Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition!

Passepartout Duo performing onstage at the Ferst Center for the Arts

1st Place: Chromaplane

Passepartout Duo & KOMA Elektronik – Italy & Germany

Lockruf Music playing the Mulatar onstage with Jeremy Muller at Ferst Center for the Arts

2nd Place: Mulatar

Lockruf Music – United Kingdom

Courtney Brown performing with the Dinosaur Choir onstage at Ferst Center for the Arts

3rd Place: Dinosaur Choir: Adult Corythosaurus

Courtney Brown & Cezary Gajewski – United States

Andrew Reid playing the 3 Axis MIDI Guitar onstage at Ferst Center for the Arts

Judges' Special Award: 3 Axis MIDI Guitar

Andrew Reid – United States

Jacob Barton plays the Udderbot onstage at Ferst Center for the Arts

Judges' Commendation: Udderbot

Jacob Barton – United States

Emily Koh plays her ModμMIDI onstage at Ferst Center for the Arts.

Judges' Commendation: ModμMIDI

Emily Koh et. al* – Singapore & Georgia

Lockruf Music playing the Mulatar onstage with Jeremy Muller at Ferst Center for the Arts

People's Choice: Mulatar

Lockruf Music – United Kingdom

The Babel Table featured in the CBS Sunday Morning segment about the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition.
 

Guthman Musical Instrument Competition Featured on CBS Sunday Morning

Brittney Boykin addressing the audience in the West Village 175 performance venue. The Chorale stands behind her.
 

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Karn Watcharasupat explains her research poster.
 

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We Design the Future of Music

Through interdisciplinary degree programs, outstanding performance ensembles, and innovative research endeavors, the Georgia Tech School of Music cultivates a rich legacy of musical traditions and develops cutting-edge technologies to help define the future of music.

Music at Tech

A female student plays the keyboard while a male student watches to record her in a studio.

Bachelor of Science in Music Technology

A student plays a digital instrument

Dual Bachelor and Master

Music robot Shimon plays the marimba

Master of Science in Music Technology

Ph.D. candidate Mike Winters playing a Theramin while wearing a brain scan cap.

Ph.D. in Music Technology

Meet our Experts: Henrik von Coler

Henrik von Coler connects spatial audio with virtual and augmented reality systems to create new ways of creating, manipulating, and experiencing music. 

In his creative work, the design of technological systems is an integral part of the creative process. His research topics include spatial aspects of fixed media and live electronics, algorithms for sound synthesis, novel instruments, control devices and artistic practices for solo performers and ensembles. 

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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Marching Band and Pep Band

Percussion Ensemble

Percussion Ensemble

Rock and Pop Ensemble

Rock and Pop Ensemble

Symphonic Band

Symphonic Band

Georgia Tech Symphony Orchestra

Orchestras

Treble Choir

Treble Choir

chorale

Chorale

People at the School of Music

Jeff Albert

Meet the Faculty: Jeff Albert

Jeff Albert’s areas of research and creative practice include improvisation, jazz performance, performance paradigms for live computer music, and audio production.
A student presents a music technology research poster

Meet Ph.D. Student Ash Vinay

Ash Vinay is teaching machines to hear music the way humans do. A Ph.D. student, Vinay creates music through traditional means and by improvising music in real-time through computer code.
Alexandria Smith

Meet the Faculty: Alexandria Smith

Alexandria Smith's creative practice and research interests focus on building, designing, theorizing, and performing with wearable electronics that translate embodied biological data into interactive sonic and visual environments.
Rose Sun stands next to her research poster

Meet Master's Student Qianyi Rose Sun

Qianyi Rose Sun is on a musical mission to overcome computational bias. A master's student in the School of Music and president of the Women in Music Technology group, Sun recently completed the Bachelor's portion of the BS/MS dual program.
Jocelyn Kavanagh

Meet the Faculty: Jocelyn Kavanagh

Jocelyn Kavanagh earned her Bachelor and Master's degrees in music technology from Georgia Tech. She specializes in sound design and live sound for theater and has experience directing live theater as well as running tech for these productions.
Sean Levine

Meet BS/MS Student Sean Levine

Sean Levine, a recent graduate of the BS/MS dual degree program, is giving guitarists more flexibility to experiment with style. “I’m using deep learning to analyze guitar playing, then select guitar effects based how the player plays,” Levine said.
Brittney Boykin

Meet the Faculty: Brittney Boykin

Director of the Treble Choir, Brittney Boykin has been commissioned by the Kennedy Center to write two operas. The most recent, Oshun, was performed in January by musicians in the Washington National Opera.
Headshot of Henrik von Coler

Meet the Faculty: Henrik von Coler

Henrik von Coler is a composer, performer and researcher with a background in engineering, electronic music and empirical research. In his creative work, the design of technological systems is an integral part of the creative process.

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