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28 W I N T E R 2 0 2 1 I C A S Q U A R T E R L Y Mixing is something that develops over time. Some of us began mixing in our bedrooms, others in a school's studio, and others in an actual studio. Once we become condent and successful mixing, we often become mentors to others. I wanted to examine the experiences of those who teach mixing in a classroom setting. While I will interview some folks who teach production sound mixing for a later issue, here, we'll be focusing on re-recording mixing. CAS Career Achievement Award recipient Tom Fleischman was gracious enough to share some thoughts. Tom, while mentoring on the dub stage, also teaches at New York's School of Visual Arts (SVA). Matt Foglia CAS, in addition to being the editor of this magazine, is a full professor at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) and actively mixes for television. I'll also share some of my thoughts as I have been teaching sound at the university level since 1993 and have been at University of Colorado Denver since 2008. When did you start teaching? Where do you teach, and what courses have you taught? Tom Fleischman CAS: I first began teaching a seminar with production mixer Chris Newman CAS about a decade ago, which we did in New York, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro, and Havana, Cuba. Chris was teaching a production sound class at School of Visual Arts and would bring his classes in to my mix stage once each semester and I would give a lecture on re-recording for film and television using whatever material I was working on at the time. Two years ago, we began teaching a new course at SVA entitled "Advanced Sound." In the class, Chris would teach production recording and I would teach re-recording. We had to cancel our class for 2020 because of the pandemic, but hope to resume it when the school is once again open. Matt Foglia CAS: I began teaching full time in 2008 when I accepted an offer from Middle Tennessee State University, about 45 minutes southeast of Nashville. They brought me on to develop and teach sound for picture-focused classes at the undergraduate and graduate levels. To stay active in the industry, I've also been mixing cable TV shows remotely for some NYC clients since moving here. I have three main "sound for picture" focused classes that I teach. One covers most topics I had to do professionally until I was able to sit in the mixing chair. Things such as importing and splitting AAF's, editing and prep, general sound design, ADR, VO b y D av i d B o n d e l e v i t c h C A S M P S E Tom Fleischman CAS. Photo: Jeff Thompson Teaching Sound