AIM Classical

30/03/2022

Find out everything you need to know about studying at AIM!

Check out our campus and its facilities here in Sydney, catch some live performances and speak to our lecturers and students about what it’s like to study an undergraduate or postgraduate degree in Classical music.

Come along and discover how the Australian Institute of Music can help you develop the skills and network needed to create a thriving career.

Wed 18th May | 5:30-8pm @ AIM Sydney

Head to the link in our bio and register now!

16/03/2022

We are excited to be celebrating Harmony Week this week!

Harmony Week celebrates Australian multiculturalism and our AIM community is enriched by a wonderfully diverse mix of students and staff from a wide range of countries and cultures. We are proud to celebrate this week, next week and all year round!

Students can celebrate with us by joining in on some of the amazing events occurring on campus this week:
🌏 16/3 @ 1pm - International student panel: sharing stories from their experiences studying as an international student
🌏 17/3 @ 1pm - student world music performances

Students can head to AIM Home for more details. 👏👏👏

09/03/2022

Adaptive. Strong. Capable. Creative.
These are just some of the words we use to describe the many talented female identifying musicians that walk our halls.

The world of art music has been a tough one for female conductors and musicians alike, but we know change is in the air.

We know we’re a day late, but we still wanted to acknowledge the hard work our staff, students and grads all put into honing their craft, making the future of our industry brighter for the years to come. Happy International Women’s Day.

We celebrate you, always.

02/02/2022

Want to know what it's like to perform in a 180 metre long coal-loading tunnel?

In this weeks latest AIM news update, classical lecturer, accomplished pianist and academic Dr. Brieley Cutting reflects on her experiences performing with the Radu Cello Ensemble for the Music in the Sky series of concerts at the Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability in North Sydney.

Read all about it here: https://aim.edu.au/news/music-in-the-sky-concerts-and-the-new-neoclassical/

06/01/2022

It's a brand new year and our new Sydney Campus is complete! To celebrate, we're holding an extra Open Day so that you can come and see the finished product.

Come and experience:

🎵 Our purpose-built, state of the art facilities
🎵 Live performances
🎵 Q&A Sessions
🎵 Masterclasses and more!

REGISTER NOW ➡️ https://bit.ly/321Qqqc

Study Period 1 kicks off 31st January, so come along and see what AIM can do for you in 2022 🥳

30/12/2021

If 2021 has taught us anything it's that our staff and students are resilient. We've had a wonderful and strange year here in the Classical Department at and we are excited to get back on campus at our new location in The Rocks, and looking forward to everything that we have to come in 2022.

We can't wait to see you all soon and want to wish you a safe and happy New Year.

🎉🎵🎉🎵🎉

26/12/2021

2022 is approaching FAST! This also means our first study intake for the year will be here in no time. 🧨⁠
⁠
Applications are still being accepted during the holiday period and entry into the Bachelor of Music (Classical) course is not dependant on your ATAR results.⁠
⁠
Get in touch and chat to us about the audition process and what else you need to receive your offer to study in 2022. Hit the link in our bio to submit your application enquiry now! 🙌

24/12/2021

Wishing everyone a very safe and merry Christmas!

23/12/2021

We're on holidays! The AIM Classical department is now shut for the Christmas/NY break but, before we go, we want to share just how grateful we are to have such amazing staff helping us through another ever changing year.
⁠
Thank you to everyone for their incredible efforts working with our students and guiding them towards success, in person and online. AND, a big thank you to the staff working behind the scenes in our student support and success areas. Not everyone could be pictured here but please know that you are all appreciated.⁠
⁠
Have a safe break everyone. Over and out, we'll see you all soon. 🎵🥳
⁠
⁠
⁠⁠⁠⁠

17/12/2021

Check out this sneak peak of our new Sydney campus at The Rocks - taken during our first ever Open Day event at our new location.

We've still got a bit of work to do before classes start in January, but it was so nice to have staff and students mingling with prospective students in our new spaces.

Don't forget - you don't need an ATAR to get into a Bachelor of Music (Classical) at AIM. Chat to us about your options! Head to the AIM website and enquire now ➡️ www.aim.edu.au
Australian Institute of Music

14/11/2021

22/09/2021

Earlier in 2021, Australian Institute of Music undergrad compositional students together produced a portfolio of Piano Miniatures. As a 'Covid Lockdown Holiday' Project, undergrad piano students recorded a selection of these Piano Miniatures from their home studios - in Sydney, China, and Indonesia. Their performances have been collated into this short video.

https://youtu.be/DHMyfUhEFwc

A 'Covid Lockdown Holiday Project'. Australian Institute of Music, September 2021.Piano Miniatures composed by undergraduate composition students earlier in ...

21/09/2021

Dr. Ruben Palma is an Australian-Salvadoran cellist, and an award-winning freelance musician and pedagogue based in Sydney. Ruben is cello lecturer at the Australian Institute of Music (www.rubenpalma.com.au).

Listen here to Ruben’s spoken introduction and performance of Aurora de las Hamahacas, a work composed by family friend Ricardo Andino, to commemorate the Salvadorian Bicentenary. Recorded at Phoenix Central Park.

https://fb.watch/8a38Tux6h1/

13/09/2021

Sydney campus is moving! 😎🎵

17/08/2021

AIM Classical is open for our final intake for 2021 which starts 13 Sept, and early offers are available for entry in 2022. Apply now, and start online! 🎻🎷🎹🎺

Did you miss our online Open Day? Don’t worry! We have AIM on Demand for you to discover information about what it’s like to study at the Australian Institute of Music. Take a self-guided journey and explore courses to follow your passion for classical music and its performance. You can also learn about Campus Life, Student Services and our studios. So head to ➡️ https://aim.edu.au/on-demand-home/
Take your time and have a good look around!

12/08/2021

Open Day this Saturday August 14! All online. Get a feel for what AIM Classical can offer you and join us to start your career in the music industry.
Did you know you can start your Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degree with us online?
Classical presentation at 1.30pm with Wendy Dixon and Dr Brieley Cutting.
Register here: www.aim.edu.au

28/07/2021

Congratulations to Emelina Phillips (classical voice), the winner of the AIM Classical Undergraduate Etude Prize! Emelina performed Habanera (vocalise) by Tomasz Spiewak.

Emelina is currently studying a Bachelor of Music in Classical Voice at the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney. She also studied for one year in musical theatre at AIM before transferring to classical. Her musical experiences include performances at weddings, dinners, corporate functions, and various other events. She has also been involved with Artes Christi Choir, Sydney, going on tours with them interstate and overseas, and receiving opportunities to perform solos. Emelina is hoping to pursue a career in classical singing and musical theatre performance.

Other wonderful performances and nominations for this prize were:
Yoan Priadi (piano)- Etude Op.10 No.8 by Chopin
Yichen Jia (piano) - Etude-Tableaux Op.33 No.4 by Rachmaninov

19/07/2021

Congratulations to Chrissia Monica for being awarded the AIM Classical Postgraduate Research Prize! This award acknowledges the Masters Research Project from a Classical singer or instrumentalist which received the highest mark in the Semester. 👏🏼💐🎶

Chrissia is a violinist and a music teacher. Born in Indonesia, Chrissia moved to Malaysia in 2014, and is now currently living in Sydney, Australia. She received her Associate Diploma from Trinity College London in Piano Performance in 2016 and a Bachelor of Music from UCSI University in 2018 and a Master of Music from the Australian Institute of Music in 2021.

Research Title:
Interpretations of Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto as Performed by ‘Old School’ and ‘New School’ Violinists

Abstract:
The Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Op. 35 in D Major was composed in 1878 and it is one of the most significant concertos ever written for the violin. In the past, this concerto was claimed as too difficult, and two dedicatees of the concerto Iosef Kotek and Leopold Auer refused to play it. Twelve years after the concerto was composed, Leopold Auer edited the concerto to make it easier and less repetitive. There are well known recordings from the old school virtuoso violinists, such as Jascha Heifetz who performed the concerto (Auer’s version) in 1937 and Yehudi Menuhin in 1949. On the other hand, recordings by new school violinists such as Anne Sophie-Mutter in 1985 and Maxim Vengerov in 1990 are also some of the most favoured modern recordings. This research attempts to compare the interpretation differences between the two violin schools as evident by performances of artists from each school.

11/06/2021

Looking forward to the Student Piano Concert this upcoming Wednesday! 1pm in The Space, Australian Institute of Music, Sydney Campus.

Sam Yong - 'Un Sospiro' Concert Etude by Liszt
Kingsley Li - Prelude Op.23 No.5 by Rachmaninov & 'Suggestion
Diabolique' Op. 4 No. 4 by Prokofiev
Jayden Lee - Rhapsody Op.79 No.2 by Brahms
Elizabeth Michelle Heryawan - Sonata No. 7, 1st mov’t by
Prokofiev (Video Performance from Indonesia)
Belinda Tan - Intermezzo Op. 117 No. 2 by Brahms
Yoan Priadi - 'The Lark' by Glinka/Balakirev
(Video Performance from Indonesia)
Neville Pan - Ballade No.1 by Chopin & Appassionata Sonata, 3rd
mov’t by Beethoven

17/05/2021

Yoan Priadi (piano) has been awarded the AIM Classical Baroque Prize for 2021. Congratulations! 🎉

This prize is awarded by AIM Classical to recognise the most outstanding performance of a work by a Baroque composer in undergraduate Major Study performance assessment (Trimester 1).

Yoan Priadi (piano) is studying in her first year in AIM’s Bachelor of Music program with Dr Brieley Cutting. At home in Indonesia, Yoan has had private lessons, piano masterclasses and participated in music seminars. Yoan has also actively performed as a pianist and won numerous local and international piano competitions. Her recent achievement includes the third prize at the WPTA Finland International Competition (2020). Yoan writes that it is a great honour to attain this special award from the Australian Institute of Music. To receive the Baroque Prize, Yoan performed the Allemande and Gigue from J.S. Bach’s French Suite No. 5.

Other notable performers who were considered for this prize were:
Morgan Yuen - Bach, Prelude and Fugue Book 2 in F minor
Yichen Jia - Couperin, 'La Commere' and ‘La Barricades’
Shiyi Xu - Bach, Prelude and Fugue Book 2 in G major
Jayden Lee - Bach, Partita in B flat major, Prelude

Brieley Cutting - Pianist
Australian Institute of Music

15/04/2021

Presenting - our undergrad student performers today! They performed in three different collaborative groupings in a musical program alongside our wonderful Wendy Dixon (soprano) and guest artist David Miller (piano). A terrific musical offering and a great opportunity for these students taking Classical Ensemble at the Australian Institute of Music.

08/04/2021

We received a visit at the Australian Institute of Music today from the distinguished pianist David Miller - he discussed careers in collaborative piano with the undergraduate pianists, and treated us to more of his thoughts in a Masterclass for those taking Classical Ensemble 🎹🎵✨

23/03/2021

This Thursday at 12.30pm on Sydney campus AIM Classical’s Dr Brieley Cutting will be performing with Hungarian soprano Judit Molnar. Hungarian folk songs by Bela Bartok, three songs by current Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag, and well-known operatic arias.

https://aim.edu.au/events/classical-lunchtime-concert/

14/03/2021

In 2021, AIM Classical welcomes Grevillea Ensemble as Ensemble in Residence. The highly experienced artists in this duo ensemble - Wendy Dixon and David Miller - will be performing at the Australian Institute of Music Sydney campus throughout 2021 and assisting undergraduate students with their ensemble and collaborative studies.

For over 20 years, Grevillea Ensemble has communicated and shared their love of music with their audience. Lauded for their "imaginative programming" and "invariably insightful performances", since 2004, Grevillea has been a duo of voice and piano in collaboration with guest artists.

An experienced pedagogue and performer, Wendy Dixon is soprano in Grevillea Ensemble. She is well known throughout New Zealand and Australia in opera, concert and recital. She has sung as a guest artist soprano soloist with Opera Australia, Victoria State Opera, Opera Queensland, State Opera of South Australia, New Zealand International Festival of the Arts, opera companies in New Zealand, and the major orchestras in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Mexico. Wendy currently teaches at the Australian Institute of Music, primarily as Vocal and Language for Singers tutor.

David Miller is the pianist for Grevillea Ensemble and is widely recognised as one of Australia's leading chamber musicians and vocal accompanists. The Sydney Morning Herald has described him as "the role model of Australian accompanists" and in the Queen's Birthday 1995 Honours List he was appointed as a member of the Order of Australia for his service to music. Experienced as a leader in education for ensemble/chamber music/accompaniment tuition, David Miller’s studio has produced many of Australia’s finest young accompanists. He was instrumental in setting up the Geoffrey Parsons Australian Scholarship and other awards to assist all young accompanists and repetiteurs in the development of their careers. He has conducted master classes and lectures for universities, conservatoriums, music organizations and music conferences in many parts of Australia and Asia.

grevilleaensemble.net.au

28/02/2021

A round of applause for the fabulous student performances from last week’s Thursday Night Live concert at the Australian Institute of Music, featuring AIM Classical students! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Program included movements from Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky piano concertos, a piano duet, piano music by Chopin and Haydn, and songs by Rameau, Deparc and more.

24/02/2021

Tonight! @ 5.30pm in The Space. Watch the live stream from AIM FaceBook, or register here to attend live: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/thursday-night-live-aim-2021-tickets-139564425955

23/02/2021

Congratulations Elizabeth Michelle Heryawan for winning the “Tomplay Special Prize” in the Master category in the recent online international music competition held by London Young Musician! 👏🏼💐
Michelle is in the class of Dr Wojciech Wisniewski.

21/02/2021

A passionate educator, Chloe Chung is currently Academic Lecturer of Flute at the Australian Institute of Music.
Chloe is an innovative cross-cultural flautist, playing Western classical flute and dizi (Chinese bamboo flute), teaching music, and collaborating with others to foster unexpected musical forms and connections throughout Sydney. Her passion for creativity, sustainability and health education are central to her work as an active performer, teacher, and emerging creative director.
At the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, she has been a founding member of their Chinese Music Ensemble since its conception in 2016, and currently maintains her teaching position there on dizi and performs regularly with the ensemble as soloist.
As an internationally accredited Alexander Technique teacher (gaining her formal accreditation in 2019) which informs her outlook on sustainable music practice, Chloe has recently been engaged for teaching specialized workshops on integrated Alexander Technique for injury recovery/ prevention and peak performance for musicians at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (2019-current), Sydney Youth Orchestras and privately at the Sydney Alexander Technique School.

chloechung.net

15/02/2021

AIM student Morgan’s first piano competition - 3rd prize, 17-19 years of the Charleston International Piano Competition! Congratulations! 🎉👏🏼
Class of Dr Brieley Cutting.
(Morgan likes to run marathons in her free time..!⚡️🏃🏻‍♀️)

11/02/2021

Image from the stunning Lunchtime Concert yesterday. Live Classical music is back on campus! With Natalia Melnik and Benjamin Burton.

08/02/2021

Classical Lunchtime Concert
Thursday, February 11
12.30-1pm, The Space (Sydney)

Valentine’s Day is on Sunday 14 – get in the mood with the Classical Lunchtime Concert this week! Let soprano Natalia Melnick (AIM alumnus) with pianist Ben Burton (AIM staff) take you on a romantic journey with love songs from across history. Be enchanted by the likes of Handel, Mozart, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, and the famous lovebirds Robert and Clara Schumann.

“You are my soul, my heart, my blessing and my pain, my peace,my freedom and my better self!” from Robert Schumann’s song ‘Widmung’ (Dedication)

Concert open to AIM students and staff only. Free entry.

26/01/2021

Lessons for 2021 start for our undergraduates next week - an exciting year is ahead! 🎶

21/01/2021

Here are some moments from our Covid-safe 2021 Open Day! Looking forward to Orientation Week starting next week for undergrad students. 🎶

19/01/2021

Congratulations to AIM Masters piano student, Elizabeth Michelle Heryawan! First placing in the senior category of the Charleston International Music Competition! Class of Dr Wojciech Wisniewski. 👏🏼👏🏼🎉🎵🎹

13/01/2021

AIM has a new Open Program! You can have individual lessons or complete short/extended courses with AIM Classical faculty. For young people between 6-18 years of age and for adults 18+. More info available online, or visit us this Saturday on Open Day!

https://www.aim.edu.au/open-programs

11/01/2021

Would you like to directly contact AIM Classical staff? Shoot us an email 👍🏼🎻