As he worked on foley and sound effects for the new West Side Story, Gary Rydstrom says his job was to support the music featured in the Oscar-nominated film.

Darvell Jones ’19 pursued an MA in Sound Arts and Industries to address a gap in his multimedia skills. Today, he’s the owner of Levraddigans Entertainment LLC.

Andy Slater ’20 uses his voice as a creator and advocate to shape industry accessibility for disabled people.

Add-2 (Andre Djuan Daniels) speaks to MA in Sound Arts and Industries students about his successful music career and the community-based recording studio he founded in Chicago.

Jeanette Dominquez ’22 says the MA in Sound Arts and Industries program unites her passions for early childhood education, documenting oral history, and music.

After working part time as an audio engineer, Jabari Clemons ’22 decided to pursue an MA in Sound Arts and Industries to explore other opportunities in the world of sound.

Claire Krupela ’22 turned a pandemic-related layoff from Walt Disney Imagineering into an opportunity to pursue her passion for sound and experience design by earning an MA in Sound Arts and Industries at Northwestern.

Northwestern Professor Nina Kraus, neuroscientist and director of Brainvolts Lab, authored Of Sound Mind: How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World to help readers understand the impact of how they engage with sound.

A partnership between the Department of Theatre and the MA in Sound Arts and Industries program created unique audience experiences during October’s Open House: A Weekend for the Arts.

Kelvin Boddie ’22 shares his sound design and engineering experiences as part of The Battlefields of Clara Barton, a recent Northwestern theater production.