{"380731":{"#nid":"380731","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2015 Guthman Music Instrument Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, held at the Georgia Institute of Technology, seeks to find the world\u2019s best new ideas in musical instrument design, engineering and musicianship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is an international competition to find the musical instruments of the future. The instruments produce nontraditional sounds and use technology to let us play in a new way.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwenty semi-finalists performed before judges Thursday and Friday. The judges narrowed the\u0026nbsp;group\u0026nbsp;to nine finalists. The finalists are (listed in the order they will perform):\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPush Pull - This instrument looks like an\u0026nbsp;accordion but it\u0026nbsp;combines inertial sensor data with sound input and digital synthesis.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENomis - This\u0026nbsp;instrument\u0026nbsp;aims to make\u0026nbsp;loop based music more expressive and transparent through gesture and light.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMagentic Percussion Tower - This\u0026nbsp;instrument combines aspects of kinetic sculpture, music\u0026nbsp;box design, drum machine and interactive art.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDulsitar - This instrument incorporates traits and design found in both the sitar and\u0026nbsp;dulcimer.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECantor Digitalis - This instrument is an open-source real-time singing synthesizer\u0026nbsp;using hand gestures, with the help of an accurate and intuitive interface based on a pen\/touch tablet.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ED-Box - This new digital instrument is encased in a wooden cube and is designed to be repurposed and rewired by performs. This hacking lets a performer play it in unusual ways.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDualo Do-Touch - This\u0026nbsp;instrument is a\u0026nbsp;controller, synthesizer and a looper\/sequencer that is based on a new layout of notes.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENdial - This instrument combines\u0026nbsp;automated sampling and sequencing with manual controls to navigate sound worlds in unpredictable ways.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe Sponge - This instrument is a\u0026nbsp;a piece of foam equipped with sensors which can detect when it is squeezed, twisted or shaken.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe winners received $10,000 total in prizes. See the winners \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.guthman.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E. The Georgia Tech Center\u0026nbsp;for Music Technology, the School of Music and the College of Architecture sponsor the competition.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe concert starts at 7pm and can be watched here:\u0026nbsp;http:\/\/www.guthman.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The newest ideas in musical instrument design, engineering and musicianship"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, held at the Georgia Institute of Technology, seeks to find the world\u2019s best new ideas in musical instrument design, engineering and musicianship.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Guthman Musical Instrument Competitition is an international competition to find the musical instruments of the future."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2015-02-20 17:30:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:54","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-02-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-02-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"380771":{"id":"380771","type":"image","title":"2015 Guthman Musical Competition","body":null,"created":"1449246231","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:23:51","changed":"1475894393","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:53","alt":"2015 Guthman Musical Competition","file":{"fid":"75266","name":"turner_winch_0.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/turner_winch_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/turner_winch_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":245744,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/turner_winch_0.png?itok=4970RHxw"}}},"media_ids":["380771"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"119321","name":"2015 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition"},{"id":"1934","name":"Frank Clark"},{"id":"1939","name":"Gil Weinberg"},{"id":"1346","name":"Jason Freeman"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDiamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Laura.Diamond@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}