Ella Padilla '27

By School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, November 22, 2025
Production Intern
Station West

"By the end of freshman year, I was recording in the studios which is cool because other colleges don't let you that early. Being able to jump right in to things freshman year accelerated the process and going into the internship, I felt secure and confident in my ability to step in if I needed to."

Summer in the Sound Recording Industry

Wall of guitars

A Sound Recording and Technology major with a Vocal Performance concentration, Ella Padilla 27’ combined her passion for singing and recording through her Production Internship with Station West in Nashville, TN. Ella felt “secure and comfortable” in her ability to take on projects during her internship due to the preparation the SRT department at IC provided.

“My major is really small, so it's nice because we get a lot of hands-on learning. If we have questions, we can go and we have a very comfortable relationship with our professors ” 

This closeness is also how Ella found her internship, as she connected with Joy Greene 23’, an alumni who works at Station West. In between working with clients and learning from the audio engineers at the studio, Ella also recorded her own song as part of her upcoming EP!