{"109781":{"#nid":"109781","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Hosts World\u2019s Best in Music Innovation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech announced that the finale of the 2012 Margaret\nGuthman Musical Instrument Competition will be webcast live at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtcmt.gatech.edu\/guthman2012\u0022\u003Ewww.gtcmt.gatech.edu\/guthman2012\u003C\/a\u003E\non Friday, February 17, 7:00 \u2013 8:30 pm. No log-on is required, and the site\nwill feature live chat and segments from preliminary performances.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event is a hotbed for musicians and artists who are\npushing the boundaries of music performance. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wired.com\/gadgets\/mods\/multimedia\/2009\/03\/gallery_instruments\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWired.com\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E has called it the \u201cX-Prize\nfor music,\u201d and contestants have likened it to a TED Conference for new musical\ninstrument designers.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETwenty-three inventors, composers and designers from nine\ncountries were selected to compete from more than 50 entries.\u0026nbsp; For a taste of the kinds of instruments that\nwill be presented in the competition, here are four examples from this year\u2019s\nentrant pool: \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EResistor JelTone, a partially edible toy piano\nby Brooklyn-based hacker collective NYC Resistor;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAudio Cube, a set of smart light-emitting\nblocks for music creation designed by Bert Schiettecatte of Belgium (with\ncompetition performance by Colorado-based electronic musician Mark Mosher);\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Hyperkeys\u0022\u003EHyperkeys\u003C\/a\u003E, a keyboard with\nkeys that move in and out as well as up and down, by Jeff Tripp; and\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2GBDLCR18GE\u0022\u003EAudio Skin\u003C\/a\u003E, incorporating\non-body textiles in a sculptural and performative musical instrument, by\nVienna, Austria-based Martin Rille.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFinals will be held Friday, February 17, in the Klaus\nAdvanced Computing Building at 266 Ferst Drive. The event is free and open to\nthe public with advance RSVP online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtcmt.gatech.edu\/guthmanrsvp\u0022\u003Ewww.gtcmt.gatech.edu\/guthmanrsvp\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe want the competition to be the place to see, experience and\nengage the future of music,\u201d said Gil Weinberg, director of the Georgia Tech\nCenter for Music Technology. \u201cIt\u2019s also a platform for bringing like-minded\ninventors and composers together from all over the world to have their ideas judged\nby a preeminent panel of independent experts.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EInstruments will be judged on musicality, design and\nengineering by an expert panel including Atau Tanaka, media artist and\nresearcher, and Cyril Lance, chief engineer at electronic musical instrument\nmanufacturer Moog Music. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cWhile paradigm\nshifts that accompany new technologies create frontiers that redefine the\nartistic process, musical traditions are useful points of departure that help\nus to question assumptions, extend practice and push the envelope of what is\nmusically possible with technology,\u201d Tanaka stated. \u201cThere is a disruptive\npower in questioning traditional musical roles of authorship and performance.\nThrough this questioning, the basic tenets of musical instrumentality come to\nlight.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn total, $10,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to the most\nexciting novel musical instruments.\u0026nbsp; The\nprizes will be and presented by Tech alumnus Richard Guthman in honor of his\nmusician wife, Margaret. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPast competitions have hosted a broad range of inventions,\nincluding last year\u2019s winner, MO, by Interlude Consortium, the software that explores novel\ngestural interfaces for musical expression with everyday objects; and second\nprize winner MindBox Media Slot Machine by German group Humatic Berlin, a vintage slot machine with an\nunexpected modern twist on the age-old tradition of canon composition. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Georgia\nTech School of Music and the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ECombining transdisciplinary research and technology with the\nart and tradition of music, the Georgia Tech School of Music and the Georgia\nTech Center for Music Technology offer mind-expanding performances and\nexhibitions; a leading graduate degree program in music technology; and a collaborative\nframework for students, researchers, government agencies and industry partners\nto transform the way we listen to, create and perform music.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"2012 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition to be Webcast Live"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech announced that the finale of the 2012 Margaret\nGuthman Musical Instrument Competition will be webcast live at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtcmt.gatech.edu\/guthman2012\u0022\u003Ewww.gtcmt.gatech.edu\/guthman2012\u003C\/a\u003E\non Friday, February 17, 7:00 \u2013 8:30 pm. 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