Honors in Sound Design: Karli Blalock

The Design faculty at UCI is delighted to announced that Karli Blalock has been granted Honors in Sound Design!  Karli has only been studying sound for a year and half, but she made up for lost time with meteoric growth. Her design and technical skills have developed quickly, and recently created an excellent sound design for a workshop of The 39 Steps (if you know the show, you know how big that design is).

Karli has taken a number of sound design classes with the MFA students, and she's worked alongside them in production and crew work.  She's assisted on some large shows and designed a bunch of smaller projects.  She is tireless and always up for a new challenge. Mike and I are disappointed that she's graduating this spring, but we know that wherever she ends up, she'll make great work and do great things!

Congratulations Karli!

Cinthia Palmer: Honors in Sound Design

Mike and I are proud to announce that we have a new Honors in Sound Design student. Congratulations to Cinthia Palmer, who was granted provisional honors status at a meeting of the design faculty yesterday!

Cinthia came to UCI in the fall of 2011 and quickly made herself an indispensable part of the sound design program. She's taken a number of graduate level classes and has worked on a number of mainstage shows, including assisting on Orlando and serving as an actor and chief foley artist for The Radio Plays. She's creative, bright, and always thoughtful, and we're proud of her and her achievement as a sound designer.

You can check out Cinthia's work at her portfolio website.  

Congratulations Cinthia!