Description
Additionally, you’ll venture into the areas of contracts and organizing music festivals to help broaden your career prospects.
No matter your ambition in the live sound field, the program will equip you with the right balance of theoretical and practical skills, assisted by an internship in your third semester. By the time you complete the program, you’ll be a versatile professional capable of adapting your skills to a range of different venues.
Our instructors are constantly working to update the program to keep you at the cutting edge of the industry. Additionally, our team are trained in state-of-the-art recording and editing equipment to help you thrive in any aspect of today’s sound industry.
Key facts
Intakes: January, May and September
Duration:
- 540 Hours
- 12 Months (45 weeks)
- 3 terms
- Full-time
Daytime classes
ACS (Attestation of College Studies)
Program delivered in French or English
Tuition fee:
- Tuition – CAD$ (Domestic): 13,700
- Tuition - CAD$ (International): 13,700
What you'll learn
- Live sound reinforcement (concerts, conferences, theatre productions, etc.)
- Professionally record live concerts and other events
- Know how to interpret and adapt to technical riders and stage plots
- Plan and design public address/audio system in a variety of different environments
- Maintain and perform basic repairs on commonly-used audio equipment
- Analyze and evaluate the acoustics of a room/concert venue
- Plan a concert or music festival
- Plan and respect health and safety protocols on-stage and behind the console
- Effectively navigate the live sound industry
- Understand and implement career development activities
Career roles:
- “Roadie” - The technicians or support personnel who travel with a band on tour
- Live sound consultant
- Live sound technician
- Recording technician for live concerts and events
- Representative/specialist for audio equipment rental company
- Stage technician
- Venue technician
Curriculum
- • Venue Acoustics- 45h • Stage Plot and Technical Rider- 45h • Live Sound: Shows and Conferences- 45h • Audio System Design- 45h
