SIMA’s Award-Winning Music Program Back For 2022 Jazz is about communication, expression, and speaking freely through your instrument. The widespread genre is one that’s evolved more than most because new changes are supported and encouraged rather than ridiculed. Yet, female representation in the jazz realm is lacking – women represent one-fifth of singer songwriters registered with APRA, even […]
Trail-blazing jazz artists from the US and Europe alongside the crème of Australian jazz, for the fifth festival. The Sydney Con Jazz Festival is back! On Sunday June 5, from noon till 9pm, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music will be hosting leading jazz artists from the US, Europe, and Australia, brought to you by SIMA […]
SIMA and 107 Projects welcome you to Ruby’s Outdoor (Indoor) Music Club Zetland’s home of soul, jazz and blues! Sydney has just experienced one of its wettest ever summers, but autumn promises a much better run of mild nights – perfect to enjoy the unique indoor/outdoor ambience of Ruby’s in the Joynton Avenue Creative Centre. […]
The Mary’s Underground venue collaborates with SIMA’s Jazz Now Festival to host Jazz in the Heart of the City Much has been written about breathing life back into the Sydney CBD and its many live music and hospitality venues. SIMA is proud to partner with Mary’s Underground in Circular Quay, in the heart of the […]
SIMA announces the Jazz: NOW SUMMER FESTIVAL Sunday 30 January – Thurs 3 March – 2022 SIMA launches its most extensive Summer Festival to date, bringing together an exceptional roster of artists from across Australia. The festival highlights remarkable diversity, and does not limit itself to any one genre. With jazz as its bedrock, the […]
Matthew Ottignon Quartet Pays Tribute to Mark Simmonds’ Album, “Fire”. Almost 30 years since Australian jazz icon Mark Simmonds released his only studio album, “Fire”, the Matthew Ottignon Quartet are performing their arrangement of the ARIA award-winning album on February 3, at Foundry 616, Ultimo. The quartet is led by Matthew Ottignon on saxophone. A […]
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Before we answer that question we had better find out about who Rebel was. Jean-Fery Rebel was a French baroque composer who lived from 1666 to 1747 and wrote what could be considered avant garde music two hundred years before it is generally agreed to have started. Rebel is hardly a household name, for two […]
a) I thought he invented the Thigh Master. b) You’re sadly misinformed, heavy metals were formed in the Earth’s crust over millions of years. c) Who’s Royer? Who indeed? He’s hardly a household name in the world of commonly known composers today but in his day he was a successful composer that held prestigious positions […]
The reason I created Jazz Impressions is because I have always sensed a link between French Impressionist Music and Jazz. At a young age I was always drawn into the dreamy mysterious world of Impressionist music. It was this atmospheric kind of music that I could also hear in Jazz sometimes. As I delved into […]
Summary: If you love live music and think radio is the career for you, this is the perfect stepping stone! Get hands on helping produce a volunteer driven, community radio program dedicated to supporting Sydney’s live music scene. Purpose of the role: Host and produce a radio show promoting live music in Sydney. The […]
This weekly community billboard is proudly sponsored by the City of Sydney’s Plan for the future – Sydney 2030 – making our city more green, global and connected […]
This weekly community billboard is proudly sponsored by the City of Sydney’s Plan for the future – Sydney 2030 – making our city more green, global and connected […]