{"54674":{"#nid":"54674","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Inventors Compete in Second Annual Musical Instrument Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis Friday and Saturday, musician inventors from around the world will convene at the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology for what Wired.com likens to a low-stakes X-Prize for music. It is the second annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, where artists, musicians and entrepreneurs with radical new ideas for music performance and technology battle it out for $10,000 in cash prizes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe will host 24 performers creating the vanguard of coming revolutions in music and all things related,\u201d said Frank Clark, chair of Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Music.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u201cThe eight finalists will perform on Saturday.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe two-day event is free and open to the public, and includes:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPreliminary performances in the Couch Building and West Architecture Building atrium throughout Friday\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA panel discussion among judges at noon on Saturday in the Couch Building\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFinal performances and awards on Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. in the Couch Building\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe competition lets us showcase this interdisciplinary field at Georgia Tech, and allows us to push forward our own research agendas and unique talent,\u201d said Jason Freeman, assistant professor of music.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThis year we had 54 entries submitted, up from approximately 30 entries competing last year.\u0026nbsp; So the group appearing this year went through an even more rigorous selection process.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe competition is supported by the philanthropy of alumnus Richard Guthman in honor of his musical wife, Margaret. The family\u2019s dedication to music and young musicians began more than a decade ago when they sponsored a national keyboard competition at Georgia Tech. On the heels of the launch of the new Center for Music Technology, the Guthman family and the School of Music took the competition in this new direction to reflect Georgia Tech\u2019s role as a center of innovation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAn expert panel of judges will review entries based on musicality, design and engineering, for prizes of $5,000 for first place, $3,000 for second place and $2,000 for third place.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJudges include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGil Weinberg, Director, Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEliot Van Buskirk, Music Reporter for Wired.com\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJohannes Goebel, Founding Director of Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETod Machover, Professor and Director of Hyperinstruments\/Opera of the Future Group at MIT Media Lab\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELast year, 30 inventors from seven countries performed on Georgia Tech\u2019s campus in the Guthman Competition. The winning instrument was a \u201csilent drum\u201d made of a drum shell with an elastic spandex head, illuminated from the inside, that uses shapes and shadows to compute and control sound. A robotic guitar took second place. Other entries included Sorisu, which responds to and accompanies a player\u2019s movements in the game Soduko; the Tongue Music System; and a whimsical star-and-circle-shaped contraption with exposed wires that utters slow, mysterious sounds.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cWe were thrilled by the diversity and quality of the competitors. It was absolutely inspiring to see such a range and diversity of ideas from commercial firms, academicians and creative young musicians,\u201d said Clark. \u201cThanks to the Guthmans, this competition will expose new paradigms of expression year after year.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESee highlights from the 2009 competition at \u003Ca title=\u0022Wired.com\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wired.com\/gadgets\/mods\/multimedia\/2009\/03\/gallery_instruments\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EWired.com\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlease visit the \u003Ca title=\u0022Online Map\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/about_us\/maps\/index.php\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eonline map\u003C\/a\u003E for building locations. Suggested parking is in the State Street Visitor Lot on Ferst Drive, between Hemphill and State Street. For more information, contact Leslie Bennett at 404-385-7642 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:leslie.bennett@music.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eleslie.bennett@music.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology is an international center for creative and technological research in music that is redefining the way that music is created, performed, listened to and consumed. It is a unit of the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech, and jointly funded by the Office of the Provost and the Colleges of\u0026nbsp; Architecture, Computing and Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Competitors from around the world showcase their new instruments in the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis Friday and Saturday, musician inventors from around the world will convene at the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology for what Wired.com likens to a low-stakes X-Prize for music.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology host the second annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competitiion"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2010-02-24 18:05:37","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:38","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-02-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"54667":{"id":"54667","type":"image","title":"2009 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition Winner with the Guthman family","body":null,"created":"1449175459","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:44:19","changed":"1475894481","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:21","alt":"2009 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition Winner with the Guthman family","file":{"fid":"190176","name":"winner_and_guthmans_(Crop).jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/winner_and_guthmans_%28Crop%29.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/winner_and_guthmans_%28Crop%29.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":57270,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/winner_and_guthmans_%28Crop%29.jpg?itok=4PANM5gb"}},"54668":{"id":"54668","type":"image","title":"Guthman Musical Instrument 2009 Winner Silent Drum","body":null,"created":"1449175459","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:44:19","changed":"1475894481","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:21","alt":"Guthman Musical Instrument 2009 Winner Silent Drum","file":{"fid":"190177","name":"Silent_Drum.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Silent_Drum.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Silent_Drum.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":839791,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Silent_Drum.JPG?itok=7C1slCQH"}},"54669":{"id":"54669","type":"image","title":"Guthman Musical Instrument Competition - 2009 Photo 1","body":null,"created":"1449175459","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:44:19","changed":"1475894481","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:21","alt":"Guthman Musical Instrument Competition - 2009 Photo 1","file":{"fid":"190178","name":"Guthman_2.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Guthman_2_2.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Guthman_2_2.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":528789,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Guthman_2_2.JPG?itok=UFpaV9Lr"}},"54673":{"id":"54673","type":"image","title":"Guthman Musical Insturment - Photo 2","body":null,"created":"1449175459","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:44:19","changed":"1475894481","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:21","alt":"Guthman Musical Insturment - Photo 2","file":{"fid":"190179","name":"Guthman.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Guthman.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Guthman.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":858410,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Guthman.JPG?itok=0gtOg-Op"}}},"media_ids":["54667","54668","54669","54673"],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8853","name":"Georgia Tech Center for Musci"},{"id":"8847","name":"Guthman Musical Instrument Competition"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETeresa Nagel\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-2156\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Teri.Nagel@coa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ETeri.Nagel@coa.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["teri.nagel@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}