We Design the Future of Music
We’re a different kind of music school. We teach our students to master today’s latest music technologies, and give them the tools to design the future of how we create and experience music.
Listening to Heartbeats ‘Boosts’ Empathy
New auditory technique changing emotional perception and connection
Lead investigator and recent Georgia Tech Ph.D. graduate, Mike Winters conducted the research in the newly formed Brain Music Lab, led by Grace Leslie in the Georgia Tech School of Music. The study applied knowledge of the well-known emotional effects of musical tempo with applied knowledge in sonification and experimental design that Winters had picked up working with Bruce Walker in the Sonification Lab.
Leading the Change
Jason Barnes and others are leading the way to a more accessible world
Since 2013, Jason has been working with Gil Weinberg, a renowned roboticist and founding director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, to develop the world’s most advanced robotic drumming arm. Their latest design uses Google’s open source machine learning platform, TensorFlow.
Atlanta: A City of Music, Culture, and Opportunity
Atlanta is one of the country's major cultural capitals, home to Grammy-winning artists in styles ranging from classical to hip hop.
Georgia Tech is at the center of it all: Our students are part of the city's music and technology scene, and Atlanta's musical leaders recognize the value our students bring to their industries.