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Sound and Media Workshop

Saturday, March 21, 2026
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Sound and Media Workshop (formerly Creative Arts Workshop) is a community celebration for all things music, audio, video, and other creative arts productions. Using Capital University’s immersive technology spaces and classrooms, area professionals and current students will host workshops and presentations throughout the day. Also, you won’t want to miss our Tech Olympics. The Sound & Media Workshop runs from 9am-5pm with a community mixer following the closing keynote.

Learn from professionals, current Capital students and faculty, and community members who will discuss topics such as:

  • Recording techniques
  • Film and TV
  • Production
  • Immersive Audio
  • Drum Tuning
  • Hip-hop Production
  • Game Audio
  • Radio Production

The lobby will feature a pop-up record store, cool demo gear, area vendors, and more! And…tons of giveaways! Gift cards, equipment from Rode Microphones, music gear and swag from our amazing sponsors and much, much more. 

Registration begins at 9 a.m.
Welcome at 9:30 a.m.
Workshops from 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Networking mixer immediately after closing keynote.

Be part of the 14th Sound and Media Workshop!

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John Carey

John Carey

Based in Los Angeles, John Carey has composed and arranged music for film and television since 2013. He is a frequent collaborator on Hollywood composer Brian Tyler’s music team, on blockbusters like The Super Mario Movie, Fast X, Crazy Rich Asians and Transformers One. With a background in music composition and work in various rock bands, John's music draws from a wide inspiration of styles, genres and musical concepts. He graduated from the Capital University Conservatory of Music and University of Southern California’s screen scoring program.

A Hollywood Homecoming: Film Composer John Carey ’11 Returns to Capital

When film composer John Carey ‘11 returns to Capital University in March for the 14th annual Sound and Media Workshop, it’s more than a guest appearance, it’s a homecoming.

Schedule

Schedule grid for the Capital University Sound and Media Workshop, showing sessions across 13 rooms from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Sessions include topics in audio production, lighting, broadcasting, film, and media technology.

Session times, locations, titles, and presenters. Rooms are listed as column headers. Cells spanning multiple columns indicate all-room events.
Time CMC Lobby EntranceLobby CMC 040Studio F CMC 021Music Tech Lab CMC 121Performance Classroom CON 121Classroom CON 146Studio A CON 103Studio E CON Huntington Recital Hall CMC 141Media Classroom CMC 136TV Studio CMC 142Radio Station CMC 011FMP Lab CMC 048Digital Design Lab
9:00–9:30 Registration — with performance by the Capital University Rock Ensemble (CMC 121)
9:30–9:45 Welcome and Opening Session
10:00–10:45
  • Music Columbus
  • Kali Monitors
  • Audio Technica
  • McFadden Sales
  • MusicMax Inc.
  • Pop Up Record Store
  • WXCU Radio
  • Food (SAI)
  • OSU Audiology
  • Midwest Photo
  • Cap Tech Senior Projects
 Tech Driven Composition: Restoring the Human ElementJohn Carey Beginners Guide to Wireless Pro AudioTony Barbuto Supercharge Traditional Instruments into OverdriveMorgan Bahr Intro to Theatrical Audio MixingBrandon Doeringer Microphone Anatomy and ApplicationBrent Chamberlin Creating Mood with Creative LightingWill Sefik WXCU Takeover: Be a Guest DJ!WXCU Radio Team Creating Welcoming Spaces for Media TalentNate Gjerstad
11:00–11:45 Tech Driven Composition: Restoring the Human ElementJohn Carey Beginners Guide to Wireless Pro AudioTony Barbuto Concert Lighting BasicsTim McLaughlin / Tech Art Day in the Life of a Music Tech Student Supercharge Traditional Instruments into OverdriveMorgan Bahr Microphone Anatomy and ApplicationBrent Chamberlin Creating Mood with Creative LightingWill Sefik WXCU Takeover: Be a Guest DJ!WXCU Radio Team Creating Welcoming Spaces for Media TalentNate Gjerstad
12:00–12:45 Music Tech Olympics
12:45–1:30 Meal Break Meal Break FMP Originals Viewing Meal Break Meal Break "You're in the Hot Seat"
15-minute Sign Up		 Meal Break Meal Break Meal Break Meal Break Meal Break Meal Break
1:30–2:15 Tech Versus TasteJoey Gurwin Programming an 808 Drum MachinePaul Kavicky Live Event ProductionTatiana Siliezar / Tech Art Day in the Life of an FMP Student HipHop ProductionJoey Aich / Dave Zup Intro to AV IntegrationEric Longstreth The History and Sound of Vintage SynthesizersCole Taylor Going Live: A TV Production ShowcaseWill Sefik WXCU Takeover: Be a Guest DJ!WXCU Radio Team Fundamentals of Archival Media Editing for Documentary StorytellingSabrina Renkar-Evans Vicious: Multimedia Investigation Changed Dog LawsAnthony Shoemaker
2:30–3:15 Tech Versus TasteJoey Gurwin Programming an 808 Drum MachinePaul Kavicky Stagehand 101KJ Queener / Tech Art Day in the Life of a Journalism Student HipHop ProductionJoey Aich / Dave Zup Intro to AV IntegrationEric Longstreth The History and Sound of Vintage SynthesizersCole Taylor Going Live: A TV Production ShowcaseWill Sefik WXCU Takeover: Be a Guest DJ!WXCU Radio Team Fundamentals of Archival Media Editing for Documentary StorytellingSabrina Renkar-Evans Vicious: Multimedia Investigation Changed Dog LawsAnthony Shoemaker
3:30–4:30 Feature KeynoteJohn Carey
4:30 Closing Session in Huntington Recital Hall — Door Prizes
Key: Meal Break Special / Keynote Event All-room Event Lobby Exhibitors