁠
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#housearrest #aimmelbourne #aimmusic #footscray #melbourne #houseparty

Syd grad and AIM staff member @sammyhoneysett played her newest single 'I C UR LIPS' live on campus last week and it was an absolute TREAT 🤩 We love her energetic indie rock vibes & wicked stage presence!⁠
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Her newly released EP 'Queen of Wands' is out now on all platforms 🪄✨

We are still buzzing from the incredible performances we witnessed at AIM's 'Showstoppers' event last week; which saw Contemporary, Classical and Music Theatre students & alumni collaborating to create a spectacular evening of music, from a diverse range of genres. ⁠
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Here is a snippet of a show-stopping moment delivered by Sydney Grad @olivia_clare_vasquez, during her performance of the Prince classic, Purple Rain. ⁠
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A huge thank you to AIM staff member & alumni @jake_tw92 who made the night happen!⁠
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#aimmusic #aimclassical #aimsydney #purplerain #prince #cover #musictheatre #contemporary⁠

The 'AIM for Gold' Charity music event is happening on our Sydney campus tomorrow night from 5:30pm!⁠ 💥
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Don't miss out on these incredible leading ladies who will be gracing us with their soulful sounds, as well as food, refreshments & raffles. ⁠✨
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Come and support your friends, whilst helping us raise some much needed funds for the Aussie Music Industry via @supportact ⁠
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Ticket link in bio! ⁠
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#aim #aimmusic #supportact #sydneymusic

Happy Long weekend folks! ⁠
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Here's one from our archives for this #throwbackthursday- If nothing good was to come out of 2020, at least there was this face-melting cover by AIM Sydney grad @ella_e_music of 'With Every Breath I Take' from the musical 'City of Angels'. 😱 The Full Version is available on our AIM Youtube Channel (link in bio). ⁠
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This was filmed at AIM Studios last year at the end of February, thankfully just two weeks before the entire world went into lockdown. ⁠
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Now that we have all returned to campus, If you are a current AIM student, and would like to have a cover professionally filmed & recorded in our studios; drop us a DM with your song/version idea, along with some videos for our reference. ⁠✨
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#aimmusic #aimsydney #aimmelbourne #cityofangels #musictheatre #cover #studio⁠

So as we all know, Jobkeeper finishes up today (yikes)- Despite live music operating at under 4 percent of pre-COVID levels, plus the constant wave of lockdowns, state border closures, and audience limitations, it has made it impossible for the music and live entertainment industry to properly restore.

With that in mind, the government has just committed $125 million to the Arts, with $10 million of that funding provided to Support Act. “The bulk of that funding will go to new grants that we have just announced called MusicKeeper and CrewKeeper grants. They’re going to be cash grants of $2,000 for individuals and $2,700 for families with dependents,” Clive Miller says.

They’re designed to provide a fast lifeline to pay bills, bridge the gap and cushion the blow while the welfare payments stop suddenly. Support Act has changed their delivery mechanism so grants can be processed more quickly. ⁠
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Music professionals can apply for these grants via the link in our bio!⁠
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#aimmusic #supportact #jobkeeper #musickeepr #crewkeeper #musicindustry #sydney #melbourne

The @aim.asa.sydney threw together some epic shows in Sydney & Melbourne to celebrate Harmony Week.

In Melbourne, we enjoyed performances by Bahasa Indonesian performers @karen.ts_ and @gandhista, @karamveer1313 playing Indian classical music alongside @alishahwadsaria @chelsei.bright and @kami1111_guitar & @agjohnsonmusic playing South Sudanese contemporary pop. @vylentfemme of Footscray Community Arts Centre also joined us for a Q&A with AIM's @traceehutch.

Sydney's performers included AIM lecturer @chrisfieldsdrums 's Brazilian ensemble, Chinese/English fusion band Hologram, Skye performing Korean/English songs and closed with @minniemarchmusic Minni and @veera_varis singing a Finnish hymn by Jean Sibelius.

What an incredible melting pot of cultures! Thanks to all who made Harmony Week so special and helping us celebrate our diversity. ✨ 🌏

#aimmusic #harmonyday #harmonyweek #sydney #melbourne #diversity

We are so excited to have loads of events and performances on the horizon as restrictions ease- throughout the toughest year our industry has ever faced, the passion and dedication of our students & teachers has never faltered!⁠⁠
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Here are some of our impressive pianists performing duets with their teachers; captured at our classical concert evening back in late February. If this doesn't make you want to go and practice hard, I'm not sure what will! ✨
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Teacher: Dr Wojciech Wisniewsk⁠⁠ @piano_articles_weekly
Student: Belinda Tan @bels.piano ⁠⁠
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Teacher: Dr Brieley Cutting⁠⁠ @briecutting
Student: Kingsley Li⁠⁠ @kingsleypiano_
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#aimmusic #aimsydney #classicalmusic #piano

AIM Composition & Music Production student Michael Higgins is helming the creation of our new First Nations Community Centre at AIM’s Melbourne campus.⁠
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“I am excited to provide a community space at AIM that is comfortable for all First Nations people (and visitors) to visit, relax, have a yarn, listen or read,” Michael says. “We have had a lot of people reaching out to learn about our culture. I believe having the centre readily available to all students means that these questions can be heard and we can start the yarn,” he adds. “My dream is that the centre will allow a dialogue to ebb and flow until Aboriginal culture and tradition is something shared with all AIM students through not only discussion but eventually the curriculum too.” ⁠
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More information on how you can register your interest & be involved will be available soon!⁠
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#aim #firstnations #melbourne #australia #music

The incredible @tashsultanaofficial's manager Regan Lethbridge on the moment they broke internationally. Taken from our #AIMIndustryInsights podcast series. Listen to all 5 episodes on Spotify.

In honour of @middlekidsmusic landing @triplej feature album of the week, we thought we'd treat your ears to this throwback of AIM alumni Hannah Joy, playing a stripped back version of their song "Doing it Right" on campus a couple of years back! ⁠(Link to the full vid in bio)⁠ 😍✨
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If you're a current AIM student or grad that has a cool cover idea or new original song you'd like us to video, send your suggestion through with some background info!⁠
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#aim #music #sydney #themiddlekids #triplej

We were totally blown away by the new gaming soundtrack project "OK Gamer" curated & produced by one of our very own Melbourne based Composition & Music Production students @harmanone- featuring an ensemble of 20 AIM musicians & affiliates, who together cultivated this masterpiece! Here is just a snippet, and the link to the full youtube vid is in our bio. ⁠
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"I created this track in multiple genres ranging from Orchestral, Dubstep, Edm, Hard Rock, Big Band, Hip-Hop and chiptune. With a passion for gaming, and using it as a metaphor, The track symbolises the desire to overcome hardships which is relevant in recent times."⁠
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Flute: @bobbleheadbennett⁠
Clarinet: @nicolecanham_clarinet⁠
Alto Saxophone: @sopranosaxjohnston⁠
Tenor Saxophone: @gene_cleary⁠
Trumpet: Andrew Batterham⁠
Trombone: @mattamymusic⁠
Harp: @emilygrangerharpist⁠
Keys: @chaaaaaaaaaarlene
Bass guitar: @b.henriquesmusic⁠
Guitar solo: @mukuljiwnani⁠
Violin: @wintangp ⁠
Drums: @zul.arif⁠
Male Rapper: @dixontdm
Female Rapper: @blameymusic
Mezzo and Voice actor: @timbral_ambience⁠
Mezzo: @tachsutton⁠
Alto: @rasecaaa⁠
Tenor: @ohtusi
Tenor and Voice actor: @zalow_music⁠
Tenor: @mrmarionette

@hamiltonaustralia is launching this week- with AIM grad @kylemercadomusic landing the coveted gig of 'Bass Chair' in the groundbreaking and super diverse musical that has blown audiences away across the globe. We caught up with him while he rehearsed here on campus, and he even slapped the bass for us- What a guy!⁠
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Watch the full video on YouTube (link in stories/bio) and check out the show from this Wednesday at the @sydneylyrictheatre ⁠
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#aim #bassplayer #slapbass #australianinstituteofmusic #music #rnb #hamilton #hamiltonaustralia

We felt so fortunate to have all of these incredible leading ladies in our midst for International Women's Week, across both our Sydney & Melbourne campus!⁠⁠ ✨💕
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Just some of the wisdom they imparted for up-and-coming female artists and professionals in the industry:⁠⁠
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Learn how to say no, ask questions, know your value, create space for other women to have a seat at the table, be aware of what you're signing, and if you have to- Lawyer up!⁠⁠
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Thank you so much to all the remarkable women who relayed their knowledge, experience, and talents to our students! ⁠⁠⚡️💃🏽

@nicolemillar @lexydobbin @millylala @traceehutch @ryapark @emcg733 @katierynne kat.holcombe⁠⁠

📸 by @mattolucasphotography
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#IWD #aim #womeninmusic #internationalwomensweek⁠⁠