{"49708":{"#nid":"49708","#data":{"type":"event","title":"2010 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s second annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition will conclude with an open house and performance event on Saturday, February 27, 2010 on campus. The competition, supported by the philanthropic family of alumnus Richard Guthman, showcases new uses of technology to enhance participation in music performance and music creation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\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.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJudges Include:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGil Weinberg, Director, Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EEliot Van Buskirk, Music Reporter for Wired.com\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EJohannes Goebel, Founding Director of Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ETod Machover, Professor and Director of Hyperinstruments\/Opera of the Future Group at MIT Media Lab\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDoors open at 11 a.m. for an open house showcase of unique music-making experiences from faculty and students in the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology. Winners will be announced at 1 p.m., and a concert featuring the best of the best new musical instruments will follow.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELast year, 30 inventors from seven countries performed on Georgia Tech\u0027s campus. \u0022We were blown away by the diversity and quality of the competitors - it was great to see ideas from both commercial firms and academicians and just creative young musicians,\u0022said Tech music director Frank Clark. \u0022Thanks to the Guthmans, we think the Musical Instrument Competition will expose new paradigms of expression year after year.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wired.com\/gadgets\/mods\/multimedia\/2009\/03\/gallery_instruments\u0022\u003ESee highlights from the 2009 competition at Wired.com.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor 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.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin us for the Open House and Performance Event that Wired.com calls a \u0022low-stakes X Prize for music.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Annual showcase of musicality, design and engineering"}],"uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2010-01-20 20:33:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:49:32","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2010-02-27T10:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2010-02-27T14:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2010-02-27T14:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2010-02-27 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2010-02-27 19:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2010-02-27 19:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1218","name":"Digital Lounge - Entertainment and Music"},{"id":"1220","name":"Digital Lounge"},{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"1227","name":"School of Music"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1936","name":"Center for Music Technology"},{"id":"1180","name":"Music"},{"id":"8323","name":"music inventions"},{"id":"1309","name":"music technology"},{"id":"8322","name":"musical instruments"}],"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\u003ELeslie Bennett\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Center for Music Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:leslie.bennett@music.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Leslie Bennett\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-7642\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}