Remote Sound Education in the Pandemic Age - a Panel Discussion

Thursday, October 29, 2020

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Presenter(s)

Josh Loar

Professor of Practice
Michigan Technological University
Laurium, Michigan, United States
Sun Hee Kil

Associate Professor of Sound Design & Technology
State University of New York at New Paltz
New Paltz, New York, United States
Joanna Lynne Staub, USA-829, IATSE Local #21

Sound Designer & Audio Engineer
Independent Theatrical Sound Designer & Audio Engineer
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States
Christopher Plummer

Professor of Sound Design
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, Michigan, United States

Handouts
Vincent Olivieri

Professor of Sound Design
University of California - Irvine
Irvine, California, United States
Amy Altadonna, Artistic Associate with Colt Coeur theatre company, USA829 member, MFA from Yale School of Drama, TSDCA executive board member, USITT Sound Commission Vice-Chair

Senior Lecturer of Sound Design and Technology
UMass Amherst
South Deerfield, Massachusetts, United States

Teaching sound usually requires a shared listening experience, which many achieve by gathering in classrooms, production studios, theatres, and the like. With the hit of Covid-19, all teaching went online in a hurry. While we all hope for an end to the pandemic, in the meantime, remote instruction will be with us, in one form or another, for a while. This panel gathers veteran sound educators to discuss the challenges of teaching sound remotely, the solutions they are finding and developing, the tools that are proving essential to this new paradigm, and the areas for improvement and more research going forward. Join this discussion and bring your questions, concerns, and ideas about how to successfully navigate this difficult practice.