{"205641":{"#nid":"205641","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Fifth Annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition to Include People\u2019s Choice Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 2013 Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, now in its fifth year, will be held April 11\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E and 12\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E at the Klaus Advanced Computing Building at 266 Ferst Drive on the Georgia Tech campus. This year, the competition will include a People\u2019s Choice award that will recognize the finalist who wins the popular vote of those in attendance. The finals are Friday, April 12, from 7:00 \u2013 8:30 pm and are free and open to the public with advance RSVP online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtcmt.gatech.edu\/guthmanrsvp\u0022\u003Ewww.gtcmt.gatech.edu\/guthmanrsvp\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENineteen inventors, composers and designers from 11 different countries were selected from a pool of over 60 entries for this year\u2019s competition. Instruments will be judged on musicality, design and engineering by an expert panel comprised of experimental performance artist \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.laurieanderson.com\/home.shtml\u0022\u003ELaurie Anderson\u003C\/a\u003E, composer, performer and educator, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cnmat.berkeley.edu\/people\/david_wessel\u0022\u003EDavid Wessel\u003C\/a\u003E, and electronic musician and sound designer \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Devine\u0022\u003ERichard Devine\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe instruments range from cutting edge to outrageous, and all expand the definition of what a musical instrument is. For example, the Seaboard is a radically new kind of musical instrument and digital music controller -\u0026nbsp;it has a soft, continuous, three-dimensional surface that enables unprecedented real-time control of the fundamental characteristics of sound: pitch, volume and timbre. This not only unleashes the capacity for magically authentic simulation of all other instruments - it also creates a world of entirely new sound possibilities. The \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Smomid\u0022\u003ESmomid\u003C\/a\u003E, which stands for string modeling midi device, is a touch sensitive guitar that controls highly responsive software. This software allows for variation of beats, bass lines and patterns within a musical performance in real time. It also allows for a dynamically, variation rich and ever evolving live performance of electronic music.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis competition has become one of the premier events that showcase the future of music,\u201d said Gil Weinberg, director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology. \u201cWe are pleased that it continues to grow, each year bringing more and more innovative and creative inventors from all over the world together to have their ideas evaluated by our expert panel.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn total, $10,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to the most exciting novel musical instruments and presented by Tech alumnus Richard Guthman in honor of his musician wife, Margaret.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Georgia Tech School of Music and the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECombining transdisciplinary research and technology with the art and tradition of music, the Georgia Tech School of Music and the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology offer mind-expanding performances and exhibitions; a leading graduate degree program in music technology; and a collaborative framework for students, researchers, government agencies and industry partners to transform the way we listen to, create and perform music.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Competition to showcase new ideas in musicality, design and engineering"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 2013 Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, now in its fifth year, will be held April 11\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E and 12\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E at the Klaus Advanced Computing Building at 266 Ferst Drive on the Georgia Tech campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This year, the Guthman Musicial Instrument Competition will recognize the finalist who wins the popular vote of those in attendance."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2013-04-10 10:20:21","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"159661":{"id":"159661","type":"image","title":"Guthman Icons","body":null,"created":"1449178896","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:41:36","changed":"1475894794","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:34","alt":"Guthman Icons","file":{"fid":"195386","name":"guthmanimage.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/guthmanimage.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/guthmanimage.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7164,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/guthmanimage.jpg?itok=31GVO0an"}}},"media_ids":["159661"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtcmt.gatech.edu\/guthmanrsvp","title":"Guthman Musical Instrument Competition"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtcmt.gatech.edu\/","title":"Additional Information"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.music.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Music Department"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/research\/overview","title":"College of Architecture"}],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"45621","name":"guthman competition 2013"},{"id":"167096","name":"school of music"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Herrmann - Georgia Tech College of Architecture\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Lisa.Herrmann@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}