{"273941":{"#nid":"273941","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Come experience the 2014 Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the world of new musical instrument design the name Guthman has become synonymous with innovation.\u0026nbsp; With this annual competition, Georgia Tech offers Atlanta a rare opportunity to come and experience the advancements in musical instrument design, engineering, and performance. The Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, which is open to the public and will be held February 20-21, 2014, brings entrants from all over the world to Georgia Tech to compete for $10,000 in prizes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwenty-two inventors, composers and designers representing 14 nations were selected to present their new instruments at this year\u2019s competition. They were selected from a pool of over 80 applicants from 20 countries \u2014 the most competitive pool in the history of the competition. Instruments will be judged on their musicality, design, and engineering by an expert panel comprised of David Zicarelli (founder and CEO of Cycling \u201974), Chris Moore (composer, performer and Georgia Tech professor), and Young Guru (Grammy-nominated engineer to Jay-Z).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe instruments featured in the 2014 competition range from cutting edge to bizarre, and all expand the notion of what a musical instrument can be. This year\u2019s competitors have presented us with interactive musical spheres, compositional cyborgian appendages, and a chorus of bubbles, to mention just a few. A comprehensive list of this year\u2019s semi-finalists is located \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/guthman.gatech.edu\/2014-semi-finalists\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\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\u003EWired.com has called it the \u201cX-Prize for music,\u201d and contestants have likened it to a TED Conference for new musical instrument designers. Peter Kirn of Create Digital Music observed that in \u201cthe crowded world of new instrument design, the Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition has emerged as a key prize for the best work, with creations battling fiercely for attention.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 2014 Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, now in its sixth year, will be held February 20th\u0026nbsp;and 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E,\u0026nbsp;2014 at the Klaus Advanced Computing Building, 266 Ferst Drive on the Georgia Tech campus. The competition is sponsored by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtcmt.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Center for Music Technology\u003C\/a\u003E, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.music.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Music\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Architecture\u003C\/a\u003E. The finals are Friday, February 21st, from 7:00 \u2013 8:30 pm and are free and open to the public. Parking and detailed directions are available \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/guthman.gatech.edu\/come-see-competition\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFull details available at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/guthman.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/guthman.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"With this annual competition, Georgia Tech offers Atlanta a rare opportunity to come and experience the advancements in musical instrument design, engineering, and performance."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith this annual competition, Georgia Tech offers Atlanta a rare opportunity to come and experience the advancements in musical instrument design, engineering, and performance.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"With this annual competition, Georgia Tech offers Atlanta a rare opportunity to come and experience the advancements in musical instrument design, engineering, and performance."}],"uid":"27891","created_gmt":"2014-02-05 09:55:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:15:51","author":"Chris Howe","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-02-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-02-05T00:00:00-05:00","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"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"},{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"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\u003EChris Howe\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["chrisdavidhowe@gmail.com"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}