Education

Andrew offers both classroom and hands-on training on a variety of subject matters. Classes can be held onsite at your facilities or we hold scheduled classes in New York City. Most of our courses are also available in live Online format for when remote learning is more practical.

This 28-hour classroom course can be offered over a full semester or condensed into a 5-day intensive. It covers every stage of a sound design project—from script analysis to systems design and content creation—and is ideal for both early-career professionals and students with a foundational understanding of the field.

These 1 or 2 day Master Classes follow a project from inception through the creation and execution processes, all the way through the realization of the design. Projects available include: Jersey Boys, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, On Your Feet, Hairspray, and Concert Production.

Available as 3 day, 18 hour general mixing; 5 day, 30 hour theatrical mixing; or 1 day, 8 hour one-on-one intensive. This course combines classroom and hands-on time to put students behind a live mixing console working with multi-track input sources to experience the process of mixing while gaining and refining skills. Taught in conjunction with top Broadway and Concert mixers these courses are either held in New York City, or attached to an industry trade show.

Available as an in-person 2, 3 and 5 day format or an Online 8-12 session course that starts with the basic concepts of digital audio, how DAW's work, and continues through basic and intermediate functions of Avid's Pro Tools ecosystem. Students learn how to make recordings, edit voice overs, perform multi-track music mixing and create sound effects. The 201 course adds audio to video sync creation and editing, MIDI production, and more in depth project work and collaboration. 

Live performance creates unique challenges for real-time communication between large groups of collaborators. This 1 day class covers the foundations of communications systems, digital matrixed communications, Point to point, party-line and hybrid paradigms, and advanced wireless intercom systems. The course is intended for system designers, installers, and stage technicians.