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December 12, 2024
Discover the artistry of music production and engineering. Learn how creativity and technical expertise come together to shape unforgettable soundscapes with OIART's programs.
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November 3, 2024
Skilled live sound engineers are in demand across a wide range of industries. Learn more about how live sound schools can help begin or advance your career.
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October 8, 2024
Explore sound engineering in Canada and learn how OIART equips students with technical skills, hands-on training, and industry connections to launch lasting careers in audio production.
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September 20, 2024
Learn how music production schools like OIART turn passion into careers. Gain hands-on experience, industry knowledge, and the skills to succeed in music production and sound engineering.
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August 15, 2024
Discover how live sound schools prepare aspiring engineers for exciting careers in audio. Learn hands-on skills, gain industry credentials, and step beyond the bedroom producer mindset with OIART.
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July 31, 2024
Music festivals are a perennial highlight for almost every genre of music, with fans gathering for several days to enjoy their favorite artists and summer weather. An ideal music festival also goes beyond the music itself and combines the genre's overall culture, artistry, and community. Continue reading to learn what it takes to put on these massive events.
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June 28, 2024
Working as an audio engineer can be an extremely rewarding career as you work with a team to launch an entire gaming experience for others to appreciate. However, you’ll need to start learning and keep growing throughout your career to succeed. Continue reading to learn what it takes to start your audio engineering career.
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May 27, 2024
Working as a music producer is a perfect career choice for someone who likes every day to be a little different than the last, wants to blend creativity with technical aptitude, and loves the artistry of crafting a track that brings an overall vision to life. Learn more from OIART to see if music production is a fit for you.
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April 25, 2024
Enhancing your music production skills is an ongoing process of exploration, learning, and growing throughout your career. Prioritizing staying on top of the latest tech, musical trends, and optimizing workflows will go far in building a lasting career. Learn from the experts at OIART on how to enhance your skills.
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March 29, 2024
Attending an audio or music engineering course is the best way to start your career in Audio Engineering. In this article, we'll give an overview of the top audio recording schools in North America to help you get started.
By Jeremy Alves
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November 3, 2024
Skilled live sound engineers are in demand across a wide range of industries. Learn more about how live sound schools can help begin or advance your career.
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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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August 15, 2024
Discover how live sound schools prepare aspiring engineers for exciting careers in audio. Learn hands-on skills, gain industry credentials, and step beyond the bedroom producer mindset with OIART.
By Jeremy Alves
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July 31, 2024
Music festivals are a perennial highlight for almost every genre of music, with fans gathering for several days to enjoy their favorite artists and summer weather. An ideal music festival also goes beyond the music itself and combines the genre's overall culture, artistry, and community. Continue reading to learn what it takes to put on these massive events.
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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July 18, 2023
One of OIART’s goal as a live sound school is to prepare students for a long, successful career as live sound engineers. Check out this article to learn what you need to get started with live sounds and live sound engineering.
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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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December 16, 2022
Working in music and sound production is an exciting industry that blends creativity with technical expertise to create a polished final product. For example, you might work with a recording artist on their next single or help a movie studio with the audio for their next blockbuster.
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March 20, 2019
Last week was a HUGE opportunity for our students and alumni. London, Ontario was the Host City for the 2019 Juno Awards and we figured, there isn’t a better way start their audio lifestyle and get hands-on experience in every aspect of what we teach here at OIART We set the students up with [...]
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February 22, 2019
AV Companies that are hiring right now Have you ever been at an outdoor festival and wondered about how everything came together? If you’ve ever thought about how cool it would be to help set sound systems or run audio at an event, I strongly urge you to consider a career in live sound production. [...]
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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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June 27, 2017
OIART organized a private concert run by students with lots of help from the instructors and Rogers TV at the Aeolian Hall. The concert crew was made up of three major crews; the film and documentary crew, the Rogers TV and recording crew and the live and stage crew. Each position in each crew [...]
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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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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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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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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 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 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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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 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 [...]
By Jeremy Alves
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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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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 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 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 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 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 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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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 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 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 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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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 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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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
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 [...]
By Jeremy Alves
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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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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 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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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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