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caption: l to r, Kathleen Wirt, Paula Salvatore, Candace Stewart and Kirt Hamm (CRAS)

Three of Los Angeles’ top studio managers recently visited the Conservatory to talk to students about studio jobs and life in a big city market. Kathleen Wirt, owner/manager of 4th St. Recording, Candace Stewart, manager of Firehouse Recording Studios and Paula Salvatore Senior Director of Capitol Studios talked to an assembled group of over 400 students and faculty, giving the crowd the benefit of their years at the top of the industry. The Conservatory has hosted an impressive list of guest lecturers including Rupert Neve, EveAnna Manley, Mike Sokol and later this year, engineer Eddie Kramer.