Study Audio in Nashville
Explore Degrees and Diplomas in Audio
Amp Up Your Audio Career
- Personalized Learning: In interactive and collaborative courses offered in the heart of Music City, you can personalize your studies to meet your audio career goals.
- Audio Associate Degree: In this practice-based program, you’ll build a solid foundation in audio and prepare for the live and recorded sound industry.
- Audio Bachelor’s Degree: Advance your skills in intensive, hands-on courses that cover complex aspects of the studio, from live sound and lighting to audio post-production.
- Audio Diploma: Gain practical experience in the fundamental principles of sound engineering and earn your diploma in as few as 12 months.
- Career Services: Develop the skills and tools you’ll need to reach your career goals, including networking, industry opportunities and resources, with our Career Services team.
Why Choose SAE Institute?
- 40+ Years of Experience: Since 1976, we’ve been training industry-ready graduates with real-world knowledge.
- Amp Up Your Network: Get out of the classroom and into the real world. Here, you’ll have access to our extensive industry network, alumni festivals and job fairs.
- Dynamic Programs: Our specialized programs in audio, digital film and entertainment business are responsive to the dynamic and evolving nature of these industries.*
- Global Access: With over 50 campuses in more than 20 countries, our grads have global access to the industry.
- Learn From Industry Professionals: Hone your creative and professional skills by learning from industry pros. Our passionate faculty have industry experience and many have won awards!
Equipment and tools vary by location.
*Not all programs are available at every location.
Callie Prince
"SAE Nashville was one of the best experiences I have ever had. I made life-long friends and made really good connections within the music industry. The professors I had taught me so much more than I could imagine. Not only did I get helpful tips for being in the music industry, I got so many life lessons that I will take with me." Entertainment Business Graduate
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Jayla Darden
"I found that SAE Institute helped me to enhance my skills and allowed me to take my production and engineering to another level." SAE Institute Atlanta
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Krishon Gaines
"SAE Institute Nashville provided me with the knowledge I needed to be able to confidently walk into any recording studio and already know how to work the room!" Audio Graduate
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Learn from our Pros
Lisa Kacos, Instructor
Lisa Kacos is an artist, educator and multi-instrumentalist (trumpet, drums, keyboards, and ukulele) who writes and records her own music and also collaborates with other artists, both live and in the studio. She has performed with groups that include Outer Vibe, Amy Ray of The Indigo Girls, Samuel Herb, and Violet LaVelle.
Lisa received a Master of Music Theory with a pedagogy emphasis from Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Composition and Music Theory, also from MSU. She currently teaches at SAE Institute – Nashville and has taught at Michigan State University and Grand Rapids Community College.
