LECTURING STAFF

  • Principal

    MA Creative Music Technologies,

    David Christophers (Skip) has been working as a freelance Engineer/Producer both in the studio and live sound world for over 30 years. His client list includes: The Whipping Boy, Mundy, Josh Ritter, Fight Like Apes, Mercury Rev and The Average White Band.

  • Vice Principal, Lecturer

    B. Eng in Electronic Engineering, MA in Creative Arts and Media

    Thom McDonnell joined Sound Training College in 2015. Before this, he lectured for 8 years in Pulse College on their Sound Engineering Diploma and Degree courses, and 2 years in Griffith College Dublin on their Composition and Music Production for Games Certificate. Specialising in teaching Music Technology, Synthesis, Studio Engineering, Audio Production and Electronics.

  • Course Manager/Lecturer

    MA in Creative Arts & Media. Level 9 Certificate in Learning & Teaching. Level 9 Certificate in Technology Enhanced Learning & Teaching

    Liam Molloy currently runs our Festival Management & Sound Production courses as well as lecturing on Diploma and Degree courses. Liam has over 15 years experience in the festival and events industries working across diverse roles and events including  Electric Picnic, All Together Now, Body & Soul and RedBull. Prior to joining the STC team in 2013, Liam worked as studio manager in Grouse Lodge Residential Recording Studios.

  • Ableton Live, Composition, Programming

    Vasileios Gourgourinis is a Dublin-based music producer, sound engineer, and teacher.

    He is a member of the electronic music trio Valleraphon, alongside DJ/Producers Dr Martin Clancy and Giuliano AL. Valleraphon have released music under labels such as Bonzai Progressive, Krafted Underground and Aletheia Recordings. 

    Vasileios has also engineered and co-produced albums by Irish songwriter Jack Lukeman (27 Club, Great Wall of China, Magic Days and Echo On).

    In addition, his work includes collaborations with artists such as Classroom Battles, KARAAL, Gold Blooded Woman, Galia Arad, Sarah Keane and Dashoda. 

    Vasileios has been a teacher at Sound Training College since 2014.

  • Pete Meighan's creative journey began at a young age, when he was immersed in the world of live performance alongside his father, a gigging traditional Irish musician. Raised in a family rich with musical talent, Pete learned the ropes of live sound engineering, equipment setup, and musicianship while gigging with his father around Munster.

    Pete’s career as a session musician, engineer, producer, and programmer has been marked by a remarkable range of collaborations. From his work with North Atlantic Oscillation on five albums, where he helped blend electronica and progressive post-rock across projects steeped in experimentation, sound design, and even generative multimedia videos, to his involvement in the Meteor Award-nominated The World Should Know by Couse and The Impossible.

  • Studio Engineering and Guitar Technology

    Client List: Adebisi Shank, The Redneck Manifesto, Bosnian Rainbows, The Cast of Cheers and Bats

    Stephen is an STC graduate that has worked as a freelance live and studio engineer, backline/guitar tech & tour manager. In 2014 he helped set up a live studio video blog to help promote up and coming Irish acts, winning an Irish Blog Award for Best Video Blog. Through the blog, Stephen has worked with acts like Jape, All Tvvins, Ham Sandwich, Red Enemy, Leo Drezden & Bitch Falcon to name a few. As a producer & recording engineer he worked on the Irish Choice Prize nominated Adebisi Shank "This is the second album of a band called Adebisi Shank".

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  • Lecturer in Music Practice & Musicianship

    Karima is an STC graduate with a Bachelors in Creative Music Production and a Masters by Research in music collaboration and communication in IADT. She has performed with numerous bands and currently gigs weekly whilst also managing the band’s live sound. She also composes music for film and theatre and has worked as a session musician in recording sessions as well as sound tech for theatre productions and sound engineer for live music events.

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  • Ableton Live/Music Business

    Client List: Hed Kandi, Fierce Angels, Abercrombie & Fitch, Octone Records, RTE, Pay Pal and Ebay

    Dr Martin Clancy is a musician, academic, and events producer focusing on AI ethics. Martin is a Senior AI Research Fellow at DCU/Insight, funded by Enterprise Ireland to develop the AI:OK initiative. Martin is also a Policy Fellow at Trinity College's The Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute. Martin was the founder Chair of the IEEE Global AI Ethics Arts Committee (2019-22). The Committee's first paper, 'The Voice of the Artist in the Age of the Algorithm was published by the IEEE in July 2022
    Martin completed his PhD on AI's financial and ethical implications in 2021 at Trinity College Dublin. Martin was a Digital Humanities researcher at Trinity College Dublin and was awarded a 2-year IRC Fellowship (2022-24) on Posthumanism Perspectives in Creative Technologies. Martin is the editor of 'Artificial Intelligence and The Music Ecosystem' (Routledge 2023), a new transdisciplinary approach to AI ethics and human creativity. The book includes chapter contributions from Jacques Attali, Scott Cohen, Miller Puckette, Holly Herndon, Gil Weinberg and Bob Sturm, among other leading international voices in the AI community. Martin has written three chapters for the book on law, AI ethics and Philosophy, respectively.
    Martin is a Certified Ableton Live 11 Trainer who founded the Irish rock group In Tua Nua (1984-1990) and, as a solo artist, had a series of top 40 hits in the US Billboard Dance Charts (2009-11). His music features in the 2022 Sinead O'Connor 'Nothing Compares to You' Documentary (2022), and recent releases by his melodic techno group Valleraphon have appeared in Beatport Charts.
    Martin is the manager of Irish artist Jack L., who played Dublin's 3-Arena on November 25, 2022. Martin has a long association with Jack and has produced several of his albums, including Wax and Metropolis Blue. He has also co-written songs such as Georgie Boy, Fear is the Key, When the Moon is High, and So Far Gone.

  • Studio Engineering and Guitar Technologies

    Client List: Jape, Booka Brass Band, RSAG, Shane McGowan, The Gandhis & Toby Kaar

    Shaun specialises in studio engineering and has recorded/mixed/mastered a number of up and coming Irish alt rock/punk/metal bands over the last few years through his production company 'Last Light Recordings'. He has also worked on projects involving Jape, Booka Brass Band, RSAG, Shane McGowan, The Gandhis, Toby Kaar and more.

  • Luisa Annibali is one of the leading lights in the newest generation of jazz musicians on the Dublin jazz scene. Having moved from Rome to Dublin in 2016, she has quickly established herself in the scene with her boundless enthusiasm and vocal prowess. 

    Performing both in Ireland and Italy, with her original project she blends music from her native Italy with Brazilian tinges and contemporary jazz making ample room for her distinctive voice to shine through.

    Her new tracks ‘My Own Paradise’ and ‘I Could Melt’ are a perfect example of her own personal take on jazz music, mixing feminist themes in her lyrics with contemporary jazz undertones reminiscent of artists such as Esperanza Spalding and Gretchen Parlato. The music feels fresh and cutting edge while never losing sight of its roots in the jazz standard repertoire.

    Indeed, it is also the encounter between people from different cultures and musical influences that makes her music and her performances so unique.

    Her lyrics are often focused on self development and self love. With her performances she brings the audience throughout a joyful, inspiring and uplifting musical and emotional journey of empowerment and consciousness.

  • Lecturer

    PhD in English & Media, Creative Director Horror Expo, Event Production

    Having worked in the events industry within a diverse set of roles for the past ten years, as a senior events practitioner, Sarah applies both her practical experience and academic knowledge to her teaching offering students a fresh and unique perspective to the events and music industries. Coupled with and in compliment to her work in the field of events, her PhD in English and Media has allowed Sarah an insight into the world of academia in that she shares her time between analytical research and the more hands on work involved in event production. With her first book on horror and censorship forthcoming in 2020, Sarah is also a horror specialist and pop culture panellist on a day time current affairs TV show Virgin Media’s The Elaine Show, Creative Director of Horror Expo  Ireland which seeks to unite academia and pop culture and producer of The Rocky Horror Picture Show Ireland, now in its 15th year.

  • Lighting Technology

    Fergal has concentrated solely on the lighting and visual side of the business working as a systems tech, rigger, operator and designer. He has created shows for touring acts in all of the major venues in Ireland as well as touring extensively with some of the bigger dance/techno acts as a moving light programmer. He has also begun working in television designing and building LED walls.