{"72283":{"#nid":"72283","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech to Host Music Technology Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s College of Architecture Dean\u0027s Symposium on the Changing Nature of Practice will focus on the emerging developments in music technology that promise to revolutionize musical performance, composition, analysis, and education.  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This symposium focuses on music technology, and the College of Architecture Music Department just introduced Tech\u0027s first degree program in music,\u0022 said Dean Thomas Galloway, College of Architecture.  \u0022The symposium helps us roll out our master\u0027s degree in music technology and demonstrates to the arts community throughout Georgia and beyond that music is alive and well at Georgia Tech.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe symposium, which will be held March 3, 2007, will highlight three areas of interest in each session. The morning will begin with a session entitled \u0027Technology Meets Tradition: The Impact of Technology on Music Education\u0027.  The second session discusses \u0027Cognition and Analysis: The \u0022Why\u0022 of Music\u0027. The third session,\u0027Making Music and Performance,\u0027 will follow lunch. The final session of the day will focus on the relationship between \u0027Music and Architecture\u0027.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Dean\u0027s Symposium is a wonderful event with a number of substantive outcomes,\u0022 said Frank Clark, director of the Music Department. \u0022Each year the event brings hundreds of visitors to the Tech campus, produces meaningful scholarship, generates debate, adds to our visibility and credibility, and celebrates the diversity and richness of the Georgia Tech College of Architecture.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOrganizers are expecting a wide array of attendees, including several from other Georgia universities. Presenters include Georgia Tech professors Parag Chordia, Athanassios Economou, Jason Freeman, Ronald Lewcock, Jerry Ulrich, Bruce Walker, Gil Weinberg, and Music Department Director Frank Clark. Other presenters include David Huron, The Ohio State University; George Lewis, Columbia University; Henry Panion III, University of Alabama-Birmingham; Thomas Rudolph, director of music at School District of Haverford Township (PA); Pierre Ruhe, music critic for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; and Jessica Peek Sherwood, Sonic Generator (flutist).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThese scholars and practitioners will discuss ideas and demonstrate developments in areas ranging from new interfaces for musical expression and algorithmic composition to music information retrieval, music networks, and machine musicianship.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Architecture has a unique relationship with its Music Department, and together they are forging a new future for Georgia Tech and music. So what\u0027s the future of Tech\u0027s music program?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022That\u0027s a question we ask every day and there are so many answers: new degree programs, new classes, new ensembles, groundbreaking research, innovative instruments, new modes of expression, and new partnerships combining music, architecture, computing, engineering, science and math,\u0022 said Clark. \u0022The future of music at Tech is ours to write, and I sincerely hope that it will be an Institute-wide composition.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe symposium is jointly sponsored by the Georgia Tech College of Architecture and the College of Architecture Alumni Committee and is organized by the College and its Music Department.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Annual College of Architecture symposium to discuss music technology"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s College of Architecture Dean\u0027s Symposium on the Changing Nature of Practice will focus on the emerging developments in music technology that promise to revolutionize musical performance, composition, analysis, and education.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dean\u0027s Symposium to discuss music technology"}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2007-03-02 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:37","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2007-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72284":{"id":"72284","type":"image","title":"Gil Weinberg, Director of Music Technology at Geor","body":null,"created":"1449177454","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:34","changed":"1475894653","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:13"}},"media_ids":["72284"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/symposium\/","title":"College of Architecture Dean\\\u0027s Symposium"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/music\/","title":"Georgia Tech Music Department"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech College of Architecture"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"2078","name":"dean"},{"id":"1934","name":"Frank Clark"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"1939","name":"Gil Weinberg"},{"id":"1346","name":"Jason Freeman"},{"id":"1180","name":"Music"},{"id":"167061","name":"symposium"},{"id":"623","name":"Technology"},{"id":"2468","name":"Tom Galloway"}],"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\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}