Summer Pro Tools Certification (PT101 + PT110)

The certification is the Avid Certified User for Pro Tools, providing an industry-recognized credential for both academic users and industry professionals.

Come join us in San Francisco for a hands-on experience with face-to-face sessions aimed at boosting your audio skills. You can also join us remotely - from anywhere in the world!

To gain the title of Avid Certified User for Pro Tools at Women’s Audio Mission, you must take the two WAM Academy courses, Pro Tools Fundamentals (PT101) and Pro Tools Fundamentals (PT110), before sitting and passing the associated certification exam, as shown in the graphic below.

Becoming an Avid Certified User for Pro Tools at WAM verifies that you possess a fundamental understanding of and the capability to use Avid Pro Tools to engineer a project through to completion, with all of the fundamental operational skills to record, edit, mix,and output the finished session.

Any Questions? Please email [email protected].

Introduces fundamental Pro Tools concepts and principles, covering everything an individual needs to know to complete a basic Pro Tools project, from initial setup to final mixdown.

Dates: June 1– June 2, 2024

Time: 10 am - 6 pm PT

Location:

• 447 Minna St (second floor), San Francisco, CA
• WAM Studio 542-544 Natoma Street, #C-1. San Francisco, CA 94103
• Online Via Zoom

________

The Pro Tools Fundamentals 110 course expands upon the Pro Tools Fundamentals PT101 course and includes using MIDI, virtual instruments, and additional recording and mixing tools.

Dates: June 7 - June 9, 2024

Time: 10 am – 6 pm PT

Location:

• 447 Minna St (fouth floor), San Francisco, CA
• WAM Studio 542-544 Natoma Street, #C-1. San Francisco, CA 94103
• Online Via Zoom

Please don’t hesitate to email us at [email protected] with any questions or concerns.

*You must receive approval from the class instructor if you did not take Pro Tools Fundamentals (PT101) with WAM. Please email [email protected] for any questions.

________

Single Pro Tools Course (PT 101 OR 110): General - $300, Member - $250

Pro Tools Certification (PT 101 AND 110) - General - $550, Members - $500

(WAM Members please email [email protected] for your promo code. Become a WAM Member here.)

*Additional retakes are chargeable. Attendees can receive refunds up to 7 days before the course start date.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Heidi Trefethen is a recording and live sound engineer, producer, classical and jazz French Hornist, educator and composer. During her 31 years of work in the music industry, Heidi has worked with artists such as Shawn Colvin, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, Michelle Ndegeocello, Herb Alpert and Lani Hall, Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary, and has a Concert Sound credit on PBS’ American Masters | Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives.

As a French Hornist, she has performed and given master classes in Italy, Thailand, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the UK, Canada. The LA Philharmonic, Il Teatro d’opera di Roma, the SFJAZZ Monday Night Band and several Bay Area regional orchestras are a few of the ensembles she has performed with. Heidi is a faculty member of the SFJAZZ Digital Lab, Women’s Audio Mission, the Institute for the Musical Arts and teaches private classes and lessons.

Heidi is also a GRAMMY® Voting member, Governor on the Board of the San Francisco Chapter of the Recording Academy. She is the San Francisco Chapters’ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Ambassador to the National DEI Team of the Recording Academy. She is passionate about equality and creating a healthy environment for women of color, gender non-conforming and women-identified individuals in the music industry.

Women's Audio Mission courses focus on increasing the gender balance in audio production and technology sectors since less than 5% of the population employed in these sectors are women and gender-diverse individuals. There are limited spots available in our classes, and they often sell out, so we ask that if you are not woman-identified (cisgender or transgender), nonbinary, or gender-expansive, you reconsider enrolling in the class. We will not turn anyone away, but please be mindful that if you take up a seat in the class, that is one less woman, non-binary, or gender-expansive individual that we can serve. We thank you for your understanding in advance and for joining us in our mission to advance women and girls in music production and the recording arts.

Visit our website to learn more about the benefits of becoming an Avid Certified User for Pro Tools.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

WAM Education Lab, 447 Minna Street, San Francisco, United States