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Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts - Oregon State University
Application
Details
Posted: 12-Jun-25
Location: Corvallis, Oregon
Type: Full Time
Salary: $38,430 - $44,090
Categories:
Operations
Other
Production Services
Pay Frequency:
Monthly
Preferred Education:
4 Year Degree
Internal Number: P05290CT
The Sound Engineer operates sound reproduction, recording, and related equipment in the Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts (PRAx). Optimal artistic effect and nuance are paramount, and the sound engineer has significant overall responsibility for the audience and artist experience in a high-end performing arts center that presents 150+ live events per year in genres ranging from jazz and folk (with a strongly global component) to classical, new music, talk/lecture, chorale, theatre, and others. While live-audio configuration and concert sound mixing are central to the role and represent the highest-level artistic qualification, the Sound Engineer also configures, accomplishes, and/or manages recording, AV setups for events outside of the concert venue, and, on occasion, sonic or audio components of art installations. The Sound Engineer works closely with artists, thinks obsessively about the audience audio experience, expands their skillsets as technologies improve and evolve, and collaborates on a daily basis with production and other staff in PRAx. The position requires a high degree of artistry and musical training/musicality alongside technical skills and expertise, as well as the skills not just to iterate the same tasks day after day but to customize approaches across venues, genres, and the varying artistic goals of each performance.
This is a 10-month position that correlates with the PRAx annual season, September-June.
Experience in Music, Music Technology and Production, or related field
Experience running live sound in a venue and/or touring context, achieved in academic or professional contexts
AV-over-IP networking knowledge
Demonstrated musical knowledge through any combination of degrees, life experiences, or professional employment.
Record of actively contributing to a respectful, safe, and inclusive work environment.
About Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts - Oregon State University
The Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts (PRAx) is a 49,000 square-foot performing and visual arts destination on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis. In four indoor and two outdoor venues we present concerts, exhibitions and performances by international touring artists and by OSU student ensembles. Beyond the building, PRAx acts as the hub of an arts and humanities network at OSU. We promote and facilitate arts-based approaches to all kinds of knowledge through our unique initiatives and a wide array of artist residencies and fellowships in research labs, field stations and other environments.
