Australian Institute of Music

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.

Australian Institute of Music
Former names
Sydney Guitar School[1]
Established1968 (1968)[1]
FounderPeter Calvo[1]
Students1,300 (2019)
Address

33°53′03″S 151°12′34″E
CampusUrban
Websitewww.aim.edu.au

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, 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
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

See also Australian Institute of Music - Dramatic Arts#Notable alumni

References
  1. "About AIM". Australian Institute of Music. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  3. Music degrees & diplomas, www.aim.edu.au
  4. Internal Student Data, January 2019
  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.
  8. "August 2007 Vol. 21 No. 1" (PDF). Dalcroze Australia. 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  9. "Casey Donovan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  10. "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.
  11. Tarasai Vushe, www.aim.edu.au
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