Learn the art of live concert sound – hands-on training with industry-leading systems and experts.
An intensive, experiential and immersive short course. Gain professional skills in the deployment, calibration and operation of concert sound systems.
Throughout this course, you’ll gain hands on experience with a large-scale line array concert sound system made by Cohesion. Cohesion is from the product division of Clair Global companies and is found on most major concert tours.
Course content
In the course, you will:
Course outcomes
By the end of this intensive short course, you’ll have developed the technical confidence and practical experience needed to work with professional concert sound systems in real-world environments.
You’ll walk away with a stronger understanding of system design and deployment, enhanced mixing and calibration skills, and deeper insight into the physics of sound in live performance settings. Whether you’re aiming to expand your freelance portfolio or step into larger-scale live productions, this course will give you the tools and industry context to take that next step.
Upon successfully completing the course, you’ll gain a micro credential and certificate.
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Course Dates & Locations
Our Concert Sound Systems short course is delivered on campus at Rock Lititz in ALT’s industry-standard Studio 4. Train with leading industry professionals in custom-built facilities designed specifically for live events.
Next course start date
To be announced
Meet your tutors
Dave Lester, Director of Education & Safety at Clair Global
Dave has been in the live event industry as an audio engineer for 30+ years, over 22 of which have been with ShowCo and Clair Global. He has spent many years as a System Engineer/Audio Engineer controlling concert sound systems. He has been the FOH mixer for artists such as PINK, John Fogerty, Wall Flowers, Blondie to mention a few. He has also been the monitor engineer for artists such as Alanis Morissette, Boston, Judas Priest, White Zombie and many others. He has spent the last 20+ years as the Director of Education and Safety at Clair Global.
Greg Price, highly experienced Live Sound Engineer
As a live-sound engineer, Greg Price has worked with some of the biggest rock bands around. In addition to Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath, Greg has mixed everyone from Kiss, Chicago, Aerosmith, and Van Halen right through to Rage Against The Machine, Limp Bizkit, Velvet Revolver and Foo Fighters. Price also spent a very memorable eight years with Glen Campbell in the 1980s and even earned a few pop stripes a decade ago when he engineered for Hannah Montana (aka Miley Cyrus), Christina Aguilera and the Cheetah Girls.
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