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Sound

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Notable alumni

  • Anna Laverty – Producer/Mixer/Engineer, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Florence and The Machine
  • Christian Petersen – Head of Sound, Corteo Arena, Cirque du Soleil
  • Gavin Tempany – Monitor Engineer for Mark Knopfler, Kylie Minogue, Hans Zimmer

WAAPA’s Sound program covers a broad range of areas within the field. Students develop their skills in the areas of sound production for theatre, concerts, music recording, film/tv and radio with their involvement in WAAPA performances, and also via theoretical and practical information given during classes.

WAAPA Sound graduates may find themselves mixing musical acts, creating sound designs for theatre, recording in sound studios, producing radio shows and adverts, recording dialogue on film sets and setting up sound installations for museums amongst many more opportunities.

Commencing in 2026, students who have successfully completed the CUA60220 – Advanced Diploma of Live Production and Management Services can articulate into the two-year, full-time Bachelor of Performing Arts degree program. Students in the Bachelor of Performing Arts program continue their chosen specialisms, focussing on extending CV’s and Portfolios.

The two majors offered will be Production and Design and Stage and Production Management, which includes Set, Costume, Lighting and Sound. The great value of this extension to training is it gives students more time to mature as a practitioner, understand comprehensively the qualities of collaboration, and is an internationally recognised qualification, opening doors to opportunities abroad.

Qualifications offered in this discipline

These course pages detail entry requirements, fee and interview information. You can also apply from these pages:

Bachelor of Performing Arts:

  • Production and Design Major*
  • Stage and Production Management Major*

*Please note that these two new majors will come online in 2026.

Please take note of the relevant Course Code to assist you in your online application process.

Audition and interview documents

More information

The Course Coordinator for Sound is Mr Laurance Sinagra.

For domestic student enquiries please go to Future Students.
For international student enquiries please go to International Students.

If you would like to know more about WAAPA courses, please visit the WAAPA Study areas web page.

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