{"110231":{"#nid":"110231","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Announces Eight Finalists for 2012 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EToday at the 2012 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, Georgia Tech School of Music Chair Frank Clark announced eight inventors who were selected to perform in the final round tonight at 7:00 pm.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFinalists include: \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5YQF2KTMRPs\u0026amp;list=UU Z47oizIeLZHApkss9fYgA\u0026amp;index=5\u0026amp;feature=plcp\u0022\u003EJohn Buschert and John Miller (USA) for Musician Maker\u003C\/a\u003E, a set of instruments connected to computerized chord progressions to tailor note choices to fit the progression, making the instruments more accessible to untrained musicians;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o-ww8x0eFC8\u0026amp;list=UU Z47oizIeLZHApkss9fYgA\u0026amp;index=9\u0026amp;feature=plcp\u0022\u003ENicolas d\u0027Alessandro and Aura Pon (Belgium\/Canada) for ChoirMob,\u003C\/a\u003E a networked mobile platform which allows one to compose a score for voice beforehand, and then revisit the work via mobile phones in a choir ensemble setting to add individual musical nuances;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KGikeb9HmlI\u0026amp;feature=BFa\u0026amp;list=UU-Z47oizIeLZHApkss9fYgA\u0026amp;lf=plcp\u0022\u003ERichard Logan-Greene \u0026amp; Matiah Shaman (USA) for Brainstem Cello,\u003C\/a\u003E a traditional cello augmented with servo mechanisms, a microcontroller and other mechanisms to guide and respond to the performer\u2019s improvisation;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c2YuMLNjPBc\u0026amp;feature=BFa\u0026amp;list=UU-Z47oizIeLZHApkss9fYgA\u0026amp;lf=plcp\u0022\u003EMartin Rille (Austria) for Coded Sensation,\u003C\/a\u003E which incorporates on-body textiles in a sculptural and performative musical instrument;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WR60AE_glzg\u0026amp;feature=BFa\u0026amp;list=UU-Z47oizIeLZHApkss9fYgA\u0026amp;lf=plcp\u0022\u003EBojan Gagic (Croatia) for LIGHTUNE.G\u003C\/a\u003E (light+melody+tone G\/50Hz), which converts light from luminous objects into tone images via the photovoltaic effects of solar panels;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m_H_bXpnfU0\u0026amp;list=UU-Z47oizIeLZHApkss9fYgA\u0026amp;index=1\u0026amp;feature=plcp\u0022\u003EScott Barton, Steven Kemper, and Troy Rogers (USA) for MARIE\u0026nbsp; (Monochord-Aerophone Robotic Instrument Ensemble)\u003C\/a\u003E, a robotic musical instrument system incorporating digital, analog and electromechanically activated acoustic elements;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZCZH7vrUqyY\u0026amp;list=UU-Z47oizIeLZHApkss9fYgA\u0026amp;index=6\u0026amp;feature=plcp\u0022\u003EMarco Donnarumma (UK) for Xth Sense,\u003C\/a\u003E a biophysical, wearable technology that reacts to the vibrations of muscle tissue; and\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_k9r5TY882E\u0026amp;list=UU-Z47oizIeLZHApkss9fYgA\u0026amp;index=2\u0026amp;feature=plcp\u0022\u003EJames Connolly \u0026amp; Kyle Evans (USA) for Cracked Ray Tube,\u003C\/a\u003E a synchronized audio\/video experience generated by the interconnections and feedback between analog televisions and CRT computer monitors.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFinal performances will be webcast live at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtcmt.gatech.edu\/guthman2012\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003Ewww.gtcmt.gatech.edu\/guthman2012\u003C\/a\u003E. 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