{"50821":{"#nid":"50821","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Resident Composer Michael Gordon Joins Sonic Generator Feb. 8","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResident Composer Michael Gordon joins Georgia Tech\u2019s Sonic Generator Monday Feb. 8\u003Cbr \/\u003E Monday, February 8, 2010 at 8 p.m.\u003Cbr \/\u003E Rich Theatre, Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree Street\u003Cbr \/\u003E Georgia Tech\u2019s chamber music ensemble-in-residence, Sonic Generator, will feature the music of\u003Cbr \/\u003E resident composer Michael Gordon in a free performance in partnership with the Woodruff Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E Center. Promising a unique experience in live music, creativity, and technology, the concert is part of\u003Cbr \/\u003E Tech\u2019s T. Gordon Little Lecture Series in the Imagination.\u003Cbr \/\u003E The program showcases Gordon\u2019s strikingly diverse music and his unique approaches to technology and\u003Cbr \/\u003E to film. I Buried Paul (1996) draws inspiration from an unusual moment in the Beatles\u2019 Strawberry Fields\u003Cbr \/\u003E Forever, while Weather One (2005) compares the history of art to the unpredictability of the weather. The\u003Cbr \/\u003E program also includes ac dc (1996) and a trio of selections from Gordon\u2019s album Light is Calling (2004),\u003Cbr \/\u003E which expertly mixes acoustic instruments and electronics with films by Bill Morrison.\u003Cbr \/\u003E Gordon\u0027s music merges subtle rhythmic invention with incredible power embodying \u0022the fury of punk\u003Cbr \/\u003E rock, the nervous brilliance of free jazz and the intransigence of classical modernism,\u201d in the words of\u003Cbr \/\u003E The New Yorker\u0027s Alex Ross. He has been commissioned by Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the BBC\u003Cbr \/\u003E Proms and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, among others, and he has been honored by the Guggenheim\u003Cbr \/\u003E Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is\u003Cbr \/\u003E Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of the internationally renowned Bang on a Can Festival.\u003Cbr \/\u003E Sonic Generator, Georgia Tech\u2019s chamber music ensemble-in-residence, explores the ways in which\u003Cbr \/\u003E technology can transform how we create, perform and listen to music. The ensemble, comprised of some\u003Cbr \/\u003E of the top classical musicians in Atlanta, works closely with Georgia Tech faculty in the GVU Center and\u003Cbr \/\u003E the Center for Music Technology to present concerts that bring cutting-edge technologies to the world of\u003Cbr \/\u003E contemporary classical music. Sonic Generator was recently recognized by Atlanta Magazine in its 2009\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u0022Best of Atlanta\u0022 list. Its concerts routinely attract a standing-room-only crowd.\u003Cbr \/\u003E Sonic Generator is sponsored by the GVU Center, which seeks to advance the state of the art of the\u003Cbr \/\u003E interaction between people, computing machines and information. The concert series is organized in\u003Cbr \/\u003E collaboration with the Center for Music Technology and the School of Music in the College of\u003Cbr \/\u003E Architecture. These entities champion advancements in creativity, expression, and human-computer\u003Cbr \/\u003E interaction through research and education at Georgia Tech.\u003Cbr \/\u003E For 40 years, the Woodruff Arts Center has set the arts standard for Atlanta and the Southeast. Since its\u003Cbr \/\u003E inception, the Center has grown into the most dynamic center for the visual and performing arts in the\u003Cbr \/\u003E South and is among the top such centers in the nation. Located in Midtown, the Center offers a bold\u003Cbr \/\u003E variety of performing and visual arts - both traditional and avant-garde. Today the Woodruff Arts Center\u003Cbr \/\u003E includes the Alliance Theatre, High Museum of Art, Young Audiences and the Atlanta Symphony\u003Cbr \/\u003E Orchestra.\u003Cbr \/\u003E For more information, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sonicgenerator.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.sonicgenerator.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.sonicgenerator.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResident Composer Michael Gordon joins Georgia Tech\u2019s Sonic Generator Monday Feb. 8\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2012-07-26 10:09:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:49:35","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2010-02-08T19:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2010-02-08T20:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2010-02-08T20:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2010-02-09 00:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2010-02-09 01:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2010-02-09 01:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"1227","name":"School of Music"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJason Freeman\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMusic\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=jf242\u0022\u003EContact Jason Freeman\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-7257\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}