The Music program at TAFE SA is delivered through Noarlunga and Salisbury Campuses and provides training for both music performance and sound production to Advanced Diploma level.
Music courses cover arrangement, composition, music business principles and provide experience in performing at on-the-job venues.
To be a musician, you need musical skill and a flair for entertainment. You need to have stamina to perform at peak level, self-confidence, motivation, dedication and determination. You must also be able to concentrate for long periods and have a mastery of one or more styles of music.
Sound Production courses teach students to operate audio equipment to record, edit, mix and master sound for CD, DVD, web, TV, radio, film, video productions and live performance.
Sound engineers use an array of electronic equipment to amplify, edit, record, mix and modify sound for different types of performance. They use equipment such as recording consoles or computers, outboard equipment (signal and effects processing equipment), microphones, speakers and software to direct and manipulate the sound signal. Sound can be recorded on multi-track tape recorders (digital or analog) or on hard disc recorders and computers.
TAFE SA Salisbury campus is the only accredited provider in South Australia to offer the internationally recognised Digidesign Pro Tools qualifications, which enable students or other professionals to become proficient in the use of ProTools industry-standard software for digital audio production.
Facilities
Salisbury TAFE houses industry-standard sound proof booths for recording direct from live performance, an auditorium, and individual rooms for instrument instruction as well as a recently upgraded Mac lab for composition and editing of digital music.
Many staff members within the music program are working artists, involved in the local, national and international scene. Individual staff members have performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, while another recently performed with Windmill Theatre's production of The Wizard of Oz for the Sydney Theatre Company.
Employment
Our graduates are employable in all stages of production and creation of media content with film, TV, and video-production houses, special effects companies, game production studios and mobile phone content developers.
This creative industry involves the ideas and creative positions of script writers, producers, directors, animators and editors. Opportunities in the creative craft departments of production, art and design, camera, lighting, sound and editing are ideally suited to graduates of AC Arts’ film and television and creative media courses.
Industry Partners
Vocational Education and Training (VET) and industry-update skills training can be arranged for schools or other industry partners. The Certificate II in Creative Industries (Media) is specifically designed for high school students is available on campus.
For information on establishing a partnership, contact:
Sue Rosenthal
Educational Manager
sue.rosenthal@tafesa.edu.au
Garry Swalling
Lecturer
garry.swalling@tafesa.edu.au