Study Live Sound Production

In the second trimester, you'll further develop your skills in live mixing, learn the fundamentals of production planning, and handle live sound for real gigs. You'll collaborate with your classmates to produce a live music event, all with the guidance of our industry-experienced teaching staff. This trimester also broadens your understanding of the business aspects and functions of the music industry, as well as its economic drivers—crucial knowledge for professionally navigating your career.

At the end of your first year, the subject load is reduced, allowing you to engage directly with the industry as the summer events season begins. In the classroom, you'll focus more on managing yourself and your career as an industry professional, and deepen your understanding of how music functions to enhance your sound practice. Additionally, you'll build on your project experience, having delivered a gig in the last trimester and now working with your peers to take greater ownership in planning another, larger live gig.

Your major studies progress in this trimester as you refine your skills in correcting, manipulating, and balancing sound to meet industry standards. The Collaboration Project for this trimester involves staging your largest event yet, where you will apply the production planning and logistics management skills you've developed in previous trimesters. In your final scholarship unit, you'll have the opportunity to explore ways you can positively influence the industry and reflect on your role in driving change.

At the final stage of the course you tie the knowledge and skills gained so far together, delivering live sound from planning stages to post-show evaluation, with all the troubleshooting, live mixing, networking and broadcasting in between. You will also go out on a placement linked to the area of the audio industry you want to pursue after graduation, getting real-world experience in one of our partner organisations.