Category Archives: Past Graduates

Jim Petrak Audio Post Prodcution Engineer/ Sound mixer Jim’s journey at Cape Audio College started when he studied a Diploma in Sound recording and Engineering in 1999/2000, during the early years of Cape Audio College. Jim moved up to Johannesburg in 2001 and discovered the world of audio post-production. He was instantly hooked to the […]

Giovanni Serci Musician/ Owner of Soundcast Studio’s Giovanni was born and raised in a small town of Sardinia, a Mediterranean island off the west coast of Italy on July 8th, 1992. Gio started playing the drums at around 7 years old, and only 5 years later had saved enough money to buy his first beginner […]

Georgia Owen-Hughes Project Manager/ Live Sound Engineer After graduating with a 3-year diploma in sound engineering in 2017, Georgia started working as a freelanced sound engineer for a few of the companies in Cape Town such as Eastern Acoustics and Golden Circle. One of the first shows she got to work at was South Africa’s […]

Caleb Siebritz Live Sound Engineer Upon completing his studies in a Diploma in Sound technology & Music Production in 2018. Caleb was an active member of the Cape Audio College Live & Direct Society, which lead to his interest in Live Sound. In 2019, Caleb had the opportunity to be the FOH(Front Of House) engineer […]

Chad Caswell Live Sound Engineer Chad finished his Diploma in Sound Technology at Cape Audio College in 2018. While still a student, Chad was working as a freelance sound engineer for some of Cape Town’s biggest live sound companies such as Golden Circle & Eastern Acoustic’s. Chad has also worked at the Artscape Theatre, Baxter […]

Gabriel Le Roux Live Sound/ monitor Engineer Gabriel completed his studies at Cape Audio College in 2002 with a diploma in Sound Technology.  Upon completing his studies, Gabriel worked in the UK for two years following that he started working for Solo Recording studios for three years.  While starting his career working as a freelance […]

Mike Zietsman PHFAT PHFAT’s unprecedented rise in the South African Music Industry is as much about his warm commercial appeal as it is about his intense, honest introspection. Having a string of charting radio hits such as “Lights Out” and “The Whip” has solidified his position as a South African commercial music heavyweight, it is […]

Kelly Laskey After finishing her studies at Cape Audio College. Kelly went into live sound as a freelance engineer for a year, then hustle her way into the film industry as an audio utility technician/sound assistant for 2 years. She currently an active boom operator. Shen worked mainly on international long-form productions (movies or series […]

Venoesjka Franzsen Venoesjka Franzsen(Past Student 2010) currently works as an audio post-production engineer at Stashco Studios. Venoesjka is highly skilled at final mixing, advanced dialogue editing and building complete soundtracks by use of SFX libraries, foley recordings and creative sound design. Some projects Venoesjka has worked on are as followed: Disney Cookabout S3, S4, S5 […]

Warren Fisher Studio Assistant Producer Warren works as a Studio Assistant Producer at Bellville Studios. Some of the people he has worked with are: Title Assistant Sound Engineer: The Parlotones – Antiques & Artifacts (2015) Credit: Assistant Mix Engineer Francois Van Coke – ST (2015) Credit: Assistant Mix Engineer Mark Haze – Signs Of Life […]