Eric Arvai — Course Director
Courses Taught: Media Sound & Visual 1, Media Sound & Visual 2
Education: BS in Visual Communication from Ohio University

Eric began playing piano at age 5 and later went on to study Jazz theory and piano performance at Berklee College of Music. He provided live improvised piano accompaniment for modern dance classes at Ohio State University School of Dance; there he met his life-long friend and mentor, world-class concert pianist, Andre Gribou. Eric has worked for a Santa Cruz advertising agency, Full Support Advertising & Design, where he produced many projects in the Bay Area; most notably scripting, engineering, scoring, and mastering a radio campaign for the American Cancer Society. In addition, Eric has done contract work as an Audio/Visual postproduction engineer for Inventure, Inc., a Web development company in Columbus, OH; and Top Speed Productions, a video production company based in San Jose, California. Eric has also worked as an audio consultant on a documentary for NASA.