Conversations With Abe: During the Broadway Sound Master Classes earlier this week, creative consultant and legendary sound designer Abe Jacob discussed the sound design of Hair with ACME Sound Partners’ Nevin Steinberg and Sten Severson, both nominated for a Tony Award for their work on the revival. Check it out here.

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I love it. I’ve got to tell you, last year when I did my talk, and this year as well, it makes me feel really useful, when people react and you feel they are learning something, and they get what you are doing. As a result of this last year, I got a phone call from Cindy Limauro from Carnegie Mellon who said, “I am at the BLMC, and we more

Greetings from the tail end of the Broadway Sound Master Classes. It has been a truly astounding week full of inspiration! It is a rare occurrence for one weekend to be such a significant catalyst of ideas. I am about to enter into my thesis year at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and I can’t help but think about how many of the ideas and tips will apply directly to my more

This weekend has been an affirmation of the notion that is drilled into every sound student’s head—in every audio discipline—that what we do is all about what we hear. As simple as that sounds, we sometimes forget that. Our ears are the best tools that we own. I’ve always been really interested in the connection between what we hear and what we see, and that has also been more

The BSMC was a 100% amazing experience!!! I would recomend it to anyone remotely interested in sound design even if they aren’t interested in theatre design. The amazing working professionals who attend and teach the classes are the best in the field and offer an unlimited source to which any student can tap into.

—Tony Aiello, Virginia Tech