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Helping Build The Future: The Wide-Ranging Educational & Development Efforts Of Tech 25
April 17, 2024
PSW Staff
Inside the work of a Pittsburgh-based non-profit collective network of industry professionals providing production education, workforce programs, hands-on experience and more to the next generation.
Standing on the sidewalk in the Mt. Oliver borough of Pittsburgh PA, you can hear the faint sounds of music. The building reads “Eisenstat Candy Co.” but what’s inside might be a surprise. Tech 25 is a non-profit organization born out of the minds of individuals working in the entertainment industry.
It’s an operation focused on education, diversity, and accessibility through youth education, workforce programs, hands-on experience, and a collective network of industry professionals who provide beginner to high level donation-based training in live sound engineering, music production, sports broadcasting, lighting, DJing, and more.
XLR cables like the one looped around Marita Adams’ hand are the unsung heroes of concerts and conferences, carrying energy from microphones to sound boards to speakers.
So on a January evening, in a third-floor room in a former church in Carrick, Adams tried again to properly roll up one of the cables. “I know I did this last time,” she said.
“Yeah, but we’ve got to do it all the time,” said Marcus Jones, a student with Adams in this Audio Basics class. He then tutored her in the subtle twist necessary to wrap cables just right.
a nonprofit in Carrick is teaching teenagers how to use audio equipment and technology for a career in production
