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Honor Society® member

Tamara Kachelmeier

CEO and Audio Engineer at Ghost Dog Studios, Brooklyn, New York

  • CUNY Brooklyn College
  • Master of Science Information Technology
  • Class of 2021
  • USA

Member since December 2022

About

Tamara Kachelmeier is a proactive audio engineer, re-recording mixer, instructor, and composer who is currently working on a variety of various projects.

Tamara received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Media Scoring from Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema and advanced certificate degree in music education from Brooklyn College. She studied voice, piano, audio engineering, music production, sound design, music education, and composition at Brooklyn College, Gustavus Adolphus College, Berklee College of Music, McNally Smith College of Music, MCTC, Full Sail University and the Academy of Art University. She currently runs a music and recording studio in Brooklyn, NY called Ghost Dog Studio and is pursuing a Master of Science degree in Information Technology at Southern New Hampshire University.

Tamara has written music that has appeared on the History Channel and CNBC. Tamara has also mixed and created sound designs for films that have appeared at the Sundance Film Festival, LA's WonderCon, Art of Brooklyn Festival, Comic Film Festival, Art City Short Film Festival, Genre Celebration Festival, Barcelona Planet Film Festival, Court Metrage Festival de Cones, and Top Indie Film Awards. Tamara has composed, recorded, mixed, and mastered cues for American Pickers (History Channel) and cues for Filthy Rich Guide (CNBC).

Education

  • Southern New Hampshire University

    Master of Science in Information Technology

    2022 – 2024

  • National University

    Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

    2022

  • Brooklyn College

    Music Education - Advanced Certificate

    2020 – 2021

  • Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema

    Master of Fine Arts in Media Scoring

    2016 – 2018

  • Academy of Art University

    MFA Music

    2015 – 2016

  • the university of texas at arlington

    Bachelor of Science in Music Production

    2012 – 2014

  • Minneapolis Community and Technical College

    AAS Sound Arts & Occupational Certificate in Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide

    2001 – 2011

  • McNally Smith College of Music

    AAS Music Performance

    1999 – 2000

  • Berklee College of Music

    music education

    1979 – 1998

Honors and awards

  • Honor Roll for the 22TW2 term

    4.0 GPA - Southern New Hampshire University's

  • Recipient of Made in New York Scholarship

    Fall of 2018 & Spring of 2019 - Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema

  • Dean's List

    Minneapolis Community and Technical College

  • Graduated with Honors

    Minneapolis Community and Technical College

Goals and interests

Career goal

I intend to be in a leadership role and be in a position where I can teach, inspire, create, and help others.

Graduate school interests

I am interested in astrophysics, music, computers, and the environment.

Outside the classroom

I love taking pictures, making memes, and walking through nature.

Experience

  • CEO and Audio Engineer

    Ghost Dog Studios, Brooklyn, New York

    Jan 2016 – Feb 2023

Volunteering

  • Compost Volunteer at a New York City Drop-off site

    Brooklyn Hope

Languages

  • Spanish Beginner
  • Chinese (Simplified) Beginner

Additional information