{"633229":{"#nid":"633229","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Music Technologists Find Inspiration, Community at Guthman","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen you make music with technology, said David Zicarelli, the CEO of Cycling\u0026rsquo;74, it can change your life.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EZicarelli might be biased: his lifelong career is music technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince the 1980s, he\u0026rsquo;s worked on interactive composition technology. \u0026ldquo;I think the intersection of music and technology and creativity is a really cool problem, just something that is endlessly interesting to think about.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut there\u0026rsquo;s also something incredibly practical about it, he said. \u0026ldquo;Instead of spending your entire life learning to play a very difficult instrument, you can participate in and make music more readily with technology.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile the concept of music technology is fairly well-grasped by the modern world, Zicarelli said, as an industry he and his peers aren\u0026rsquo;t as easy to pin down.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Music Technology is a big space. There\u0026rsquo;s not one community. In my experience, there are a lot of different communities that tend to focus around a particular tool or approach,\u0026rdquo; he said. Often they meet each other at large events like Moogfest or the Ableton Conference, focused on creativity or learning new technical skills.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/views\/Guthman2020\/Dashboarddemo?:display_count=y\u0026amp;:origin=viz_share_link\u0026amp;:showVizHome=no\u0022\u003EThey also come to the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition at Georgia Tech, for demonstrations in performance and technology innovation.\u003C\/a\u003E This year, Zicarelli will judge the contest as well as cohost the Music, Art, and Technology Fair.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I was fortunate enough to attend [the Guthman Competition] a few years ago, and I still remember and am actively inspired by what I saw,\u0026rdquo; he said, \u0026ldquo;in terms of this amazing variety of creative approaches.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Competition does two important things for music technologists, Zicarelli said. One, it shows that the invention of an instrument is a valid form of creative expression. And two, it provides an opportunity to observe emerging technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;For example, Roli came and demonstrated the Seaboard a few years ago at Guthman, and now you can buy that product and have it in your house.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EThe Intersection of Music Technology and \u0026hellip; Everything\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs an assistant professor for the Georgia Tech School of Music and a researcher in the Center for Music Technology, Grace Leslie\u0026rsquo;s work often includes human computer interface, electrical engineering, experimental psychology, and acoustics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There\u0026rsquo;s a lot of different things that music technology can be,\u0026rdquo; she said. \u0026ldquo;We professors who have labs in the Center are kind of like a Venn diagram. We do work that\u0026rsquo;s at the intersection of music technology and other things.\u0026rdquo; Leslie runs the Brain Lab, where she and her graduate students develop brain-music interfaces and other physiological sensor systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe ways in which this year\u0026rsquo;s Guthman Competition instruments cross over into other areas of study and design are especially compelling, she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This year we have a lot of really exciting instruments that are designed as assistive technologies,\u0026rdquo; Leslie said, \u0026ldquo;to help encourage and inspire people to make music, when traditional musical instruments might not be accessible to them physically.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It really broadens our horizon [as music technologists] in terms of what musical instruments are, and the kind of innovations that they\u0026rsquo;re able to bring to our lives. Innovation doesn\u0026rsquo;t just have to be about creativity and newness or novelty. It can also be about helping people.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEven the Guthman Competition\u0026rsquo;s setting \u0026mdash; hosted by a Georgia Tech school with a uniquely rigorous music technology program \u0026mdash; is valuable for music technologists in terms of sharing ideas.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause music technologists are used to sharing ideas in academic settings and in music venues, Leslie strives to teach her students how to communicate their work to a broader community. She fosters concerts that blend technological demonstrations with compelling musical performances. As an electronic music composer and improviser, Leslie maintains a brain-body performance practice.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EInfluencing the Next Generation of Music Technologists\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the Guthman Competition festivities, this year the School of Music, Cycling \u0026rsquo;74, and the Atlanta Science Festival are teaming up with Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ceismc.gatech.edu\/calendar\/steam-workshops-session-7\u0022\u003Efor a GoSTEAM workshop. \u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDesigned for the middle school audience, the workshop will take place prior to the Fair. Students will learn how to use Cycling \u0026lsquo;74\u0026rsquo;s Max\/MSP software to create music. Sabrina Grossman, the science education program director for CEISMC, will help run the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There\u0026rsquo;s so many opportunities with this intersection of music technology and art,\u0026rdquo; Grossman said. \u0026ldquo;I think a lot of times, students don\u0026rsquo;t even know this exists.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;[My colleague] has a great quote. When people ask her, \u0026lsquo;How did you become an engineer?\u0026rsquo;, she says, \u0026lsquo;Well, my dad told me I couldn\u0026rsquo;t major in music.\u0026rsquo;,\u0026rdquo; Grossman said. \u0026ldquo;Ten, fifteen years ago, there weren\u0026rsquo;t many music technology programs in schools.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut through increasingly national reach of programs like EarSketch, students with strong music preferences can envision broader career options, Grossman said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I definitely think that it allows them to think outside the box about music and outside the box of what their future could be in music or computer science.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn its 12th year, musical instrument competition showcases the newest and most innovative ideas in music.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In its 12th year, musical instrument competition showcases the newest and most innovative ideas in music."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2020-03-03 18:27:36","changed_gmt":"2020-03-03 19:33:06","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-03-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"633243":{"id":"633243","type":"image","title":"Music Technology Class with Grace Leslie","body":null,"created":"1583263301","gmt_created":"2020-03-03 19:21:41","changed":"1583263301","gmt_changed":"2020-03-03 19:21:41","alt":"Grace Leslie, left, works with students on a human feedback music technology project.","file":{"fid":"240942","name":"feature.music_.technology.class_.georgia.tech_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/feature.music_.technology.class_.georgia.tech_.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/feature.music_.technology.class_.georgia.tech_.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":293181,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/feature.music_.technology.class_.georgia.tech_.jpg?itok=wp6hCQj6"}},"633242":{"id":"633242","type":"image","title":"Guthman Finalists Map 2020","body":null,"created":"1583263209","gmt_created":"2020-03-03 19:20:09","changed":"1583263209","gmt_changed":"2020-03-03 19:20:09","alt":"World map showing where Guthman Competition finalists came from in 2015 through 2020.","file":{"fid":"240941","name":"2020.guthman.contestants.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2020.guthman.contestants.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2020.guthman.contestants.png","mime":"image\/png","size":678997,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2020.guthman.contestants.png?itok=0KhCAwK5"}}},"media_ids":["633243","633242"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/views\/Guthman2020\/Dashboarddemo?:display_count=y\u0026:origin=viz_share_link\u0026:showVizHome=no","title":"Explore the Guthman Competition"},{"url":"https:\/\/guthman.gatech.edu\/guthman-instruments","title":"2020 Guthman Competition Finalists"},{"url":"https:\/\/scienceatl.z2systems.com\/np\/clients\/scienceatl\/eventRegistration.jsp?event=131","title":"Tickets - Guthman Musical Instrument Competition"},{"url":"https:\/\/guthman.gatech.edu\/","title":"Guthman Musical Instrument Competition"},{"url":"https:\/\/music.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Music"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8847","name":"Guthman Musical Instrument Competition"},{"id":"1179","name":"Guthman Competition"},{"id":"1309","name":"music technology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71901","name":"Society and Culture"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnn Hoevel\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404.385.0693\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["ann.hoevel@design.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}