Faculty
RAC provides some of the most advanced career training in Sound, Game Design and Digital Media. RAC’s instructors and guest lecturers are active industry professionals working in a wide variety of disciplines. Students are plugged into a great wealth of experience via these industry pros. Guest lecturers include successful studio owners, creative directors, production managers, producers, engineers and artists. RAC’s Sound and Music Recording program designers, teachers and guests continue to make us proud; recording, mixing and producing projects that have won Grammy, Juno, Golden Globe and Gemini awards. These pros have worked with artists such as Sting, David Bowie, Sheryl Crow, Shania Twain and Le Cirque du Soleil, to name a few. RAC Digital Media and Game Design students also benefit by learning from top New Media professionals.
RAC also uses numerous guest lecturers to provide additional views and insight in highly specialized areas of the audio recording, electronic game and digital media industries. Below is a list of some of our instructors.
Montréal
Isabelle Dussault : Lecturer
Holding a master's degree in music composition of the University of Montreal, Isabelle composes and makes arrangements for various musical styles. She participates in the realization of numerous short films, shows and conferences while working as a musical director. She also teaches music and acoustics since several years.
Steve Aglitti : Lecturer
Having completed his Bachelor in Electroacoustic Studies at Concordia University, Steve is a composer and professional musician. He is also active in several studios of Montreal and has an extended knowledge in electronics.
Richard Bélanger : Lecturer
Having studied in music at Eastman School of Music Recording Workshop, Richard makes a career as a director, producer, mixer and recording engineer in live sound, television and also recording studios. He has received two Felix awards for his recording work.
James Clemens-Seely : Lecturer
Holding a master's degree in Sound recording of the McGill University, James is a sound recordist and independent mixer, in studio and in live situations. He counts nearly a hundred of live recordings of classical music of all kinds.
Vincent Cardinal : Lecturer
Possessing a Bachelor in Electroacoustic Composition of the University of Montreal, Vincent is specialized in Mastering. He also makes composition, recording and editing of soundtracks for diverse exhibitions taking place on the Montreal island. Furthermore, he is a speaker and a teacher in audio digital technologies.
Jemi Sitanayah : Lecturer
Holder of a master's degree in Sound recording of the McGill University, Jemi is an independent engineer since several years. He exercises his talents mainly in the live sound domain. Jemi makes the recording, mixing and mastering of numerous concerts besides participating frequently in postproduction projects.
Joël Grelier : Lecturer
Holding a Bachelor in history of art and numerous trainings in audio and video, Joël is an independent engineer working in postproduction and in live sound for music and plays. He is a sound designer and mixer for diverse productions for movie, television and publicity.
Marc Couturier : Lecturer
Having completed his Bachelor in Electroacoustics and musical technologies at Concordia University, Marc is a technician in multimedia and live sound for several festivals in the region of Montreal. He is also the head sound technician and stage technician at the Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui.
Brett Leonard : Lecturer
Holder of a master's degree in Music technology of the New York University, Brett is an independent engineer and makes the recording, editing and mixing of all musical styles. He is also teaching electroacoustics at the McGill University.
Jean-Philippe Nault : Lecturer
Possessing a Bachelor in Electroacoustics of the Concordia University, Jean-Philippe concentrates in the recording and mixing field. He is the current owner and a technical director of the DNA Creations studio located in Montreal.
Boris Petrowski : Lecturer
Holding a master's degree in musical writing of the University of Montreal, Boris is a composer, sound designer and director since several years. He is also the owner of the renowned MIXART studio situated in Montreal.
Carlos Prieto : Lecturer
Holder of a master's degree in sound Recording of the McGill University, Carlos is an engineer for live sound. He also makes a career as an engineer in postproduction and enjoys building studio equipment. Carlos is currently a nominee for two Juno Awards for 2010.
Daniel Bossé : Lecturer
RAC gratuate, Daniel makes a career both in the live sound and in the studio recording. He is also very present on Montreal’s stages as a musician for numerous groups, established and emerging.
Mathieu Tessier : Lecturer and Instructor
RAC graduate, Mathieu specializes in postproduction but also participates in the production of animated movies and independent short films as well as in several multidisciplinary artistic projects.
Simon Jodoin : Instructor
RAC graduate, Simon is the head technician at MEGA-REX studio located on the south shore of Montreal. He also works in live sound and performs oftenly as a musician. Simon was recently appointed by Martin Deschamps to choose equipment for his new studio.
Carl Boyer-Cléroux : Instructor
RAC graduate, Carl is active in Montreal mainly as a live sound technician but also as musician and composer. He participates regularly in recording and mixing projects.
Jérémi Proulx : Instructor
RAC graduate, Jérémi concentrates above all in the live sound field, whether it is as a musician almost everywhere in Quebec, or as a live sound technician on the island of Montreal.
Giancarlo Da Soghe : Instructor
RAC graduate, Giancarlo is an independent mixer but dedicates mainly his talents to building several studio devices, compressors, preamplifiers or any other equipment useful for music recording.
Sébastien Dalphond : Instructor
RAC graduate, Sébastien is a live sound technician in Montreal and in the Laurentians. He is also a musician and a composer and makes sound recording for independent short films.
Roger Figueiredo : Instructor
RAC graduate, Roger is a composer and a professional musician. He also makes recording and mixing of music and voice-overs at his studio situated in Montreal.
Toronto
Greg Beaton: Lecturer /Lab Instructor
Greg has extensive experience in Game Design, having worked as a New Media freelancer and an Integrator at Decode Entertainment. With an Honours Bachelor of Arts in New Media Studies and Studio Arts from the University of Toronto, Greg brings a thorough and inspiring approach to the Game Design classroom.
Chris McPeake: Lecturer/Lab Instructor
Chris has over a decade of experience working on various new media projects, videos and films. With significant teaching experience in New Media and Integrated Design at Ryerson University, Chris is a very evolved educator who brings real value and insight to the Digital Media classroom.
Brian Nevin: Lecturer/Lab Instructor
With over 25 years of Audio Industry experience, Brian brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the classroom. Having worked extensively in the Post Production side of the field (Mutant X, Beverly Hills 90210, Relic Hunter), Brian provides a depth of understanding in the real world applications that are taught at the College. Brian’s affiliation with many of the local Sound Studios (Q-Music, Keen Music, Phase One, Cherry Beach) also helps to open doors for Program Graduates.
Stephen Traub: Lecturer
Stephen is a Senior Mixing Engineer, having held that post with Crunch Recording in Toronto for many years. Stephen lectures at the College on a part-time basis. With over 20 years of front line experience, combined with over 12 years of teaching, he has developed a superb training style that imparts very complex material in an easy to understand manner.
Bruce Fleming: Lecturer
Bruce comes to us from the Audio for Television arena (Alliance Atlantis, Manta Sound) with a 20+ year history in the industry. Bruce owns and operates a studio inToronto. Teaching at the College on a part-time basis, Bruce provides an excellent introduction to the various elements of Post Production Audio work.
William Van Ree: Lecturer
Providing instruction in the Electro-Techniques and Live Sound Re-inforcement courses within the Sound and Music Recording program, RAC students benefit from William's 35+ years of Engineering experience. William worked as a Program Producer for the Radio market (CJRT FM, Jazz 91 FM) for over 20 years along. He also has over 10 years of experience in advanced technical service on audio production technologies with Phillips Audio.
Nick Krewen: Lecturer
For 35 years, Nick has covered the music business as one of Canada's most authoritative entertainment and award-winning writers and a regular contributor to Grammy.com, The Toronto Star and SOCAN's Words And Music to name a few. As an acute industry observer, Nick introduces the student to the important elements of contracts, negotiation and overall business savvy that are necessary to the success of any recording industry career, breaking it down in nuts 'n bolts terms for a realistic look at today's constantly evolving recording profession and offering a solid, comprehensive foundation for those entering the biz.
Andrew Noakowski: Lecturer/Lab Instructor
Andrew’s expansive knowledge across a wide spectrum of disciplines (Recording, Editing, Mixing, Mastering and Post Production) make him the ideal candidate to head up the computerized segment of the training here at the College. Andrew is an RAC grad. Hailing originally from Alliance Atlantis’ Audio department (also worked with the History Channel, Food Channel and HGTV), Andrew's broad base of knowledge is presented in a style that provides for an optimal learning experience.
Steve Payne: Lecturer/Lab Instructor
Steve’s background is pure “Rock and Roll”. Being a member of a successful band himself (two albums on the shelves), he has also worked with a wide range of recording artists in studios both here and in Los Angeles (EMI, Chemical, Vespa, Vyner Road and Phase One to name a few). Steve’s extensive work with professional recording sessions, combined with a laid back teaching style, provides a studio training experience that is second to none.
Margaret Spence: Lecturer
Margaret is the owner of a Human Resources Consulting Firm here in Toronto, and offers her Professional Coaching services to RAC students to help prepare them for the career they have chosen. Margaret worked for several years at BMG, one of the world's biggest labels. With over 15 years of coaching and job placement experience in the field of Audio, Margaret is able to accelerate the job search process for students who have truly committed themselves to the Industry.
Bill Banham: Lecturer
Bill is the former President of Virgin Music Canada. Bill's lectures in RAC's Music Business course help our students acquire critical information related to the creation, distribution, and protection of content. RAC is pleased to have an experienced person like Bill sharing his knowledge with our students.
Rob Sanzo: Lab Instructor
Rob has worked with a number of successful artists including Sum 41 and Danko Jones. Many of the acts Rob has worked with have gone on to produce Gold Records. Rob owned and operated Signal to Noise studios in Toronto after graduating from Ryerson University. Rob's patient and skilled style of instruction is greatly appreciated by RAC students.
Shawn Jurek: Lab Instructor
Having worked as a mastering engineer in Toronto for several years, Shawn is real popular with the Indie music scene. Shawn's approach to teaching is disciplined, caring and creative.
Jules DaBoll: Lab Instructor
Since graduating from RAC, Jules has been working as a senior audio engineer at Technicolor, a global giant in film and television production. With extensive experience working in audio-post for film and tv for the past 10 years, Jules possesses great insight into production, and passes that knowledge onto RAC students.