CTS Audio Hosts Audio Training Seminar for Church Staff
Monday, July 21, 2008 by Ben Christy
CTS Audio hosted a training day for the staff at Harpeth Heights Baptist Church, Bellevue, TN. The hands-on training session was led by our very own CTS Certified Audio Engineer, Jon Schwarz. At CTS, our goal is to foster a learning environment where our clients feel comfortable asking any question and getting their hands dirty working with the same audio equipment they use in service on Sunday mornings. One of the things that Jon focuses on is helping the church audio engineers and the worship team understand the dynamics of working together to maximize the impact of worship.
The 8-hour training session was centered around a Yamaha LS9-32 Digital Console. John Pope and the rest of the Harpeth Heights team walked out different audio production scenarios to understand how to best handle the various events and worship line-ups featured at Harpeth Heights. The guys walked away with a better grip on what their own Yamaha LS9-32 Console can do to really enhance their worship as well as the best way to integrate it within the worship mix.

CTS Audio welcomes Brooks Abbott to the team. A graduate of Belmont University, Brooks’s passion for audio began in his Raleigh, NC church at the age of 16, and has grown dramatically since he moved to Nashville in 2003. Brooks toured for over four years with Michael W. Smith and is currently in his second season as System Tech for Women of Faith. When Brooks isn’t on the road or in the shop, he enjoys spending time with friends and family and is considered a fantasy football fanatic.
Thanks for the hospitality CTS. John answered all of our questions and treated us to a pretty nice lunch as well. I will be back at Glenn’s invitation to try earphones for our singers soon.