University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Sound Designer

For my last semester at the university, I was assigned to work on one of the Film department's animated movies that would be showcased in my last semester in college. I chose to work on this film because it included a combination of many genres that I love in film, like action and comedy. The best part of the process was getting to select individual sounds from various sources and putting them together in the film in a way that would make the experience thrilling, engaging, and help audiences understand the Easter Eggs better.

Sound Designer

For my last semester of college, I was assigned a solo project of creating a 3-5 minute sound experiment based on a idea of my choice. For this project, I wanted to challenge myself with a sound experience that was exciting, immersive, and creative with its sound palette and virtual environment. By focusing more on where I wanted sounds to play rather than the location of the speaker, I was able to bring my vision to life through L-ISA Controller and Qlab.

Project available under "My Sound Work"

Sound Designer/Operator

For this dance production, I had to collaborate with several student choreographers so that we could get their music and sound cues sounding really good for their student dancers, which I had to operate during the performances. This may have been one of my personal favorite experiences at UNCSA because I developed a strong interest in collaboration with other artists to bring their sound vision to life.

Head Sound Engineer/Com Engineer

This was my first production at the university where I had to assemble the paperwork for the sound system and take leadership with setting it up in space. This production really helped me to get comfortable with being the head of a sound team, as I was able to figure out what the sound designer wanted and how to put the system together. By familiarizing myself with the space several times and figuring out the patching in the facility, the team was able to finish the system several days before the deadline.

Sound Designer/Engineer

During Black History Month, I took up an opportunity to operate sound cues and design a microphone/monitor system for a performance celebrating the university's black student artists and their many talents. This experience really helped me to familiarize myself with the elements of designing a theatrical sound system, such as soundboard patching and using different kinds of microphones for musical instruments.

Communication and Video Engineer

My responsibility for this show was to set up the communication system and the video system so that the technical team could talk to each other, and the whole staff could see the onstage performance and the conductor. This job allowed me to familiarize myself more with a com and video system in a theatrical space, and I feel that com system setup has become one of my strongest skills in sound engineering.

Sound Mixer/Boom Operator

During my second and fourth years at the university, I got assigned to work on several student film projects, mostly on-set but sometimes during post-production. During filming, I was responsible with operating the sound mixer and the boom mic, sometimes at the same time if I was the only sound person on the filming crew. During post-production, I got to have my first experience with doing Foley in film.