Live Sound & Event Production
Overview
Are you interested in producing rock concerts at large venues? Do you love to work behind the scenes at shows and performances? Are you intrigued by the coordination that goes into producing large events for an audience? Would you like to work with real-world gear in a state-of-the-art facility under the direction of an experienced industry professional?
This program provides aspiring live sound engineers and production techs the training needed to work in professional live stage and event scenarios. Using state-of-the-art industry equipment, students will learn the major components and techniques of live sound, fundamentals of concert lighting and video content and the business roles involved in planning and executing live concerts and events.
Program Information
The classroom is the school's new theater with state-of-the-art equipment.
Topics
- Front of house and monitor mixing techniques for concerts and events
- Configuring, wiring, testing a sound system
- System tuning and feedback control
- Fundamentals of stage lighting design and operation
- Concert and event production management
- Collaborate with our audio and video production programs in real-life scenarios
- Run productions with real-world performing artists
- Internship opportunities and shadowing events with the instructor
- Post-Secondary Workforce Readiness (PWR): mastery of professional skills
Program length
Two semesters
Location
High School credits
First semester:
- 1.0 Introduction to Sound Mixing
- 0.5 Conceptual Physics (lab-based science credit)
Second semester:
- 1.0 Advanced Sound Engineering
- 0.5 Conceptual Physics (lab-based science credit)