Kristin Berardi, Toby Wren & Andrew Shaw at JMI Live

Kristin, Toby and Andrew will present a selection of standards and original tunes at JMI this Thursday! Despite being friends for a long time, this is the first time this trio has ever played together!
Kristin Berardi is a creative musician, composer and educator and is passionate about sharing music. Kristin is one of the first calls in Australia when it comes to Jazz vocals, however she works consistently in the contemporary music field outside jazz and into the experimental field. Among her many achievements she has won the Montreux Jazz Festival vocal competition, the Freedman Award, and The National Jazz Award....

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Kristin, Toby and Andrew will present a selection of standards and original tunes at JMI this Thursday! Despite being friends for a long time, this is the first time this trio has ever played together!
Kristin Berardi is a creative musician, composer and educator and is passionate about sharing music. Kristin is one of the first calls in Australia when it comes to Jazz vocals, however she works consistently in the contemporary music field outside jazz and into the experimental field. Among her many achievements she has won the Montreux Jazz Festival vocal competition, the Freedman Award, and The National Jazz Award.
Toby Wren and Andrew Shaw have performed together since 1993, including on a range of original releases and collaborations with leading jazz performers. Toby teaches Jazz Guitar at the Queensland Conservatorium and has several compositions in the Australian Jazz Real Book. Andrew Shaw teaches at JMI. They can be heard together on Toby’s recent release Black Mountain: “Black Mountain brings up fond recollections of the great Abercrombie/Holland/DeJohnnette 1975 album Gateway…a unique and rewarding listen.” John Hardaker (Jazz.org)
Featuring:
Kristin Berardi - Voice
Toby Wren - Guitar
Andrew Shaw - Double Bass

MORE INFO:
Thursday 5th November 2020
Doors open from 7:30PM
Music from 8pm
$20 ENTRY
10 Exhibition St, Bowen Hills: JMI Live

Tune into our YouTube live-stream from 8PM AEST:
https://youtu.be/7Q7lj5_QaVo

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COVID INFO for JMI LIVE:
We are extremely pleased to announce that due to the easing of restrictions across QLD, JMI Live will now be RE-OPENED to an extremely LIMITED number of guests ONLY. Little by little we will rebuild, but boy, it's good to be back! ????
Those who wish to watch a JMI Live performance in person will need to pre-purchase a ticket ($20 ENTRY) by contacting our office (3216 1110) during business hours (10AM-4PM) and purchase a ticket over the phone. No tickets will be sold on the door.
JMI Live is a COVID-SAFE venue.
- We kindly ask that if you are feeling unwell or showing flu-like symptoms, please do not attend JMI Live. When purchasing a ticket, you agree to only attend a JMI Live event if you are in good health and have not been in close contact with a person who is COVID-19 positive or has travelled overseas or to a COVID-19 hotspot in the past 14 days.
- Please ensure that whilst within our venue, you are adhering to social distancing measures as per venue signage. Please ensure you are also implementing strong hygienic practices (for e.g. using hand-sanitiser, thoroughly washing hands and covering the mouth when sneezing or coughing).
- If you suspect that you have contracted an infection or test positive for COVID-19 after attending an event at JMI Live, please contact the JMI office (07) 3216 1110 or email [email protected]) as soon as possible.

Ticket Refund Policy:
If you are experiencing flu-like symptoms and are unable to attend after having purchased a ticket, please contact the JMI office (07) 3216 1110 or email [email protected]) as soon as possible during business hours (10AM-4PM) to let us know you won’t be able to attend. A full refund will be given if we are contacted prior to a performance. Refunds will not be processed if we are contacted after the gig.

JMI Live is still blessed to have our Live-Stream up and running on our YouTube page, so if you miss out on a pre-purchase ticket you can still join the celebrations online. Join us from 8PM AEST THURSDAY to keep the music swingin'!

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