OIART Alumni
They occupy key positions in all areas of the audio industry and can provide a wealth of industry connections, networking contracts and growth opportunities.
The OIART Alumni Is A Network Of Who's Who.
They work with some of the biggest entertainers at the most prestigious recording studios. Travel with some of the hottest bands. Own and operate recording studios. Win Grammys, Junos, Emmys and Gemini’s. Create soundscapes for top selling video games. They are some of the industry’s top producers, engineers, mixers and recordists. They are OIART graduates and they are active members of your alumni network.
They occupy key positions in all areas of the audio industry and can provide a wealth of industry connections, networking contacts and growth opportunities. In a world where it’s hard to find that first job, OIART works closely with alumni members to give the right candidates a helping hand.
In Canada, the United States, and around the globe, the OIART Alumni Network is there for you.
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September 9, 2024
Nathan Bond (’03) has been a prominent figure in the live sound industry for over two decades, having embarked on a remarkable journey since graduating from the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology. We recently caught up with Nathan during a stop in London, Ontario, as he worked with City and Colour on their Canadian arena tour.
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November 28, 2023
As a system tech for PRG (Production Resource Group), Devon is one of the crew members who will go on tour with the equipment and ensure the show goes on for every act on stage. If you've been to the Boots and Hearts Festival, Wayhome Festival, Digital Dreams, or the MMVAS, you would have experienced Devon's work. Read more about Devon and his journey with OIART.
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February 14, 2023
Andrew Brown ('06) is a Tour Manager and Live Mix engineer for numerous bands. Recently he mixed Big Sugar opening for AC/DC in Moncton NB. He has worked as Tour Manager and Front Of House mixer for Kira Isabella, Tyler Shaw and Wide Mouth Mason. He also works freelance for many Live sound [...]
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January 29, 2019
The Ontario Institute for Audio Recording Technology (OIART) would love to congratulate alumni Jason Dufour on his JUNO nomination in the Recording Engineer of the Year category. Jason graduated from OIART in 2007 and has only been proving that he is one of the go to recording and mixing engineers in Canada. His recent [...]
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January 25, 2018
Matty Green ('03) is a Los Angeles based recording engineer and mixer. Matty's engineering work can be heard on Beatle Paul McCartney's "New," "Food" by Kelis, and "X" by Ed Sheeran - for which he was nominated for a Grammy for Record of the Year. Read more about Matty Green!
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January 23, 2018
Dane Liska ('08) is Label Manager for The Independent Label Services Group and is a great example of how graduates can adapt to a fast changing industry. After graduating OIART’s music production school, Dane quickly became a Junior Engineer at Cherry Beach Sound in Toronto working with artists such as Jordan Knight, K'naan, Rihanna [...]
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January 8, 2018
Rob ‘Muneshine’ Bakker graduated from OIART’s music production course in 2004. Working with rapper D-Sisive, he is a four time Juno nominee. He is also a two time Polaris Prize Long-lister, SOCAN Echo Songwriting Award winner and East Coast Music Award nominee. As a performer/producer, Rob has toured around the world and collaborated with [...]
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January 3, 2018
For over 5 years, Kelly has collaborated with producers to help select pieces of music that perfectly meet all of the requirements for various projects. Specializing in music licensing and label negotiations for Much Music and the MMVA's, Marilyn Denis Show, Your Morning, Etalk, Space, Discovery and in-house produced promotional spots, Kelly ensures that [...]
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December 22, 2017
Hayley Henrikson graduated in 2016 and immediately packed up and moved to Toronto from Moosejaw Saskatchewan. She started working for Event Media Design as a freelance technician in October 2016 at Casa Loma. Fast forward a year later, and Hayley was promoted to Production Coordinator of special events. After a very successful Legends of Horror [...]
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November 9, 2017
Cam Banika graduated from OIART in 2015, but he began freelancing in 2013, ranging from high school graduations, bands in small venue gigs to full-production plays and musicals. While continuing to take on gigs during his time at OIART, he also started building a client list of both local and touring artists passing through [...]
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September 9, 2024
Nathan Bond (’03) has been a prominent figure in the live sound industry for over two decades, having embarked on a remarkable journey since graduating from the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology. We recently caught up with Nathan during a stop in London, Ontario, as he worked with City and Colour on their Canadian arena tour.
By Jeremy Alves
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November 28, 2023
As a system tech for PRG (Production Resource Group), Devon is one of the crew members who will go on tour with the equipment and ensure the show goes on for every act on stage. If you've been to the Boots and Hearts Festival, Wayhome Festival, Digital Dreams, or the MMVAS, you would have experienced Devon's work. Read more about Devon and his journey with OIART.
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February 14, 2023
Andrew Brown ('06) is a Tour Manager and Live Mix engineer for numerous bands. Recently he mixed Big Sugar opening for AC/DC in Moncton NB. He has worked as Tour Manager and Front Of House mixer for Kira Isabella, Tyler Shaw and Wide Mouth Mason. He also works freelance for many Live sound [...]
By Jeremy Alves
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January 29, 2019
The Ontario Institute for Audio Recording Technology (OIART) would love to congratulate alumni Jason Dufour on his JUNO nomination in the Recording Engineer of the Year category. Jason graduated from OIART in 2007 and has only been proving that he is one of the go to recording and mixing engineers in Canada. His recent [...]
By Jeremy Alves
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January 25, 2018
Matty Green ('03) is a Los Angeles based recording engineer and mixer. Matty's engineering work can be heard on Beatle Paul McCartney's "New," "Food" by Kelis, and "X" by Ed Sheeran - for which he was nominated for a Grammy for Record of the Year. Read more about Matty Green!
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January 23, 2018
Dane Liska ('08) is Label Manager for The Independent Label Services Group and is a great example of how graduates can adapt to a fast changing industry. After graduating OIART’s music production school, Dane quickly became a Junior Engineer at Cherry Beach Sound in Toronto working with artists such as Jordan Knight, K'naan, Rihanna [...]
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January 8, 2018
Rob ‘Muneshine’ Bakker graduated from OIART’s music production course in 2004. Working with rapper D-Sisive, he is a four time Juno nominee. He is also a two time Polaris Prize Long-lister, SOCAN Echo Songwriting Award winner and East Coast Music Award nominee. As a performer/producer, Rob has toured around the world and collaborated with [...]
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January 3, 2018
For over 5 years, Kelly has collaborated with producers to help select pieces of music that perfectly meet all of the requirements for various projects. Specializing in music licensing and label negotiations for Much Music and the MMVA's, Marilyn Denis Show, Your Morning, Etalk, Space, Discovery and in-house produced promotional spots, Kelly ensures that [...]
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December 22, 2017
Hayley Henrikson graduated in 2016 and immediately packed up and moved to Toronto from Moosejaw Saskatchewan. She started working for Event Media Design as a freelance technician in October 2016 at Casa Loma. Fast forward a year later, and Hayley was promoted to Production Coordinator of special events. After a very successful Legends of Horror [...]
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November 9, 2017
Cam Banika graduated from OIART in 2015, but he began freelancing in 2013, ranging from high school graduations, bands in small venue gigs to full-production plays and musicals. While continuing to take on gigs during his time at OIART, he also started building a client list of both local and touring artists passing through [...]
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June 8, 2017
Alex Robillard (’15) graduated from OIART and hit the ground running. Hired by The Foundry in Thunder Bay’s Waterfront Entertainment District as a house sound engineer where he has continued working even as, in 2016, Alex gained full-time employment as an AV technician at Lakehead University. Recognizing the abundance of opportunities for talent [...]
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June 1, 2017
Shortly after graduating OIART in 2015, Devin Hoare secured a position at IMAX Corporate Headquarters in their Soundtracks Mastering Department. As part of the soundtrack mastering team, Devin is responsible for qualifying all audio content that will play back in IMAX theatres around the world. This includes Hollywood features and trailers as well as [...]
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May 25, 2017
Dmitri has been freelancing since graduation in 2008 and loves the freedom of self-employment "It's exciting not knowing what you're going to work on next". He enjoys being involved a wide variety of projects and getting to be creative in so many different styles of music. He is continually adding to an already [...]
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May 18, 2017
Liam Thompson is a DJ/Producer based in London, Ontario. After graduating from OIART in the summer of 2015, he briefly worked as a freelance audio engineer for a number of corporate clients, mixing and restoring dialogue recordings, as well as creating original music for their promotional videos. As his schedule flexible, Liam decided [...]
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May 11, 2017
Since graduating from OIART in 2015, Ryan has been working in Toronto as a Production Sound Mixer, Boom Operator, and Sound Assistant. Some of the first jobs that he had were through The Farmhouse Creative Labs, owned and operated by fellow OIART alumni, John Diemer. He began with working on ongoing web content [...]
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May 4, 2017
Carlo Scrignaro is a Sound Designer/Editor/Mixer and an all-around Audio Engineer based in Toronto, Ontario, who started his career as a musician recording his own drum cover videos that he posted on YouTube. From there, he wanted to learn more about the art of sound recording, so in September of 2015, he enrolled [...]
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April 20, 2017
After graduating from OIART in 1999, John started his career as an audio-visual technician in Toronto’s SkyDome Hotel. He went on to freelance at various venues such as the Royal York Hotel, the King Edward Hotel and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. In the summer of 2003, John took part in the grand [...]
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April 11, 2017
Tyler Chute is a freelance mix engineer/producer, as well as a sales rep for Trew Audio in Toronto, ON. Before graduating OIART in 2014, Tyler came straight from high school with the intention of learning more about recording and creating music. After graduating, Tyler became an audio engineer at a local studio called [...]
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March 23, 2017
Chris Masson is the Head of Media Management & a Junior Engineer at Grayson Matthews Inc, a creative production agency specializing in music and sound across diverse media platforms, from film, television & advertising, to virtual and augmented reality experiences. Upon graduating from OIART, Chris worked at Infinite Skills, a computer software IT [...]
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March 16, 2017
When Robin Parmar graduated, way back in 1987, digital technology was in its infancy. The state of the art was a 12-bit Sony encoder that recorded to VHS tape! He first applied the skills he learned at OIART in community radio, working on reel-to-reel tape, cart machine, and a number of other intriguing [...]
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March 7, 2017
Sohan flew in from Mumbai, India to attend OIART in 2013. After graduating from OIART in 2014, Sohan moved to Toronto to work at a music recording studio (Find A Way). Here, he was an assistant engineer. He helped set up, assist and tear down recording sessions and also carried out live band [...]
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March 1, 2017
Joel North (’10) is the owner/operator at East Coast Radio Creative, as full-service audio production and voice over house specializing in podcast editing, audio cleanup and voice over work for a multitude of different projects. After graduating from OIART, Joel worked in AV, live sound, and then began a 5-year stint in radio [...]
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February 23, 2017
Gregory Rushton, CTS-D (’05 Grad) oversees the dedicated Audio Visual Design Division at Mulvey & Banani International Inc. (MBII), working on a wide range of projects across all sectors. After working on the contracting/ installation side of the industry, Gregory joined MBII in 2007 to launch the AV Division, successfully leveraging his ‘hands-on” [...]
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February 14, 2017
Sinan’s career path was more unconventional than most grads. At the moment, Sinan is an associate radio producer at CBC Windsor. In addition to mixing a live radio show, Sinan calls and connects phone guests, plays audio clips and music, and make judgment calls when necessary. Sinan also delivers on-air traffic reports. The [...]
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February 2, 2017
After graduating from OIART in 2012, Stephen Mullett knew he wanted to be a dialogue and sound editor/designer. To further refine the skills and knowledge he gained at OIART, he freelanced as a dialogue and sound editor back in his home province of Newfoundland. Very soon he relocated to Toronto to pursue his [...]
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January 26, 2017
Wayne Warren (’96) is the Post Production Supervisor, Music Editor and Music Supervisor for Netflix/Discovery’s drama series “Frontier” starring Jason Momoa. (Justice League, Aquaman, Game of Thrones). Born in St. John’s, NL, Wayne graduated the Memorial University School of Music with a Bachelor of Music Degree in 1995. He then moved to London, [...]
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January 24, 2017
After graduating OIART (class of 1996), Marc took the focus off of the career hunt, and spent about 6 months working odd jobs, and travelling. With that out of his system, Marc spent a year interning at various audio/video production companies: Rogers TV, Cherry Beach Sound, and Metalworks to name a few. That [...]
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January 19, 2017
Dean graduated from OIART in 2015. Prior to graduating, Dean wrote a single with a Toronto based R&B singer that went on to receive millions of plays online and to gather international attention. The success of this single set the tone for Dean’s career in production, songwriting and for becoming a performing artist. [...]
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January 5, 2017
Brent Blazieko 92', aka tBone, is at his happiest and most creative when recording, mixing and producing at the Sound Lounge. Having graduated from OIART with an Honours Diploma in Audio Engineering, tBone wanders the world listening, learning and applying the many facets of audio engineering to the project at hand which has [...]
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December 29, 2016
Since graduating from OIART in 1988, Glen’s career has taken him globe trotting with music as a professional musician, as an audio engineer/sound mixer, a television host and a camera operator. Having produced hundreds of documentaries, television and corporate videos internationally, Glen’s credits include contracts with Discovery Channel, CTV, TSN, Sportsnet, CBC, National [...]
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December 22, 2016
Since graduating from OIART in 2015, Michelle Hwu has been actively working in audio post-production. She began interning at Tattersall Sound & Picture, where she had the opportunity to work and train as a Sound Assistant on various projects such as Larry Weinstein’s The Devil’s Horn and Below Her Mouth, a film which [...]
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December 6, 2016
Recording Engineer/Mixer/Music Producer and Videographer John “Wheels” Hurlbut has been a recording engineer and mixer for music, film and TV for almost 30 years since graduating from OIART’s audio production school in 1987. John started his career at Toronto’s legendary Manta Sound and he also did a stint at Oceanway Studios in LA. [...]
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November 29, 2016
Mary Lee (’10) began her career in audio for visual media immediately after graduating from OIART’s audio and music production program. Spending five years at Wanted! Sound and Picture, she ascended to the roles of recording engineer and sound editor before moving to to SuperSonics Post Production a year and a half ago. [...]
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November 22, 2016
Graham Lessard ('02) is the Senior Recording Engineer at the world famous Banff Centre nestled in Alberta's Rocky Mountains. After graduating OIART’s music production course, Graham worked for the CBC Radio in Edmonton, where he made numerous recordings of folk, jazz, and classical musicians for CBC and The Banff Centre. He then moved [...]
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November 16, 2016
Engineer and Mixer Brian Gallant graduated from OIART’s audio and music production school in 2010, and since then he has compiled an impressive list of film, TV, Video Game and advertising credits. From commercials for Nike to OLG, Home Depot and Uber, he has also recorded dialogue for TV shows such as Cloudy [...]
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November 10, 2016
Trevor Anderson, who graduated OIART’s music production school in 2012, is an engineer, producer, beat maker and song writer. He has engineered projects for artists like Will Smith, Deep Purple, The Arkells and Serena Ryder. Employed at Noble Street Studios in Toronto, he has worked under top level producers and engineers like Gavin [...]
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November 8, 2016
8Location recordist Pablo Villegas graduated from OIART’s audio production school in 2005, pictured here a couple years back shooting a documentary about an Ayahuasca retreat in Colombia. He said, “It's hard to believe that it's been over 11 years since I finished the course!” Pablo has travelled the world recording sound for film [...]
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November 1, 2016
Jay Perry (‘91) is the owner of Points East Audio Visual in Prince Edward Island. After graduation from OIART’s audio and music production school, Jay headed west to Victoria, BC where he became the installations manager for Pacific Audio Works, worked in live sound, and for a time was Special FX Technician in [...]
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October 20, 2016
After graduating from OIART’s audio and music production course in 2010, Kyle travelled all over the globe as a shipboard audio technician for Celebrity Cruise Lines. Back on land, he now works for fellow grad Mark Corlett (’85) at Absolute Video Theatre as Senior Audio Programmer and Installer. Kyle explained, “Coming up with [...]
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October 11, 2016
Cambridge, ON based Sean Giacomini graduated from OIART’s audio and music production course in 2007. He is a full time Mobile Technical Producer with Rogers TV, working in one of their red broadcast trucks you often see throughout Ontario. Though he primarily works locally, for larger Rogers broadcasts they travel all over Southern [...]
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October 5, 2016
Tim Spence graduated from OIART’s audio and music production course in 2011. He is now a Technical Producer for Corus Radio in Calgary. He runs the board for afternoon shows on Newstalk 770, but his favourite gigs are working on Calgary Stampeder broadcasts and working with Country 105 on their annual Radiothon for [...]
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September 29, 2016
Ben Spiller ('12) in an audio editor, recordist and sound designer for television, film and video games at Wanted! Sound and Picture in Toronto. His work includes recording and mixing the Wanted! Live series of music videos, and he was recently a Dialogue Editor on Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate video game. Since graduating [...]
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September 22, 2016
Caitlynn Legris ('12) works at the Arden Theatre in St. Albert AB as a Theatre Technician. After graduating OIART’s audio and music production school, she worked in nearby Edmonton as a freelance live sound tech. Even then, her favourite gigs were at the Arden, where she was able to land her current full [...]
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September 13, 2016
Jeff Pelletier, a 2004 graduate of OIART's music production course, is the Chief Engineer at Phase One Recording, one of Toronto's oldest and most respected recording facilities. Phase One said: "Jeff continuously impresses clients and is quickly solidifying his reputation as one of the great up and coming engineers in Toronto." Jeff's most recent [...]
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September 6, 2016
Bryan Gallant, a 2000 graduate of OIART’s music production school, is the Operations Manager of The Warehouse Studios in Vancouver. Owned by superstar Bryan Adams, the facility is one of the premier recording facilities in the world, featuring one of the three Neve consoles specially built by Rupert Neve for George Martin's AIR [...]
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July 28, 2016
Grad Simon Larochette is a recording engineer, multi-instrumentalist and owner of The Sugar Shack in London ON, working in genres ranging from country all the way to punk and metal. Graduating from our audio and music production course in 2008, Simon landed his first Juno nomination last year for the critically acclaimed debut [...]
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July 26, 2016
David Ciccarelli ('00, left) co-founded Voices.com in 2004 and is truly one of OIART's great business success stories. Starting with a small recording studio in downtown London, he and wife Stephanie (pictured) were quick to recognize the potential of the internet for creative collaboration. Together they founded Voices.com as a way to virtually connect voice talent with [...]
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July 5, 2016
Adrian Gonzalez ('05, center) is a touring live mix engineer, currently on the road with Juno winner Alessia Cara opening for Coldplay. They recently played a packed Wembley Stadium in the UK to a crowd of roughly 100,000. Adrian has had an incredibly exciting year touring with Cara, who has also taken him [...]
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June 30, 2016
Stacey Dodds ('96, right) is Chief Engineer, Broadcast Sound Services for Technicolor's Audio Post division in Burbank CA. They work on numerous popular TV series such as Family Guy, Castle, The Vampire Diaries, American Horror Story, The Cleveland Show and Hawaii Five-O, plus major hits of the past decade including Glee, Desperate Housewives, [...]
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June 28, 2016
Looking forward to the new release Push + Pull by Juno winners July Talk? One of the engineers on the album is Jason Dufour, a 2007 alumni from OIART's music production course. After graduation Jay assisted at two of Canada's top recording facilities, Phase One and then Revolution Recording, assisting on projects by [...]
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June 23, 2016
Matt Andersen ('99) is a Juno nominated guitarist and singer-songwriter originally hailing from New Brunswick. A remarkable talent who can easily command any room with his performance, Andersen has become one of the top acoustic performers in Canada. While he was a student at OIART's music production school, he frequently stole the show [...]
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June 21, 2016
Ian Trace graduated from OIART's audio and music production school in 2012, and is currently the Electronic Systems Specialist at the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. After OIART, he returned to Edmonton AB where he became the Assistant Head of Audio at the Citadel Theatre for two years. Looking to overhaul their audio and [...]
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June 14, 2016
Ryan S., 2011 graduate of OIART's music and audio production school, has been working for CBC Radio since the spring of 2013 as a Broadcast Technician / Associate Producer. He explained, "It's somewhat of a varied role. Day in, day out I do live audio for an audience of thousands.... none of which [...]
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June 10, 2016
The Stanley Cup will be in the arena to hand to Sidney Crosby in the event of a Pittsburgh Penguins victory tonight, so we thought we’d profile the grad who mixed the Rogers Hockey Night in Canada theme today. Jon Bartel ’05 is a mixer, sound designer, recordist and editor based in Toronto. [...]
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June 3, 2016
Wayne Lemmer graduated from OIART’s audio production school in 2003 and soon afterwards the Ilderton native moved to Hollywood. There, he landed a job with 20th Century Fox, one of the top film studios in the world. Wayne’s Sound Design credits have included Kung Fu Panda, Transformers, Fantastic Four, X-Men and Black Swan. Now [...]
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May 31, 2016
Siegfried Meier (’99) is a JUNO Award winning Record Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixer and Songwriter. He owns and operates Beach Road Studios, a beautiful resort-style recording compound featuring a large tracking room with a separate artist residence and high end mastering room, overlooking the sunsets and beaches of Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada. [...]
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May 27, 2016
Derrick Aubie (’02) owns Sonic Image Audio and Visual Productions in Moncton NB. Derrick originally attended OIART’s audio and music production program wanting to pursue a career in the recording industry. After several years working with a national Audio Visual company he realized his passion was in live event production. Feeling he could [...]
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May 19, 2016
A Sound Editor and Mixer for pictures, Brian Eimer won his fourth Motion Picture Sound Editors' guild Golden Reel Award in 2016 for “Best Sound Editing: Special Venue” for the IMAX film, “Journey to Space,” narrated by Star Trek; The Next Generation’s Patrick Stewart. A graduate of OIART’s recording production program in 1989, [...]
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May 17, 2016
Anton DeLost graduated from OIART’s music production school in 2012. He is a producer, recording engineer, mixer and musician. He now co-owns and operates a professional studio in downtown Toronto ON and has toured Canada and the US playing guitar and singing, and toured the UK and Europe playing drums. In 2007 at [...]
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May 12, 2016
Anthony Jestin (06) is a perfect example of the wide variety of careers in audio where OIART graduates find success. While many work in music production, live sound and audio for picture, the world of audio and video system design and installation is lucrative, challenging and extremely enjoyable. Anthony is currently the A/V [...]
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May 11, 2016
A 2008 graduate from OIART's audio and music production school, Bryan Van Rooyen is the Head of Audio at the PA Shop in London. They have worked as production supplier for many acts such as Keith Urban, Billy Talent, Rise Against, Dean Brody, The Steve Miller Band, Toto, Journey, Boston, Slash, Huey Lewis [...]
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May 5, 2016
Steve Scott graduated from OIART's audio recording technology program in 1993 and is now a Location Sound engineer and studio owner/engineer for post-audio and film. Starting his career at Mix Audio studios as owner/engineer, he began to go out on location around the USA/Canada filming feature films, shorts, documentaries, corporate, web series, sports, [...]
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May 3, 2016
After graduating from OIART's audio and music production program in 2000, Mark Taleski moved to Toronto to work as a live sound engineer and system technician. He worked with many bands across Canada and the U.S.A. including the Concert for Toronto benefit, often remembered as SARStock, featuring AC/DC and The Rolling Stones. In [...]
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April 28, 2016
Travis Didluck ('09) and Jeff Hartling ('09) are sound designers for the London Ontario based video game developer Digital Extremes (DE). Digital Extremes has again been named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers for 2016, and was ranked 29/50 on Deloitte's Fast 50 Technology companies for Canada. Travis and Jeff have designed sounds [...]
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April 26, 2016
Sound Designer, Foley Artist, Composer and Sound Editor Jakob Thiesen graduated from OIART's audio and music production program in '98. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2016 for Outstanding Sound Editing for the show Annedroids, which was also nominated for multiple Canadian Screen Awards this year. You can hear his work [...]
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April 21, 2016
Paul Williamson (86) is a lead sound re-recording mixer, handling the dialogue and music on television and film projects. He has been mixing at Technicolor Toronto (formerly PFA Film and Video) for over 22 years. Recent projects include An American Dream: The Education of William Bowman a feature film by Ken Finkleman, television [...]
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April 19, 2016
After graduating from the audio and music production course at OIART in 2000, Aaron Cieslikowski first moved to Vancouver to work in post-production, then to Los Angeles to work in music studios as a tech and assistant engineer. Aaron then moved to Nashville where he worked for many years assisting, engineering and managing [...]
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April 14, 2016
Matt Kaitila has had a remarkably varied career since graduating from OIART's music and audio production program in 2006. Starting out in television, he worked on the series Regenesis as sound utility and boom op for a season, but then took the opportunity to travel the world for two years as an AV [...]
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March 30, 2016
Alex Krotz ('11) is a Toronto based Audio Engineer who works full time at Noble Street Studios as their Lead Assistant Engineer. This year Alex worked with in incredible 10 Juno Nominees on a total of 15 Nominations. After graduating OIART's audio and music production program, Alex moved to Toronto to start an [...]
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March 22, 2016
After graduating from OIART in 2011, Gabriel Hauser landed a job at Digital Extremes, one of the longest running video game companies in the business. There he worked on a few seminal titles including Star Trek: The Video Game (PC/PS3/XBOX 360) and Warframe (PC/PS4/XBOX ONE). Gabriel now works at Uken Games, a Toronto [...]
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March 17, 2016
Dennis Nicholson ('11) is a freelance boom operator and filmmaker based in Toronto. Born and raised in Sydney NS, Dennis attended OIART's audio and music production program in 2011 right out of high school. After graduating the program he choose to pursue location sound and went all in, spending his savings on a [...]
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March 15, 2016
Grad Andrew Tyne (’08) is currently an Event Manager with the Halifax Convention Centre. After graduation, Andrew started as an Assistant Production Manager with Princess Cruise Lines. Mixing a full orchestra and cast in a floating 700-seat theatre was a daunting first gig. Andrew told us he owes his amazing career ride to [...]
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March 10, 2016
10Mike Tompa ('10) is a Toronto based recording engineer and mixer. After graduating OIART's audio and music production program, Mike assisted occasionally at Phase One Recording and freelanced for a year, with the goal of saving to move to England. His goal was to land an internship at Outhouse Studios in Reading, which [...]
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March 8, 2016
Graham Van Pelt aka Miracle Fortress graduated from OIART's audio and music production course in 2003. Moving to Montreal, he quickly became part of the city's thriving music scene, mixing live sound and eventually opening a performance space and studio. Over time, he has become a critically acclaimed composer, musician, engineer, mixer and [...]
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March 3, 2016
Jordan Palmer (’13) is a Halifax based live audio engineer, working with many live sound companies and theatres including FMAV, Sound Systems Plus, SSi, Neptune theatre and Highland Arts Theatre. Jordan became the Front Of House mix engineer and system tech for the Halifax Jazz Festival in the summer of 2015. He mixes [...]
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March 1, 2016
Kevin O'Leary ('09) is a Toronto based engineer. After graduating from OIART's audio and music production program, Kevin became the first lead assistant engineer at Noble Street Studios which produces numerous hits year after year. Striking out on his own as a freelance engineer last year, Kevin has worked on numerous Juno nominated [...]
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February 23, 2016
David Drage ('00) is the Senior ReRecording Engineer at Supersonics post production in Toronto. David has been a sound mixer, editor and recordist since graduating from OIART's audio and music production program in 2000. He won a Canadian Screen Award for FILM: ACHIEVEMENT IN OVERALL SOUND for the film "The Mortal Instruments: City [...]
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February 18, 2016
John Diemer '10, founder and owner of The Farmhouse Creative Labs in Toronto is a Sound Recordist, Editor and Mixer. The Farmhouse services a variety of clients such as UBER, one of the fastest growing companies in the world, as well as Hudson’s Bay and Indigo. John recently received a 2016 Canadian Screen [...]
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February 16, 2016
As head engineer at Lakewind Sound in Cape Breton NS, Michael “Sheppy” Shepherd '98 is one of the busiest audio engineers on the East Coast. Lakewind was built by two mainstays in the Cape Breton music scene, 2009 ECMA Industry Professional of the Year producer Fred Lavery and Songwriter/Musician Gordie Sampson. Sampson achieved [...]
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February 11, 2016
Since graduating from OIART's audio and music production course in 2002, Damian Hall has been busy working in the Jamaican music industry as a record producer, recording and mixing engineer. Damian started out as the in-house Engineer for superstar Shaggy’s Big Yard Recording Studio in Jamaica. From there he started his own production [...]
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February 9, 2016
Danielle McBride ('96) is the Supervising Sound Editor and Dialogue Editor for the long-running TV Series Degrassi and the new YTV show, Open Heart, which was recently nominated for its first Canadian Screen Award. Perennial favourite Degrassi is nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards this year, and has garnered Emmy nominations in the [...]
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February 4, 2016
Phil Banks ('06) has called Calgary AB home since graduating from OIART's audio production program. He now is employed by Arts Commons as a Production Systems Technician. Every year, Arts Commons is home to over 180 groups and organizations. They host over 1800 performances to audiences of over 600,000 guests at six performance [...]
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February 2, 2016
Reilly Forbes ('11) is a freelance audio engineer and the Technical Director of the non-profit media production studio PAVED Arts in Saskatoon SK. His work at PAVED primarily sees him working with filmmakers, photographers, sound artists and musicians as a collaborator and technical troubleshooter. Reilly explains, "It's a unique experience working in media [...]
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January 28, 2016
Nick Civiero ('11) is an assistant engineer at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver. Owned by Canadian Music legend Bryan Adams, the studio has recorded albums by AC/DC, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Hedley, Metallica, Michael Buble, Nickelback, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, R.E.M., Rush, Sarah McLachlan, Simple Plan and Slayer amongst hundreds of others. After [...]
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January 26, 2016
Bryan Rennie ('00) is the Audio Lead for the Company of Heroes franchise at Relic Entertainment. After graduating OIART's music and audio production school, Bryan worked at Electronic Arts (EA Games) where he served in a number of roles in titles such as Need For Speed, Bond, NHL and Skate. Whether it's recording [...]
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January 21, 2016
Mark Corlett ('85) is the CEO of Absolute Video Theatre (avt.ca), a company he started in 1991. Specializing in Audio Visual for boardrooms, training centers, video theatres, auditoriums and live web streaming, the company engineers custom solutions for each project and has a number of innovations and inventions to their credit. They have [...]
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January 19, 2016
Andrew MacRae (’02) has had a varied career in audio. It started out with live production and freelancing at various studios around New Brunswick, then finally settling down in Fredericton at Outreach Productions (OP), a full service media facility specializing in video production and audio post. Starting out as an audio mixer, he [...]
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January 14, 2016
Marian Greksa ('05) has consistently found a niche for herself in the audio industry since graduation. She has worked as an assistant engineer at The Farm Recording Studios and Hipposonic/Mushroom in Vancouver. She has circled the globe as an audio technician with Princess Cruises. She currently works for several different audio visual, production [...]
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January 12, 2016
Shawn French ('06) made a bold career move when he returned to school as a 27 year old, leaving home in New Brunswick to attend OIART's sound production course in London Ontario. Fortunately, the choice paid off. Since graduation, Shawn has worked on "a little bit of everything" related to TV and Film [...]
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January 7, 2016
Ryan Castle '98 is an engineer, mixer and editor based in Los Angeles California. After graduating from OIART's music and audio production course, Ryan found great success in the music industry. He has won two Grammy Awards for his work on the “Best Hard Rock Recording” by Wolfmother in 2007 and the 2002 [...]
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January 5, 2016
Jon Lebrun (`03) is a composer, sound designer, mixer and location recordist based in Ottawa ON. Jon`s Brown Sound Audio has extensive experience in television, film, documentaries, video games and other forms of multimedia. Jon`s clients include the NHL, CTV, TSN, Discovery Channel, and many more. For the last 6 years, Jon has [...]
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December 29, 2015
Grad Mike Tompkins ('08) needs no introduction to many. His YouTube videos have passed 230 million views, making him one of the top viral artists of all time. Mike became an unintentional YouTube sensation - and a performer himself - when he started making a cappella cover videos of popular hits to show [...]
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December 22, 2015
Grad Justin McDonough '06 is an Edmonton based entrepreneur, musician, producer, songwriter, engineer and mixer. "Dunna" received the Kurosman Award for highest academic standing in his year. After a stint studying music at Grant McEwan University, while continuing to work as a musician, he founded Edmonton's Resonate Music School & Studio in 2012. [...]
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December 17, 2015
Humberto Lourenco ('12) came to our music and audio production course with extensive touring experience as a drum tech. With his new audio production skills gained at OIART, Humberto quickly found work as a live sound Mix engineer and System Technician at The PA Shop in London. He works with top acts constantly, [...]
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December 15, 2015
Michael Walsh '92 is currently going into his 15th year working at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival where he has been Head of Audio for many shows, including The Tempest with Christopher Plummer, and mixed Front of House for the critically acclaimed West Side Story and many more. He also works as a sound [...]
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December 10, 2015
Roger Leavens ('98) founded and owns Boombox Sound in downtown Toronto. Roger has been an entrepreneur, engineer, musician, studio builder, voice director and record producer since his time in the music and sound production course at OIART. At Boombox, where the centerpiece is a hybrid digital/analog SSL Duality console, he and his team [...]
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December 8, 2015
Chris Teixeira ('11) is a Sound Designer and Music Composer for Big Viking Games in London. Chris grew up listening to a lot of music. "I always loved the music and sound effects in video games. I never could have imagined I could take what I was passionate about and turn that into [...]
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December 1, 2015
Sound Recordist Rob Nokes ('90) has performed many roles in a long and varied career. He is currently the Supervising Sound Editor for the popular Fox TV series "Bones," a position he also held on the series "Backstrom," and hit movies such as Disney's "Planes" and "Miracle." Sounds he has captured have been [...]
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November 26, 2015
Kristian Montano ('11) is a mastering engineer working out of Toronto's Lacquer Channel Mastering. Home of Canada's only vinyl lacquer cutting lathe, Lacquer Channel is a world class facility with credits including artists such as Rush, Broken Social Scene, Peter Gabriel and Matt Mays. Here he has worked on a diversity of music [...]
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November 24, 2015
Bruce Richardson ('85) is the founder and CEO of Videolink Inc, who supply Video Streaming technology, Systems Integration, Live Mobile Video Production, IPTV, Studio Design and Technical Consultation to Broadcasters, Education, Government, Sports, Churches, Corporations and Live Event Broadcasts. His clients include the NHL, NBA, CBC, CTV, Rogers, Cogeco, Shaw, LCBO, McDonalds, Ford, [...]
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November 19, 2015
Phil Hotz ('13) is a a recording engineer and producer based in Toronto. He was recently hired as an assistant engineer at Revolution Recording. After OIART, Phil began as an runner at Revolution and later assisted for Timothy Abraham at The Hive. In his first stint at Revolution, Phil worked on sessions with [...]
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November 17, 2015
Matt Duncan ('99) has worked at the Rose Theatre in Brampton ON for 8 years, and as a full-time theatre technician there for 3 years. His job includes the daily operations of a performance theatre, mainly with the audio aspects. He also deals with Lighting, Stage Management, Rigging, Carpentry and System Maintenance. At [...]
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November 10, 2015
Ross Hudgins ('98) is an engineer at Twisted Pair Productions in Regina, Saskatchewan. At this full service media production facility, Ross gets involved in projects from the very beginning; casting voiceover talent, recording and editing voiceovers, music and sound effects, then final mixes for broadcast and online media. His provides the conduit between [...]
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November 3, 2015
After graduating from OIART, Mike Cashin ('00) landed the enviable position of 2nd Engineer at Vancouver’s Warehouse Studio, owned by Bryan Adams and one of the top studios in Canada. While working there he had the opportunity to learn his trade from the engineering and production giants of the industry on sessions with artists [...]
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November 3, 2015
Joel Waddell ('04) is a Halifax based producer, engineer and musician. He has been working with artist Rich Aucoin for the past 10 years both live and in the studio. Joel Co-Produced Aucoin's album "Ephemeral," which was nominated for several 2015 East Coast Music Awards. They most recently collaborated on shows with the [...]
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October 30, 2015
Marla Kishimoto ('09) has been working in Toronto as a sound editor and mixer for Studio 18 with Mark Krupka ('86) and Ben Doner ('09) for the last two years. She's worked on numerous reality and lifestyle television shows, the highlight being The Amazing Race Canada, which she considers both the most fun [...]
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October 27, 2015
John Horwath (’08) is a Technical Sales Representative for Product Solutions Group, designing and executing high end audio and video installations. Recently he finished design and initial support for a fully automated 16,000 sq ft private residence that features: a 9.2 surround sound home theatre with a 170” custom built screen, surround sound [...]
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October 27, 2015
Kelvin Tang ('14) is a freelance audio engineer in Toronto who has worked with Stagevision, the IATSE stage union and Rogers TV, for whom he currently mixes games at Ricoh Coliseum (pictured) for the Leafs' affiliate AHL Toronto Marlies as well as other sporting events. Some of his most memorable gigs since graduation [...]
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October 27, 2015
Douglas Beck ('06) is a Junior Mastering Engineer with Disc Makers in Pennsauken, NJ. Doug got started with Disc Makers immediately after graduating from OIART in the glass mastering department, where he was responsible for making glass masters and stamper molds for CD replication. In 2009, Doug was promoted to an engineering position [...]
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October 27, 2015
Congratulations to sound editor Brennan Mercer Directors' Guild of Canada sound awards this past Saturday: BEST SOUND EDITING – TELEVISION MOVIE/MINI (grad '11) who, along with the team at Tattersall Sound and Picture, picked up two -SERIES The Book of Negroes, Episode 1 BEST SOUND EDITING – TELEVISION SERIES Vikings, The Choice He [...]
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October 27, 2015
Bryan Moreau ('05) is currently a switcher/director for CBC Radio-Canada ACADIE (TV), running an automated broadcast studio. Starting his career at Radio-Canada/CBC as an Audio Mixer for broadcast news, Bryan also spent time working as a cameraman/jib operator. Some of his most memorable gigs so far have included travelling to SOCHI to work [...]
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October 27, 2015
Joshua Cuthbert ('13) has been working with Celebrity Cruise Lines for the last 2 years. Over that time he has done two 6 month contracts as an apprentice sound tech, and has just completed his first 6 month contract as a full sound tech in his own theatre. In that time Joshua has [...]
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October 12, 2015
Tim Wallace ('07) AKA Timbuktu is a Toronto based performer, beat maker, engineer and mixer. Tim has gained national and international recognition as a veteran of the Canadian Hip Hop scene, and his accomplishments are impressive. Tim's aptly-named home studio, FUN, is a hub of activity where he engineers and mixes for notable [...]
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September 29, 2015
Ana Teodora Popa ('10) runs the sound and video department and manages a crew of three at the Teatrul National "Vasile Alecsandri" in Iasi, Romania. Of her career, Ana says, "I believe this job suits me perfectly: every day is different. I have freedom of choice. I get to use high-end gear and [...]
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September 24, 2015
Grad Art Mullin ('01) is a Producer, Sound Designer and Mixer at RMW Music in Toronto, We asked Art a few simple questions about his career in Audio since OIART. He sent us some great stuff so this is a little more in depth than usual! OI meets ART if you will. OI: [...]
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September 23, 2015
Adam Tsui ('08, right), pictured here with OIART Industry Liaison Robert Breen, was recently hired as a sound designer at Goodgame Studios in Germany. Before leaving Canada this week, Adam came to the school to talk about the world of Video Game Sound Design. After graduation, Adam moved to Los Angeles to work [...]
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September 17, 2015
Eric Chorostecki ('07) is a live sound mixer at The Mod Club Theater in Toronto ON. He has previously worked at the Drake Underground and many venues in Toronto and beyond. That's not actually his hair;) Of his career thus far, Eric says, "Really I've enjoyed it all, to different extents, from pushing [...]
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September 15, 2015
Calvin Hartwick ('13) is a recording engineer/producer at Dream House Studios in Toronto. Opening in 2010, the studio has been an integral part of the Canadian music scene, working with acclaimed emerging local talent as well as internationally established acts. So far, Calvin has worked with artists such as k-os, Kiesza, July Talk, [...]
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July 2, 2015
Chris Colvin ('03) is the owner and head engineer at Studio A Audio Recording & Production, located in Kitchener, Ontario. The studio works with independent musicians, on projects for film and TV (Haven, Babar, The Stratford Festival, The Sacred Land Film Project), on corporate projects (Toyota, Home Hardware, Petro Canada), and has found [...]
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July 2, 2015
Last week, Freelance Post Audio Specialist Damian Kearns ('94) visited to speak with the students about entering the freelance post production market; how to get the job, what to do when you're in the job, how to market yourself in the modern world of social media and developing yourself as a brand. Damian's [...]
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June 19, 2015
Mark Krupka ('86) is one of the top location audio engineers in the business, routinely tackling the most challenging recording environments that exist. His specialty is the fast and unpredictable world of reality television. A veteran of the CBS hit show Survivor, Mark has just returned from the latest installment in Cambodia. He [...]
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June 17, 2015
Arthur Bastos ('11) is a Composer/Engineer at BoomBox Sound. A jack of all trades, Arthur takes part in the full audio production of projects from start to finish - from Location Sound to Sound Design, Foley, Music Composition, Audio Restoration and Mixing. A very proud graduate from OIART, Arthur worked as an Assistant [...]
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June 10, 2015
Paula Dineen ('06) is the Audio Technical Supervisor at Accessible Media Inc, a not-for-profit multimedia organization serving more than five million Canadians who are blind, partially sighted, deaf, hard of hearing, mobility or print restricted. Paula is another fine example of one of the variety of careers where OIART grads find success. We'll [...]
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June 2, 2015
Jennifer Lewis ('85) recently visited the school to speak to our students on the art of Video Game Audio. She currently holds the position of Creative Director at Maple Syrup Sound in Vancouver, B.C. She previously worked as Director of Sound for Relic Games - on games such as Warhammer and Company of [...]
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May 21, 2015
Craig Kadoke ('91) is an audio tech at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, home of the Canadian Opera Company. Opened in 2006, the hall features impeccable acoustics and has been acclaimed as one of the world's best theatre spaces. In addition to his work with the COC, Craig has worked [...]
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May 15, 2015
Keeron Tom ('01, left) is the Head Audio Engineer for Stingray Music. We visited Keeron at Canadian Music Week where he was recording interviews and Live Sessions at the Stingray PausePlay Lounge. Here, he is preparing to record Francesco Yates. He has also recently recorded interviews and live performances with artists such as [...]
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May 13, 2015
Luke Schindler ('13) is an assistant engineer at Revolution Recording in Toronto, one of the top facilities of its kind in North America. In the short time since he graduated OIART, Luke has worked his way from Intern and Runner to one of the studio's most trusted assistants. Luke has assisted on sessions [...]
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April 23, 2015
Jesse Ash ('02) is a freelance Sound Designer and Composer working primarily in Theatre and Installations across Canada and internationally. With close to 75 designs under his belt since moving headlong into the role in 2006, he spent 7 seasons with the Stratford Festival of Canada and has been teaching Sound Design at [...]
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April 14, 2015
David Lopez Lopez ('01, left) is a Colombian Sound Engineer songwriter and producer based in Miami FL known as Lopez Lopez. After graduating OIART, David began his internship at "DigiNote," a Miami Beach recording studio where he worked for a year until he met Rudy Perez, one of the top music producers in [...]
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