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Recurring Role: FOH Engineer at The Summit Church

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 Venue: The Summit Church, Capital Hill Campus Audio Engineer: Keegan Pierce Since October 2021, I have served as the primary weekend FOH Audio Engineer at The Summit Church's broadcast campus, Capital Hills. My role each weekend includes all audio setup, patching, channel and sound design, as well as running audio for rehearsals, sound checks, and (3) services across Thursday evenings and Sunday mornings. I coordinate with the band, online audio engineering, and all other production divisions to ensure a quality audio experience for all attendees at any of our weekend services. The Capital Hills campus auditorium is unique with a Yamaha PM7 paired with (16) channels of Shure Wireless microphones and (12) Shure Wireless IEMs. All audio processing is done through DANTE at 48k and then gets passed to a D&B Soundscape system with a full 360 degree experience of sound, plus a set of delays and front fills. We have the ability to individually place every instrument and vocal in a sp

Summit Easter 2022

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Venue: Walnut Creek Amphitheater Production Director: The Summit Church & Capital Production Group Audio Engineer: Brayden Dana Audio Runner: Keegan Pierce For Easter 2022, The Summit Church rented out Walnut Creek Amphitheater in Raleigh, NC with over 15,000 attendees for the mid-morning service. Capital Production Group brought in the AV equipment, including PA and consoles. The Summit Church provided all backline gear and the band, as well as the production crew to run the actual service. I was able to serve alongside Brayden as an audio runner. My role was as the FOH engineer during rehearsals in the weeks leading up to the service as well as helping with patching, channel strip setups, and mixing ears for the band during soundcheck and the actual service. Dual Yamaha PM7s were used, with one at FOH and one for Monitors on stage, in addition to a set of Meyer Sound arrays for the main PA, additional arrays for side fills, and (16) Meyer Sound 18" subwoofers for the low end

DNOW21 at Richland Creek

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Venue: Richland Creek Community Church Production Director: Caleb Martens Lighting Director: Caleb Martens Audio Engineer: Keegan Pierce Over 150 students attended DNOW21 despite the pandemic and spent the weekend worshipping and growing in their faith through corporate services and smaller group lessons. I helped design the stage set, all speaker placement and rental, and overall sound design with the band to create an immersive and full experience unlike any other DNOW to date. Worship Set Night 1 Overall Room Setup Sermon Night 1

DNOW19 at Richland Creek

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Venue: Richland Creek Community Church Production Director: Caleb Martens Lighting Director: Keegan Pierce Audio Engineer: Josh Collins Over 300 students attended DNOW19 and spent the weekend worshipping and growing in their faith through corporate services and smaller group lessons. For the Sunday morning services I moved to FOH Audio, with Caleb running lights that I programmed ahead of time. Sunday Morning Service (Programmed Lights, Ran FOH Audio) Aiming Stage Wash and Programming Scenes. Basic Wash Light Look Opening Song on Night 1 Mid-Show Capture. Night 2 Session. Sunday Morning Church Service